22 Dec, 2005
“Chestnuts roasting on an open fire…” is one of my all-time favorite lines in a Christmas carol or any song for that matter. As the Christmas season draws near, I play that classic and it never fails to put me in the mood. I have roasted chestnuts on an open fire several…
21 Dec, 2005
My wife and I received these wonderful blue plates as a present for this Christmas and I wanted to use them before the holidays were over… While our Christmas dinners are usually a more predictable red, green or white theme, I wanted to see if we had enough stuff around to pull off…
21 Dec, 2005
Continuing on the “must use the egg whites theme,” I also made some lenguas de gato (tongues of cats) which must have gotten their name simply because they were flat and small… I can’t imagine that a cat’s tongue would be crisp, sweet and buttery… at any rate, I have decided to declare war…
21 Dec, 2005
I was baking so much in the run-up to the holidays in a well-meaning attempt to post as many pre-Christmas items as I could. It’s the writing where I have a bottleneck so while I have photos and recipes galore, I just can’t seem to find enough time to sit down and write….
21 Dec, 2005
The name alone, Sans Rival or “without rival” says it all. It is without rival one of the most pain in the rear desserts to make properly, in my silly opinion. Getting nostalgic close to Christmas, I figured I would attempt another of my mom’s favorite desserts (although she never made it herself)….
20 Dec, 2005
Lechon de Leche, Leche Flan, Dulce de Leche, Pastillas de Leche…yikes, what’s with all the leches lately? Heeheehee. I have received several emails asking where I get lechon and while I hate to disappoint as I don’t really eat that much lechon in Manila, I do provide you with two different sources…
20 Dec, 2005
Growing up in our home, leche flan screamed “Christmas is near”!!! My mom didn’t bake much so if she was futzing around with the oven it almost always meant she was making leche flan. There is something about the critical mass of food and high calorie consumption during the Christmas season that…
19 Dec, 2005
A box of superb pastillas de leche is hard to beat… while it is something I associate with the holidays, along with pastillas de ube and other delicacies, this is one sweet that I can eat throughout the year. As long as it is made well, send them over! I have tried…