26 Jul, 2006
I spotted these really pale cucumbers at the market the other day and couldn’t resist purchasing them. July seems to be the month that cucumbers appear big time in the markets…not sure if that coincides with the phenomenal volume of water pouring out of the sky at this time of the year…cucumbers, are,…
26 Jul, 2006
Marketman has a dinuguan phobia. There. I finally admitted it. Hopefully that is the first step to a cure. I used to love dinuguan as a kid. That was before I rudely found out what it was made of. One day, still in my single digits, I entered…
25 Jul, 2006
Here is the Mediterranean counterpart to the Asian version in the previous post on fish cooked in paper. In this version, place the fish fillet in the center of parchment paper resting on some thinly sliced whole lemons, sliced garlic, white onions and chopped tomatoes. Season the fish generously with salt and…
25 Jul, 2006
When I feel like I have just completely “porked out” during the previous week or so, I get the “guilts” and try to eat a little bit more healthily for a meal or two. When you think that putting on say 7 or 8 pounds, which I can do in about 2 weeks…
25 Jul, 2006
I have loved macapuno candy for as long as I can remember… those gelatinous, sugar coated morsels of macapuno would range from really soft and flavorful versions to firmer, more opaque concoctions. As I got older, I ate less and less of this candy and now only get a taste for it once…
24 Jul, 2006
For as long as I can remember, I have really liked macapuno candy. I also liked macapuno tarts, macapuno ice cream and macapuno strings in halo-halo. But now that I think about it, I have never actually seen a macapuno! Have you? So when I saw these husked coconuts for sale…
24 Jul, 2006
Humba or Umba is the Visayan answer to adobo from the North…or is it? Although I was born in Cebu and lived there until the ripe old age of 2, I don’t really recall eating too much humba in my childhood years or even as an adult. Humba recipes vary from household…
23 Jul, 2006
Some of my previous posts need an update since most readers don’t troll back several weeks and dozens of posts ago…
Price Smart (and apparently Cost U Less) has apparently closed its doors to customers… If you read this seemingly innocuous post on Price Smart that I put about two months ago, and followed the…