31 Aug, 2006
Here is a healthy lunch that doesn’t seem like you are suffering on a diet…except you can’t have much rice with it. First, I made a lot of balsamic onions by sautéing lots of sliced onions in some good olive oil. Season the onions with salt and pepper and flavor with liberal…
30 Aug, 2006
Okay, I am going to try and keep on blogging while I am on a tough diet. I don’t intend to post all low-calorie, low-fat meal alternatives…that is just too boring. I don’t see this as a permanent lifestyle change, more like temporary torture. While I fully understand the need to…
30 Aug, 2006
What should you do when you find lots of broas (ladyfingers) from Bohol in stock, a half-consumed bottle of blackfruit conserve (blackberries, blueberries, black figs and black cherries), 3 month old frozen whole blackberries in the freezer, a newly purchased tub of mascarpone, sliced almonds, Poire Williams (Pear Brandy) that has been sitting in…
29 Aug, 2006
How many times in one’s life should you find it necessary to scream that word at the top of your lung capacity. Marketman and family just survived a burglary attempt last night at about 9 p.m. We live in a fairly secure village and have never had problems in the past, but…
29 Aug, 2006
There were several requests for the recipe for the Bam-e (gosh, will someone please tell me where this name is derived from…) that was served at an office birthday party a week or so ago. I have to say it was the most ingredient rich bam-e I have ever seen, and a…
29 Aug, 2006
News Flash!!! This is the absolute bargain book find of the month! I was trolling through the tons of books at National Bookstore which is having its pre-emptive sale before the big Annual Book Fair at the World Trade Center, and found this interesting looking guide. Published by the Touring Club…
28 Aug, 2006
I am thinking of taking a month off from blogging. If not for this blog, Marketman would be on a serious South Forbes Diet for the next month or so. I feel like I have porked out a lot. I am fairly tall so it doesn’t really show, but I know…
27 Aug, 2006
There are days when I grouse about the bad quality and poor variety of locally available produce, and there are days that I am just thrilled to see how far we have come in the past 10 years. During the past few weeks, I have noticed an incredible explosion in the variety and…