27 Aug, 2006
The more our palates surf the cuisines of Southeast Asia, the more we realize there are so many more herbs and spices to choose from to infuse our food with flavor… I lived in Singapore and Indonesia for many years but I must say I was not as intensely focused on the local…
26 Aug, 2006
The burning question at about 11a.m. was “What to do with all the stuff I got at the market this morning?” I messed around until about 11:30 a.m. and realized I needed to get cooking pronto or lunch wouldn’t be on the table until very late. We fired up the barbecue and…
26 Aug, 2006
I was at the markets bright and early this morning despite the gloomy and wet weather. A market visit never fails to lift my spirits and I find it most satisfying when I don’t go with a long list of things I NEED to buy. I am a spontaneous market shopper for…
25 Aug, 2006
My grandmother was an avid collector of Chinese and Indochinese ceramics and antique furniture as well as just about any odd curio that individuals brought her way in the 1950’s to 60’s. She had old telephones, religious paintings, Santos, Chinese ceramics, as well as Japanese samurais, Buddha heads, Muslim brass vessels, ancient teeth(!)…
25 Aug, 2006
On the heels of my easy and relatively successful bibingka made with all purpose flour (see previous post), I decided to attempt both a Bibingkang Galapong (rice flour) and Bibingkang Malagkit (glutinous rice) this afternoon. I scheduled the bibingka-fest for about 3p.m. and everything was ready when I got home. The cook…
24 Aug, 2006
There is no mystery to bibingka at all. Here I was thinking this was such an involved process. Not at all. I was so excited to make bibingka that when I visited those bakeshops last week I quickly bought several bags of glutinous rice flour that indicated it could be…
24 Aug, 2006
I never really thought I would ever cook bibingka from scratch. That is, until, I started this blog over a year ago. Because of this blog, I have discovered so many new things, tried so many different recipes, researched so many more food related items than I could have ever imagined. …
23 Aug, 2006
This wonderful surprise package containing a CD entitled “Tipanan – A Celebration of the Philippine Guitar” arrived in the mail days before my birthday. Well, it wasn’t a surprise, really, as a frequent Marketmanila visitor and an incredibly erudite commenter, had previously asked me for my mailing address and unrelated to any birthdays……