24 Sep, 2006
Sometimes when I get bored I play with my food… I am three weeks into my diet and realize I have hit a plateau of sorts, down just about 4-5 pounds, depending on what time of day I am on the scale and if I have pooped or not yet (heehee, it does…
23 Sep, 2006
I have always fancied a fairly large and lush kitchen garden, where my own vegetables and herbs grow in abundance and I can head to just minutes before cooking and harvest my own lettuce leaves, miraculously perfect, without nasty worms or caterpillars despite being completely organic. It is a cooking show ideal, I…
22 Sep, 2006
I needed a couple of beers last night following the near overdose of millet, coconut milk and sugar of recent posts. And what better appetizer to have with it than baked mussels with pancetta, breadcrumbs and parmesan cheese. I have featured a similar recipe before but this one differs slightly with the…
21 Sep, 2006
There are few things as lusciously deep red as baked plums in their own juice. I am a huge fan of plum tarts but didn’t have enough time last Sunday evening to make the pastry and pastry cream or nut filling so I opted instead for an easier plum crumble recipe that…
21 Sep, 2006
During the past two weeks, this website has slowed down dramatically or been unavailable for say 30-90 minutes at a time. I thought it was an issue with the host or server but it seems it has something to do with the volume of visitors, the volume of content in both posts and…
20 Sep, 2006
Oh my goodness. You just never know when a post will stir a bit of controversy. And as usual, it seems to crop up in the most seemingly innocuous topics. First it was yemas. Then it was a fishpan. Now it seems I have inadvertently ruffled feathers over my…
19 Sep, 2006
I consider budbud kabog to be the finest “suman” type kakanin I have tasted in the Philippines. It’s a personal choice, I know. But its aroma, subtle flavor, smooth texture and delicious taste all make for that perfect kakanin, particularly paired with a nice ripe Cebuano or Guimaras mango. To me…
19 Sep, 2006
I was feeling a bit sadomasochistic the other night so I decided to tie up a chicken nice and tight… I’m kidding. I’m kidding. Actually, some good friends (a couple) came back from a foreign trip and despite both of them being foreigners, they have gamely adopted the concept of pasalubongs and they…