26 Oct, 2006
Taking inspiration from a long-time reader and commenter, Gigi, I quickly concocted this unusual mangosteen vinaigrette. Take a mixing bottle and add several spoonfuls of mangosteen jelly (no seeds), add some duhat vinegar, three times the amount of olive oil, salt and pepper and shake vigorously. It was surprisingly good. However,…
26 Oct, 2006
A bottle of local “Balsamic Vinegar,” and apparently made from duhat fruit to boot…how’s that for a Marketman double take?!? I simply could not resist. I bought the bottle for PHP100 and hoped for the best. Traditional Italian balsamic vinegar is made from the must of grapes which are boiled down…
26 Oct, 2006
The two previous posts were a bit intense. My fingers are recovering from so much typing. So I thought I would have a quick but highly comforting post on a typical “mixed grill” that we do at the beach when I have just gotten back from the market. Some nice fresh…
25 Oct, 2006
My post two weeks ago on “Shittybank” received an incredible number of hits, with several thousand readers from here and abroad not only reading the post, but spending an average of 8-9 minutes on it, an eternity in the blogosphere where clicks and attention spans are measured in nanoseconds. Here is my follow-up…
24 Oct, 2006
You have to be somewhat curious about a small jewel of a bakeshop called Cupcakes by Sonja which has garnered so much press coverage in recent weeks… With several articles in the broadsheets and magazines as well as the food blogging sphere, just before and after its September 21 soft-opening at Serendra in The…
24 Oct, 2006
I spotted these terrific looking little baby bok choy (pechay)greens at the FreshField stall at Market!Market! yesterday and quickly snapped up two bags at PHP50 a piece. Edwin, one of the owners of Fresh Field ALWAYS seems to try and bring new products to market and I always find his romaine and other…
23 Oct, 2006
If it weren’t a holiday tomorrow I would be first in line at the patent office! I was having my usual Earl Grey Tea after dinner a few minutes ago and while I normally take no sugar or honey with my tea, I was also contemplating all of the terrific ideas suggested by…
23 Oct, 2006
This is the jam that I made from the 16 kilos of mangosteen that I dragged back from Cebu last Wednesday. I hadn’t even finished the first batch of 6 bottles when I started kicking myself in the rear, upset with myself that I didn’t bring back double or triple the amount…