30 Apr, 2007
Okay, I failed. I admit it. My goal to get to 170 pounds by May 1, 2007 that I boldly broadcast on this blog, in a fit of euphoria or unbridled optimism on New Year’s Eve 2007, was just too hard to achieve. Or perhaps I just couldn’t concentrate on a…
29 Apr, 2007
The temperature in Manila has been unbearably hot during the past week or two. On some days, it feels like well over 100 F or 40 C, and even the airconditioners are straining to cool it down a little. So it seemed like a perfect time to make some fruit based ice…
28 Apr, 2007
Just a quick post for those in search of mascarpone (quite a few folks, judging from comments in my recent post, “Where can I find…”), that Italian cream cheese that is the cause of many an expanding waist or thigh. It is soft, creamy, luscious, a hint of buttery and wickedly fat filled….
28 Apr, 2007
I don’t know about you guys, but in our household, when I was growing up, papaya was a very big thing for breakfast… I hated it. But the ancestors were big fans, constantly mentioning its lovely “roto-rooter†qualities that were better than any drugstore-purchased laxative. The way they were touting this…
27 Apr, 2007
With a couple of kilos of ripe langka in the deep freeze, the question was what to do with it… We had enjoyed langka fresh, frozen and eaten plain, frozen and served with some brandy, cooked into banana turon, and in the past, preserved in a simple sugar syrup for future use in…
26 Apr, 2007
There are few snacks or desserts that enjoy more than banana turon. This is definitely on my Top 5 list. We purchased a huge langka (for PHP250 or so) from a Batangas roadside stall (note, NOT overpriced Tagaytay fruit highway robber stalls) on the ride back from the Holy Week holiday at…
25 Apr, 2007
If you are not a daily reader of Marketmanila, consider this an early head’s up… If there is one day next week that you should check out the posts on this blog, please try and visit on Monday from early morning to late in the day only. I won’t tell you why, but…
25 Apr, 2007
Good grief… Whew!!! Who knew the response would be so rapid and so intense??? HEEHEE!!! You guys are too much!
Within hours of posting the trivia contest, my site was burning up with folks coursing through the archives trying to find the answers! At any rate, I have more than enough entries…