25 Apr, 2007
Mrs. MM speaks fondly of a masa podrida (sort of like a shortbread cookie) from childhood with a filling of dense homemade mango jam that her yaya/cook used to make. I have yet to successfully replicate it. First, I haven’t found a decent masa podrida recipe and the purchased versions are not…
24 Apr, 2007
Think of this as TROPICAL FRUIT WEEK on Marketmanila. Guava jelly the other day, tree-fresh sineguelas yesterday, and another mango jam today. I have posts on langka, chico and saba bananas coming up in the next few days. I made a mango jam (Version 1.0) a few weeks ago that was…
24 Apr, 2007
CONTEST IS OVER… LOTS OF ENTRIES RECEIVED… WINNERS WILL BE NOTIFIED… THANKS!!!
NEWSFLASH!!! I HAVE JUST RECEIVED WORD FROM YUMMY THAT THEY WILL ALSO ADD 20 MORE MAGAZINES TO THIS TRIVIA CONTEST SO I CAN PICK 40 WINNERS (YIKES, MAILING COSTS ARE RISING!!!) So keep those answers coming!!! Many thanks to Summit…
23 Apr, 2007
I think it is really cool to be remembered in a bowl of fruit. Last year, Eli, our houseman at the beach, passed away from kidney failure. Young and seemingly healthy at the age of 42, the kidney problems were not diagnosed until about December of 2005, he was then put on…
22 Apr, 2007
Gosh is it HOT outside or what? It must be over 100 degrees F around these parts… That must mean the start of peak tropical fruit harvests and all the great things you can do with them. I was thrilled with my success with the guava jam/cheese that I made a few…
21 Apr, 2007
The Australian short ribs didn’t stay in the refrigerator for too long. I decided to make a recipe of Korean style braised short ribs. If you guys are old enough, you might remember one of the first fast-food halls at the basement of Shoemart Makati in the late 1970’s… my favorite stall…
20 Apr, 2007
After all the fish, crabs, squid, prawns and lobster consumed on my Palawan trip, I had a serious hankering for BEEF! So the day after getting back to Manila, I was thrilled to find a fairly huge offering of Australian Beef at the large Rustan’s in the Makati Commercial Center. I haven’t…
19 Apr, 2007
I am not a writer by nature and I did poorly in primary and secondary school English courses. I am not a chef by training, never took a cooking class and have mediocre knife skills at best. I just simply like produce, markets, cooking, a bit of humor and an occasional service…