31 Jul, 2007
Suzette, a commenter, left an interesting comment about the movie Ratatouille on a previous post on Chanterelle mushrooms. It just so happened that we went out this evening to watch the movie, and while I found much of it to be rather boring and droll, I was deeply amused about being compared to…
31 Jul, 2007
Hmmm, so many guesses what I did with the chanterelles in the previous post that I decided to move up this set of posts on an impromptu Italian dinner we had last weekend. The food stocks and supplies in the Marketman household are at their absolute peak on a Saturday. If we…
31 Jul, 2007
Finding fresh chanterelles in Manila is a rare occurence. So when I spied these small chanterelles at Santis a week or so ago, I picked up the little package, turned my face away to avoid staring at the price too long and decided to buy them without knowing what I was going…
30 Jul, 2007
My earlier post on “Rich (Gullible, Careless, Stupid?) Pinoys Lose Millions in new financial scandal (PIPC Scam)…” got a LOT of attention from readers. A lot. Not only did regular Marketmanila readers read that post, but many new readers were directed to it as soon as Google rated it high on…
30 Jul, 2007
Driving around Cebu last week, and out of the corner of my eye, I spotted some humongous bananas that were a dark red, almost purple. They were stunning and impressive looking. I had seen those only once or twice in my life before, so I made a mental note to buy some…
29 Jul, 2007
I just got back from an afternoon class combining food styling tips and food photography given by Pixie Sevilla Santos and Jo Avila. They are such nice folks and clearly professionals in their respective fields, but the main thing I learned is that I will never be a professional food stylist nor a…
29 Jul, 2007
From the age of 11, I spent every single summer (10 fantastic weeks) with my sisters in New York, a trip which I looked forward to more than any other event in a calendar year (including my birthday, Christmas or any school party). Every single weekend during those summer holidays in the 1970′s,…
28 Jul, 2007
I wrote about some rattan or yantok vines that I spotted roadside in Coron, Palawan a few months ago and some of the commenters on that post mentioned that rattan also has a fruit… I didn’t know that, and since then, have been on the lookout for rattan fruit. I found some in…