21 Sep, 2007
I feel like I need a colonic treatment after the last two posts, hahaha, so I decided to just have fruit for breakfast today. I am trying to take in sea air to get rid of the bronchitis and on the drive out to Batangas yesterday, I noticed a couple of newly picked…
20 Sep, 2007
The natural outcome of recent posts has been a question that has been asked of me publicly and privately at least 5 dozen times in the past year… and while I think I have expressed my feelings on the matter in comments before, but let me outline them in a post once and for…
20 Sep, 2007
I woke this morning to emails from readers that an apology was published on the on-line version of the Inquirer column of Ms. Aspiras. The relevant section is quoted in full, below:
19 Sep, 2007
The dish Pipian from the Ilocos region, is almost certainly derived from a Mexican dish of the same name. Sometime during the peak of the galleon trade between the Philippines and Mexico, a Mexican priest, sailor or merchant probably got homesick and cooked up a pot of Pipian, which a local eventually indigenized…
19 Sep, 2007
Acute Bronchitis, possibly bordering on Pneumonia. That’s it. Nothing to worry about. A serious course of overpriced antibiotics, some cough medicine and lots of liquids and rest for 7 days… but blogging allowed (I am assuming the doctor knew what that meant, now that I think about it, he gave me…
18 Sep, 2007
I am toying with the idea of a Marketmanila t-shirt in conjunction with a charitable effort for the Christmas holidays. It is only in the planning stages, but ignore the peripheral issues and concentrate on the t-shirt only… which of the following t-shirts would be something that might appeal, amuse or be worn…
18 Sep, 2007
One of the things I wanted to acquire during the trip to Ilocos were a bunch of palayoks or clay pots so that I could experiment with cooking dishes the “old-fashioned” way. I have always been fascinated by the claims that food tastes better when cooked in palayoks, so I wanted to buy…
18 Sep, 2007
This is a quick plug for The Peninsula Manila who has brought in David Goodridge, Chef de Cuisine of the venerable Gaddi’s Restaurant at The Peninsula Hong Kong. Mr. Goodridge is participating in a food festival from September 14-22nd at The Old Manila Restaurant and will apparently be giving a cooking class on…