27 Mar, 2008
I was intrigued several months back when I read about curacha in Joey’s blog, 80breakfasts, here. And she prepared it with Alavar sauce, here. So when someone asked me just weeks ago if I had tried curacha in Batangas, I gave them a befuddled look as I thought the funky crabs were…
26 Mar, 2008
This is another comfort food for me. We had this at home as a kid. My mom didn’t make it as often as chicken or pork afritada, but I did like Beef Mechado. Actually, more than eating it at home, it was always my default viand at lunch when I worked…
25 Mar, 2008
The day after we arrived at the beach, I got up at around 5 a.m., and with the rest of the household still fast asleep, decided to make a starter and dough for some Pan de Sal. I used the recipe which originally came from the Aboitiz Family Cookbook, which I posted earlier,…
25 Mar, 2008
I always thought that longganisa was the Filipino name for sausages styled after the Spanish chorizos. Sound the buzzer. Not true. Longganisa, the word, is a local name for sausages, most probably derived from longaniza, which is Spanish for a pork sausage that is typically rather long and skinny. Chorizos…
23 Mar, 2008
Now doesn’t that title sound incredulous? That many calories is the equivalent of a single human being gaining roughly 140 pounds in five days! Mobilizing for our recent trip to the beach seemed a bit more challenging than usual. We had a relatively simple menu planned, but for some reason, it…
20 Mar, 2008
We are at the sea shore at the moment, but I have left this post for readers who are still dropping by, despite the holidays in the Philippines. I thought it would be a good idea to feature previous posts that included crabs as an ingredient, and I was shocked to find I…
19 Mar, 2008
When I was very young, we used to head up to Baguio during Holy Week and I distinctly recall our car getting stuck in the middle of a group of hundreds of penitents on the road, whipping themselves with sharp shells and several who were dragging crosses before being crucified for several hours. …
18 Mar, 2008
Consider me a member… I am a huge rice eater. When traveling abroad, I can barely go a week without a rice fix, and risotto barely qualifies. If there was a profession I could have been in a previous life, it would be a truck or household driver, and my lunch…