17 Mar, 2008
Mrs. Marketman seems to be addicted to the cooking shows on the Asian Food Channel. This pasta was inspired by a dish cooked on one of those shows (she doesn’t recall which specific show). It is classic Mrs. MM, simple yet elegant and absolutely delicious. It is perfect fare for Holy…
17 Mar, 2008
Just a quick heads up to folks headed out of town for the holidays this week, caimito or star apples seem to be at the peak of the season in the Southern Tagalog provinces, and are abundant at roadside fruit vendors. I did a post on caimito several years ago, here, and please…
16 Mar, 2008
Yup, it sounds bizarre. But it tasted pretty good. I think anything with a ham bone at its core usually turns out pretty good. The original idea was to try making a sinigang with an unripe pineapple as the souring agent. Thus far, I have made sinigangs of all kinds…
14 Mar, 2008
In this day and age, not eating meat on a Wednesday, Friday or any other day, theoretically to suffer, is actually a more extravagant practice than it was ever meant to be. With our reefs depleted, oceans overfished and merchants opportunistic as ever, the laws of supply and demand mean that some varieties…
13 Mar, 2008
The last few vegetable posts have just been “too healthy,” and I thought some folks (like Lee, among others) were probably in serious need of a nice PORK FIX. So here is a simple sandwich I made a couple of days ago from “planned leftovers”. My first experiment with barbecued baby back…
13 Mar, 2008
The vegetables and herbs in Busay are actually inter-cropped or grown together with the flowers… not sure why or if this results in benefits for both the flowers and vegetables, but it was interesting to walk amongst the rows of veggies and flowers because it seemed so mixed up… but there must be reason…
12 Mar, 2008
There always seems to be an abundance of fresh flowers for sale in Cebu City. Roses there seem more like the hobbyist’s garden varieties, rather than the commercially grown (heartless or is it soul-less) ones more common in Manila. Cebu roses open more fully, come in a spectacular range of colors, and…
12 Mar, 2008
My family is definitely biased about our mangoes, and I have written a post on Cebu mangoes before. Though I now admit that approximately 40% of the mangoes we currently consume come from the island of Guimaras, due to convenience (I have a suki at my regular Saturday market run), and they are…