24 May, 2008
I searched through nearly 20 different Filipino cookbooks (many of them still on the shelves at the bookstores) and did not find a single recipe or “how to instructions” for cooking a lechon. Doesn’t that seem odd? Well, not really, I suppose, because how many people are really going to attempt to…
22 May, 2008
My post a few weeks ago on Lukot or Sea Hare Secretions got a lot of reaction, the most obvious of which was “what does it taste like?” At the time, I had photos and some basic market information, but I didn’t get to taste the unusual ingredient. After some research and…
21 May, 2008
This was an amazing dish in so many ways… But before you read any further, if you have cholesterol levels exceeding 150, are hypertensive, have a fatty liver, or are prone to gout or bangugut, DO NOT READ ANY FURTHER. STOP NOW! You have been duly warned. I was at the…
20 May, 2008
The last time I asked this question was late in 2005, when this blog was just about to turn 1 year old, and when the readership was probably 1/10th of what it is today. In the first year of the blog, it received roughly 2,000 comments, many from readers who still seem to…
20 May, 2008
Finding really good, vine ripened, sweet tomatoes with a lower acidity level in the Philippines is not a easy task. Growing them in your own vegetable plant from seeds, particularly those purchased abroad, is even more of a challenge, it seems. Finding plum or roma tomatoes instead of round ones is even…
19 May, 2008
I know, I know. Most of you probably think that I confine my television viewing to the Food Network (Lifestyle Channel in Manila), or to the new Asian Food Channel (Chef in Black is my latest favorite), or that I stick to programs like CSI (couch crime solving) or Numbers (more analytics) or…
19 May, 2008
Another interesting find besides the bone china at the Legazpi Sunday Market was some bottled pure cane juice. There used to be a vendor at either the Legazpi or Salcedo markets that would make freshly squeezed sugar cane juice and it was superb. This freshly squeezed, but then frozen version is a…
18 May, 2008
What incredible finds on an overcast, sleepy, muggy Sunday morning in Makati… “Always have extra money tucked away in your wallet,” is my personal battlecry! Don’t even think of pickpocketing Mrs. MM, she subscribes to the “PHP50 rule.” As long as she has PHP50 in her wallet, that will suffice. …