25 Sep, 2008
The minute I opened this silly little book “The Superior Person’s Book of Words,” by Peter Bowler, and read the first page, the first person I thought of was Apicio, a marketmanila suki. I often look forward to Apicio’s comments as they always add something interesting, intelligent, positive and valuable to the conversations…
24 Sep, 2008
Known as the Misir Carsisi locally, and literally translated as the “Egyptian Bazaar”, it was named that because of taxes collected on Egyptian imports way back when, according to several guide books to Istanbul. Built in the 1600’s, beside the New Mosque complex, spices have been traded in this large stone walled L-shaped building…
24 Sep, 2008
During the first year or two of this blog, the thrill of discovering something new or unusual in the markets sometimes made me a bit giddy. And that included all of the more common vegetables and greens available in your neighborhood wet market. Looking at things with eyes wide open and with…
23 Sep, 2008
Until just hours ago, I had never made lechon sauce or pork liver sauce from scratch. My mom definitely used to do it at home and I do remember it being a bit “chunkier” than modern bottled sauces, but I don’t really recall much of her approach to making the sauce. But…
22 Sep, 2008
Blue & white is such a classic combination of colors. From ancient Chinese ceramics, to the vistas on Greek isles, to fabric patterns or nautical lounge wear, not to mention blue jeans and a crisp white cotton shirt, a nice deep blue and clean white is hard to beat. And it…
22 Sep, 2008
There are a total of 46 guests (latest count with comments) signed up for lunch at the Lechon Eyeball in Cebu scheduled for 15 November, 2008, Saturday.
Here are the list of names that have indicated their desire to indulge in lechon:
21 Sep, 2008
Apicio sent me this link to a post on a blog called 43 Folders that tried to sum up what made for a good blog… It is worth clicking on the jump to the article if you are curious. Thanks, Apicio. And let us know when you are about to hie off…
21 Sep, 2008
Literally. We live in a 50+ year old rented house in Manila. It has undergone renovations several times, but it is still essentially a 50+ year old house. And it has a leaking roof. In the past few months, the leaks have gotten really outrageous, and in the heavy downpours…