16 Nov, 2008
The morning of the eyeball, I looked out of the hotel window at 6 am and the streets below were wet, and the nearby mountains were covered in clouds and fog. But with hours to go, I was hopeful that the rains would miraculously disappear, which they indeed did. By 8 a.m.,…
15 Nov, 2008
I arrived in Cebu on Wednesday to prepare for the Saturday Marketmanila.com eyeball. The first thing I did was take everyone in the office to see the new James Bond film “Quantum of Solace”. I thought “Casino Royale” was a far better movie, but never mind, James Bond is still James Bond….
13 Nov, 2008
Marketmanila.com turns four years old sometime this week… I don’t remember the exact date of my first post (I did some earlier posts that were pre-dated) but the real birth date of the blog was about now. In blogging terms that makes me roughly 70-80 years old, I think, and I will…
13 Nov, 2008
I spotted these unusual looking fruit or blooms at the Herbana Farms table at the Salcedo market the morning I showed Bobby Chinn around for his television series “World Cafe Asia.” When I picked one up, he automatically asked me what they were, and all I could say was, “I have no clue…
12 Nov, 2008
Most people think of creme brulee as a special dessert, ordered in fancy restaurants, a treat and an indulgence, not every day dessert fare. I have often wondered why that is so. It is incredibly easy to make, done mostly in advance, and it ALWAYS, without fail, impresses dinner guests who feel…
11 Nov, 2008
I got back from a short trip last week and headed to the Duty Free Arrival Store near the NAIA Airport to pick up a few things. I have bad karma in this building and EVERY single time I go there something outrageous or ridiculous happens. On a bad day, I view…
11 Nov, 2008
It’s nearly Thanksgiving in the U.S., while Canada celebrated theirs a few weeks ago… Thanksgiving is a holiday we love in the MM household and while we may have skipped a few Thanksgiving dinners in recent years, we can and often do a huge turkey with lots of trimmings. This year, I…
10 Nov, 2008
With all the hubbub lately we have really been rather crazed in the MM household. And there is no better cure from food prep exhaustion than a huge steaming pot of soup. In this case, a classic beef bulalo, but gussied up near the end with the addition of nearly everything we…