18 Jun, 2009
Chilli Crab has become the signature “house dish” when we are at the beach. when we have guests and there is an abundance of crab at the market, we almost inevitably cook up a large pot of chilli crab. And while we normally serve this with steamed white rice, I find that…
17 Jun, 2009
Our drive down to Nasugbu was relatively quick and uneventful. Roadside stands in Laguna, Cavite and Batangas seemed to have an unusually large seasonal bounty of sweet corn. I wondered out loud how vendor after vendor could offer just boiled corn and nothing else… no roasted corn, no buttered corn, no corn…
16 Jun, 2009
My heart doesn’t skip a bit that often at local fruit and vegetable stands anymore. After almost 5 years with this blog, my produce antennae have been on high alert for anything unusual, particularly interesting, etc. So when we made our regular stop at the Toscana Farm Stand last Sunday, I was…
16 Jun, 2009
It could have been a scene from a grade B horror movie entitled “The Swarm”… Thousands upon thousands of bees around a hive in plain sight in broad daylight. They picked a fairly sturdy branch on a tree directly over a two lane road that is passed fairly often! We like to…
15 Jun, 2009
Since I learned that certain types of lapu-lapu were “at risk”, I have avoided buying any of the broad species for many months. And we will continue to cut back on our family consumption of lapu-lapu. But I am hoping that this particular type of lapu-lapu in the photo below,a muddy brown…
15 Jun, 2009
This is a delicious, but utterly simple snack to make. While at the beach over the weekend, Art decided to whip up this treat that he says is common back in their hometown in Cebu. It’s called “Pinisi” derived from “pisi”, or rope. Very similar to a donut, this has a crisp…
14 Jun, 2009
We’ve been away for the Independence Day holiday, hence the lack of posts since Thursday. But it was a wonderful long weekend, with several kitchen experiments that turned out really well. So we are relaxed, have absorbed enough vitamin D for weeks (sunburn), and on the way home this afternoon managed to…
11 Jun, 2009
This is possibly my favorite museum in the whole world. An afternoon spent at the Musee d’Orsay is always a pleasure; and certainly on par with a brilliant food experience. With a collection of beautiful paintings, sculpture and other art from the second half of the 19th century and early decade or…