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CATEGORY: ‘Rice/Noodle/Starches’

Easy Sunday Italian a la Marketman

08 Feb, 2015

A few weeks before Christmas, a neighbor sent over a head of puntarelle, an Italian green that’s related to chicory with a unique, slightly bitter taste.

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Pinipig & Mini-Chocolate Chip Cookies a la Marketman

02 Feb, 2015

Pinipig crunch, that magnolia ice cream bar variant with vanilla ice cream coated with chocolate, studded with bits of toasted pinipig, was one of my favorite sweet things as a kid.

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Pinipig vs. Pinipig…

01 Feb, 2015

On the left, what I typically refer to as pinipig.

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Roast Duck Fried Rice a la Marketman

15 Jan, 2015

Another leftover dish that was as good as the duck the first time around…

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Roast Goose, Duck and Lamb Chops for Christmas Eve…

08 Jan, 2015

After several holiday dinners featuring western fare, our Christmas Eve dinner with family and friends was more Asian in nature.

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When Mrs. MM and I lived in Jakarta, we would notice the proliferation of goats on side streets in the days before Eid-al-Adha or the “Festival of Sacrifice”, one of two major Muslim religious holidays.

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