08 Dec, 2010
This post on galantina was first published on 17 December 2006, but I am re-posting it here for the benefit of folks who haven’t previously come across it, and who are at the beginning or the midst of their Christmas food madness…
It’s origin is probably the classic French Galantine de Poulard, and for the…
05 Dec, 2010
AHA!!! Followed by a “why didn’t I think of that sooner?” The day after we had this roast pork, we had two large “chops” worth left over… We were busy in the dining area with Christmas related tasks, and a strong aroma of adobo came wafting through the house. That…
01 Dec, 2010
Take a good look at the photo above. Do not click on the rest of this post to see the other comments. Based on the photo above, what do you think Marketman is up to for the next couple of days? Your answer must consist of just TWO WORDS…
30 Nov, 2010
This is very cool. When I was living life in the MBA “fast track,” I always read the Asian Wall Street Journal for its financial news, and wondered if I would ever do anything newsworthy to be mentioned in the newspaper… I never made the pages of the paper while I was…
30 Nov, 2010
It’s been a while since there’s been a shoe post. So this is for all of you shoe addicts out there. Shouldn’t there be a term for someone who is addicted to shoes? A Shoeologist perhaps? :) At any rate, you probably thought Marketman was pretty obsessive compulsive, but…
29 Nov, 2010
That’s a tomato knife in the photo above. Talk about specific use kitchen implements! But it worked like a charm! This isn’t so much a recipe as an ode to simply gorgeous tomatoes. I am SO HAPPY that many farmers in the U.S. now raise these wonderful varieties of tomatoes…
28 Nov, 2010
On our quick stopover in San Francisco a few months ago, we stayed with good friends in their incredibly charming home with a beautiful view of the downtown San Francisco skyline. More on their home (and particularly kitchen) in follow-up posts, but here is a glimpse of some of the produce I purchased…
26 Nov, 2010
I arrived at the Cebu office this morning and got out of the car and one of the crew started talking excitedly “Naay bañog sa kahoy…” pointing up at a tall kapok tree on the property. My Cebuano is getting better by the year, but I had no idea what a bañog was….