Comments on: We brought back more than half a ton(ne) of luggage…

By: sister

sister — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:49:39 +0000

Maria Clara, I use the Echire butter for table use, on bread. I can get good butter for baking in NYC, try Plugra, or Beurre Marie, available at Fairway on 76th and Broadway or West 131 and 12th Avenue.

By: Maria Clara

Maria Clara — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 20:01:53 +0000

Thanks Sister, you are my inspiration. I had seen Echire butter – never bother to pick up. Is it good for baking?

By: sister

sister — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 18:28:04 +0000

Maria Claria, I buy “lait cru” or raw milk cheeses. FDA and customs in the US allows one to bring in 5 kilos for personal use. Usually I buy Epoisse, Brie de Meau, Roquetfort, Mount Blanc in the winter, etc. from an affineur, Jacques Vernier, with a great selection, aged on the premises. There are many incredible shops in Paris but I usually end up at Boursault in the 14th, a little out of the way but reasonably priced. 71 Avenue du General -Leclerc. Most cheese stores will vacuum pack for travel.In the summer one can purchase a small cooler to contain the smell and shapes. I also buy several kilos of Echire butter. For specialty baking supplies, go to Detout, near Dehilliran in the Les Halles area.

By: Maria Clara

Maria Clara — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:39:10 +0000

Practice practice is the way to Carnegie Hall. Sister, you really know how to shop! Inquiry mind wants to know what is all in that one suitcase of cheese of course cheese but what kind in particular????

By: sister

sister — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:09:35 +0000

Filipinos have an extra shopping gene. Just got back from Paris with 5 suitcases, one duffle bag and one carry-on, a lot of rearranging at CDG to comply with AA’s only 23 kilos per piece( are they joking, no.) No tax at JFK after I explained that there were 25 old oyster plates in one suitcase, a complete 191 pc. antique silver flatware cum box in another for reshipping to Marketman and Mrs. M, one suitcase of cheese, and bakery supplies from Detout, one suitcase of linen and just one suitcase of clothes and handbags for daughter. This is after a trip to Leesburg last month… Sister’s husband wanted to know how I managed to charge at 12 stores in one afternoon (made a mistake and used his card not my personal one) and replied it takes practice, that’s all.

By: Blaise Fortuna

Blaise Fortuna — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:35:02 +0000

MM, I envy your kitchen..

By: gina

gina — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:39:58 +0000

Mr. MM, you truly are a genius at shopping while Mrs. MM and the Kid are terrific at packing!! You know, I have a sis and sis-in-law who live in new jersey and i guess they get the stuff the send to us (syempre in a balikbayan box) sa woodbury coz we get our load of ralph lauren polo shirts and also some lacoste. i also get great hand-me-downs of nine west and coach bags. how i wish i could get the chance to go to the US and go shopping at woodbury but the biggest hurdle for me would be to get a US visa (huhuhu) ‘coz i’m just an ordinary government employee. maybe someday (sigh!) i’ll get that chance. till then i’ll just content myself with the balikbayan boxes sent by relatives from the US na pag binuksan mo sabi nila amoy america (is that true?)

By: shae

shae — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:04:27 +0000

Wow $50 grand in shopping spree, lucky Kid :) I’m sure she enjoyed shopping – what girl wouldn’t! I send Balikbayan boxes to my bro twice a year and it pretty much contains the same stuff that you have in your boxes except for enameled pots. Glad the mail was fast!

By: Chinachix

Chinachix — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 01:59:28 +0000

MM, super great deal on the Le Creuset pots! and i didn’t realize Williams Sonoma had an outlet pala…then again, its been a long while since ive been to Woodbury Commons…

By: Penelope

Penelope — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:04:26 +0000

6-10 Weeks? It is usually 28 days from California to Pampanga. Maybe it is different if its from New York.