For our youngest child, Elaine’s bridal shower, I came up with this strawberry cake. Her theme was pink and I wanted to bake something that would coordinate with this…
It seems that Cuchinta (kutsinta or kutchinta) , this popular Filipino “kakanin”, has fallen in flavor when commercially bought. Good thing it is something you can make without too…
When I was a young child, our in-house dressmaker (Victorina ‘Toreng’ Sicat) would come home bringing a bundle of young fiddle ferns. Yes dear, ferns! I would watch her…
I get to learn a lot of things from reading and research and asking people about food. This particular Kaldereta recipe I read from a book by Bryan Koh…
Patola soup brings back childhood memories. It’s so common and ordinary, that you hardly find it served in any restaurant. It’s relative has become very popular as a body…
Filipinos grew up with Cheese Pimiento as part of their school days “baon” (snack). Mom used to make her own version of this and spread it on sliced bread…
If there was such a thing as makeup in Filipino food, it’s the use of achuete or annatto to brighten up a dish. In fact I know of some…
Some time in the early 2010’s, Turmeric became a household name as of those cure-all wonder food. It was in the early 2019 that I decided to look up…
My book “The Secret is in the Sauce: Cookbook for Noncooks” was published in 1996. I was encouraged by close friends and family to share my love of food…
What's in your pantry? These are just some of the ingredients I always have on hand to cook and bake with. It's a good list if you're starting from…
Depending on what part of the globe you are from you may be using either the Metric or English system of measurement. In my recipes I tend to use…
Here are some suggestions for making the best use of the recipes you will find in this website and to help make your adventures in the kitchen more pleasurable…