This is one salad that tastes so good the day after it’s made; in fact you don’t serve it immediately; you let it sit and bloom in the refrigerator…
Some years ago, the caviar pie was a craze in Manila. I first encountered it in one of our clan’s get together. The original presentation was a moulded-layer pie…
Here I go again about food during my childhood, but that is where most of us learn about taste. I grew up not distinguishing Filipino food, American food, Spanish…
One of my favorite parts of the cow is the tail and one of my favorite dish is Kare Kare. Since Kare Kare is sooooo rich, one can’t have…
For chocolate cookie lovers.…
This recipe for Pinaupong Manok or Chicken Steamed in Salt is for the health enthusiasts who want flavor and goodness as this chicken is cooked in its own liquid.…
I first learned how to eat Tempura when Kimpura Restaurant first opened its doors way back in the 1980s. It was a special treat to eat in this Japanese…
One of the healthiest soup around is the mongo (mungbean) soup. It is very inexpensive; goes a long way around and easy to prepare although to refine it, one…
Before I tasted Indian Chutney, I tasted Helen Manao’s Pilipino style chutney. Helen was one of our cooks when I was growing up. Helen was a native of Romblon…
Imagine this: A “kawa” or cauldron as big as a bathtub, over three hollow blocks, set over a wood fire; a tall man (Armando Zalblan, my mother’s driver as…
I had forgotten all about this recipe until I visited cousin Margot Valdes de Vega. On her kitchen table was a jar and my eyes decided to play tricks…
Being quarantined does bring out the creativity in oneself. My brother Tony, who works in Pampanga, offered to send us some export quality large prawns; humongous I might say.…