Balut! Penoy! Balut! The ‘balut’ vendor heralds the dawn. Mind you, it’s not only in the Philippines that boiled duck embryo is found and savoured; the Vietnamese also favors…
I recently hosted a dinner party and served a unique beef soup that was a hit with everyone: Watermelon sinigang. A local restaurant also has this on their menu,…
The Philippines has been greatly influenced by Chinese cooking since the time of Chinese trading with the Philippines centuries ago. In fact many Filipinos are partly Chinese; case in…
When we were “younger”, we would tease our sister, Bambi, that she could eat a palayok (clay potful) of steamed rice when paired with Paksiw. Paksiw (fish or pork…
This is a recipe that I got from Nora Daza’s cookbook, way back when I just first started baking on my own, but tweaked it. My grandmother’s cook used…
The Christmas season always bring an abundance of food since our family hosts plenty of parties. The leftovers kicks my creativity into gear. Here’s how you can transform lechon…
I could write a chapter of my life dedicated to my friendship with Antonio (Tony) Kornerup. Tony is now smiling down at me from that blissful place in Paradise…
Christmas time is that time of the year when you want to say, “Oh wow! It’s here again! Cooking to the max time.” So here is a time old…
The first time I heard about Pavlova was from my late husband, Stan, way back in 1988, when I first met him. We would talk about things we liked…
If you like Korean food, then you must love Kimchi! I first tasted kimchi many, many moons ago when Korean food was not even known in Manila. I got…
The old style of making fruit salad has a very unusual ingredient and it’s the ingredient that prevents the melting or getting soggy of the cream in the salad.…
The Philippines grows so many kinds of bananas and they are turned into all sorts of delicacies (turon, maruya, chips etc.) but the banana bread is not so popular.…