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Continue reading →: Fresh Shrimp Extract
A few months back, I had merienda at one of my cousins and marvelled at the full-bodied flavour of her pancit. I dissected the plate and wondered what made it so tasty. My cousin confirmed my suspicions. It was the fresh shrimp extract. Fresh shrimp extract, or sabo paro in…
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Continue reading →: Pasta Sauce in a Clay Pot
In one of my previous incarnations as a junior government bureaucrat, I was travelling all the time yet hardly saw the places that I went to. However, not having enough time to go around did not stop me from visiting the marketplace or the grocery just to have a feel…
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Continue reading →: Post-Pinatubo Rice Festival
This was supposed to be posted on the eve of New Year’s Day but I was still out of sorts after the Indian Ocean calamity, not knowing how things were out there, praying and feeling helpless. I had to spend more time with my own thoughts, trying to make sense of…
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Continue reading →: Tsunami
As planned, I have started to write about the Duman Festival but the thought of death and destruction in the latest Southeast Asian catastrophe prevents me from doing so. Besides, thoughts of food and merry-making at a time like this are just inappropriate. I wrote about the disaster on the other blog and provided information links,…
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Continue reading →: It’s Christmas!
The suman and calame (kalamay or rice cakes/pudding) have started to trickle in… The liga (nilaga or clear broth with choice of meat and vegetables) has been boiling (and taste-tasted, er…) The asado is simmering… I need to set the table. Will be back soon! Merry Christmas!
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Continue reading →: Bico Culubasa: Squash Rice Pudding
Almost everyone is preparing for the holidays and if one reads food blogs, that means a lot of cooking! Many associate Christmas cooking with baking. Just recently, the food blog community Is My Blog Burning had a cookie swap. I understand that this has become a tradition in many places in the US…
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Continue reading →: Filipino Kiddie Spaghetti ala Karen
The Filipino sweet tooth is reflected in our cuisine – from a multitude of kakanin (usually rice-based snacks) to mouth-watering confections that leave everyone asking for more. There’s also the other side – how the popular palate demands to sweeten almost everything – even that which is supposedly not meant to. Established…
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Continue reading →: Stir-Fried Vegetables with Tofu
As a new graduate, I shared an apartment with several college students and young professionals. We had a great time playing house, with scenarios much like the sit-com Friends. In theory we cooked or brought our own food but in reality, we partook of what each brought into the house. That…
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Continue reading →: My Place in the Food World
Perhaps it’s now too late to back out of this blog. I realised that what I want to accomplish entails a lot of archival and field research, not to mention some testing of recipes from long ago, perhaps not cooked for at least a generation. However, the more I think…
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Continue reading →: Re-launching the Food Blog
Who would have thought I’ll be writing about food? This may not be a scholarly peer-reviewed piece but who would have thought it would even be available for the world to read? Even after posting recipes on my main blog, not many people have an idea how this girl’s about to…
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