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Continue reading →: Mystery Fruit: Help!!!
Look at the pictures very, very closely. The topmost is of fruits with leaves growing out of their flesh. The leaves make the fruits seem as if they have wings, like Mercury the messenger of the gods. This has recently been the subject of speculation at the Book of Rai forum. Jacqui, one…
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Continue reading →: Video and other updates
Just in case you find some posts down or without pictures, don’t be surprised as I’m doing a bit of spring cleaning. I realised how my earliest posts were meant for friends abroad – mostly cooking for the first time out of necessity – and see how my initial recipes…
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Continue reading →: A boozy Lasang Pinoy VI
Now you can download the graphic! Two souls with much more artistic inclinations than I have took pity on the banner. We’re still redirecting you to Ting’s for the announcement of Lasang Pinoy 6: Let’s wash it down with booze!! What is this about, cooking with alcohol? Oh no, no! It’s what we Filipinos call pulutan. Pulutan?!?! Etymology is pulot –…
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Continue reading →: Orange juice: dangerous to your health?!
Yikes! And I thought drinking fresh orange juice (Citrus sinensis) was healthy! Whether in the country or abroad, at home, in hotels or restaurants, every chance I get, I try to have my fill of orange juice, preferably freshly squeezed or at least the pure and unsweetened product in cartons and cans.…
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Continue reading →: Duman: Epitome of Artisanal Food (2/2)Second of two parts How did this tradition of harvesting unripe rice begin? Could it have been an experiment during the early period of agriculture? Traipsing along the fields one stormy day in early November got me thinking it could have been a similar time centuries ago when the rice…
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Continue reading →: Duman: Stepping Back in Time (1/2)
First of two parts We were told to value every grain. Every single precious one was handled with reverence. We could not indulge in it for it was no ordinary cereal. Duman, the delight of my childhood, my current unfolding mystery. Little did I know that it would take me home…
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Continue reading →: Mayap a Aldo ning Capampangan!
On Friday afternoon, I went home looking almost like Cinderella before her fairy godmother’s arrival. I was carrying a clay pot, a cooking spoon, two semi-burnt bamboo tubes, two bags and soot on my dress. It was also drizzling and I had no umbrella. That most likely completed my forlorn…
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Continue reading →: Camatis/Tomato
All throughout the world today, tomatoes are one of the most highly-consumed produce. This berry is indispensable in many Filipino recipes, one would think it an indigenous plant. What adds to the confusion is that some varieties, like the one in the picture above are called “native camatis“. Perhaps nativised but…
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Continue reading →: A Different Kind of Thanksgiving – Guest Blogger
Post-Thanksgiving, I am very glad to welcome Genevieve, my friend from way back. She is today’s guest blogger from North America. In all my years in the United States, despite having become a naturalised citizen not too long ago, I have never felt solidarity with, the need for or the…
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