Sometimes desperation drives us to do things we normally wouldn’t do in the right frame of mind. A few months ago our bedroom door got stuck shut and I couldn’t enter the room. I asked my husband to try and open the door but he couldn’t. “What about using a screwdriver?” I asked him. After [...]
Posts Tagged ‘philippine cuisine’
Pancit Palabok (Philippine Style Noodles in a Prawn Gravy)
Posted in Cook, tagged bihon, chicharon, filipino food, food, noodles, pancit, pancit luglug, pancit palabok, philippine cuisine, prawns, recipes, shrimp gravy on February 22, 2011 | 43 Comments »
Philippine Style Stuffed Crab (Rellenong Alimasag) for Kulinarya Cooking Club
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged alimasag, Christmas, crab, filipino food, kulinarya, philippine cuisine, recipe, relleno, stuffed crab on November 21, 2010 | 28 Comments »
One of the greatest food writers in the Philippines was a lady by the name of Doreen Fernandez. When I was in the Philippines I took for granted her contributions to our cuisine and so I rarely paid any attention to her works which was a pity since I have been crazy looking for some [...]
Flavours of The Philippines Food Festival
Posted in Events, tagged philippine cuisine, Philippine Food on August 25, 2010 | 25 Comments »
When people ask me about what I miss most about the Philippines – there is no doubt that the answer will always be “the food”. My mouth waters when I remember the Lechon Kawali (Crunch Pork with Shrimp Sauce), or Kare Kare (Oxtail Stew with Annato Peanut Sauce). I reminisce over my Mom’s Beef Tenderloin [...]
Kulinarya Cooking Club – Lumpiang Hubad
Posted in Cook, kulinarya cooking club, tagged filipino food, lumpia, lumpiang hubad, philippine cuisine on August 22, 2010 | 50 Comments »
Who said Filipino food is unhealthy? If you haven’t already, hop on over to Tangled Noodle‘s site to read her essay on Filipino food. I couldn’t have written it better myself. In her post one of the things that Tracey mentions is that many people have a misconception that Filipino food is unhealthy. Yes, we [...]
Prawns with Coconut Milk and Preserved Crab Fat (Ginataang Hipon with Gata and Taba ng Talangka)
Posted in kulinarya cooking club, tagged coconut milk, ginataan, philippine cuisine, prawns, talangka on July 28, 2010 | 49 Comments »
The other day I spent more than sixteen hours trying to get my house in order. It had been awhile since I did a MAJOR clean up but I knew it was time after speaking to a work colleague. We were chatting one morning and I mentioned that I needed to get my house more [...]
Pancit Molo for the Kulinarya Cooking Club
Posted in kulinarya cooking club, tagged iloilo, kulinarya club, pancit, pancit molo, philippine cuisine, wanton soup on May 23, 2010 | 59 Comments »
The Blog Monster has a collection of recipes which she put together a few years ago. I remember that she asked me to “design” the front cover. After some discussion this is what we came up with. Daily Menus 7 Week Cycle With Weekly Market Orders Proven Effective, even for beginners