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Croquembouche

Croquembouche Mountain

“I made it! Did you hear me?  I made it!!!” I shouted out loud.

My husband, who was in the study, came down to see what the commotion was about.

“I made it! I climbed the croquembouche mountain.” I declared.

“The croquem-what?”  He asked.

“The croquembouche mountain!  I finished did my Daring Baker’s challenge. I made my creme patisserie, choux pastry, and caramel glaze all in one day… so tired!” I told him.

“So are you telling me you are the little angel on top of that cake?”  he asked.

I hadn’t quite looked at it that way before… but…

“You betcha!” I told him.

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Pancit Molo

Pancit Molo

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

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Baked Spaghetti

Baked Spaghetti Royale

I swear, it wasn’t because I was unpopular.   (Or that’s what I would like to think)

One summer, I must have been in the  fifth or sixth grade, I celebrated my birthday with a party.  The downside of having your birthday in the summer months was that it always coincided with school holidays, which usually meant, only a handful of classmates could actually make it.

I never really thought it was a big thing until I was made painfully aware of this fact when, during this party, only three guests showed up.

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Blueberry Cheese Blintz

Blueberry Cheese Blintz

Sometimes I get asked “Don’t you want kids?”

“No.  Not really.” I always reply.

“Well, why not?” They always come back.

Sometimes, I pretend to be vague and say “Well, we weren’t lucky enough” and let them think that we actually tried but for some reason weren’t able to conceive.

Other times, I just make light of it and say “My dogs are my kids!” and leave it at that.

The real reason, if you want to know, is this…

“I’m just too selfish.”

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Chocolate Chip Cookies from Ad Hoc

Chocolate Chip Cookies from Ad Hoc

I’m so excited to let you know that I’m in the process of starting a whole new blog.  Trissalicious has always been and will always be a personal blog but in addition to this, I’ve decided to start another blog called The Cooking Basics.  The blog will focus on the basics of cooking which I think is important for any cook to know – for example, how to make stocks, sauces, types of cooking techniques – think almost everything you wanted to learn in culinary school without taking any exams!  Over the next few weeks I’ll be busy on content and lay-out but I am confident it will happen sooner rather than later.  So check back in a few weeks when I give you the new blog address and the first installment.

But enough about that – let’s move on to these gorgeous cookies…

I like to think, that when it comes to chocolate chip cookies, I am an expert.  After all, I was once a director of  “The Practically Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie Company” – the other directors included my brother and two other sisters.  The PPCCC started when my Dad, a then subscriber to a U.S. based magazine called Consumer Reports, stumbled upon an article featuring chocolate chip cookies.  At the end of the article was their recipe for what they considered to be one that was practically perfect.  We tried the recipe, loved it, and loved the name of the cookie and decided that other people would love it too.  So with the encouragement of our parents, we started selling chocolate chip cookies – first to friends and family, then we sold to classmates and then decided to start selling to schools and offices around Manila.

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