Mastering bacsilog: tips for perfect bacon and garlic fried rice
Filipinos are, like most Asians, rice eaters. While many consider pandesal to be the quintessential breakfast food, historically, bread made with …
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Saving yakitori
This is a tale about a cheap metal grill, how its silver paint got glued to the skewered meat and how my daughter salvaged the yakitori and …
It’s the second “ber” month and Christmas season is in full swing
This week’s newsletter is an announcement and an update.
The announcement is that I have introduced a new section called Snapshots. Divided …
Getting over the myth that breakfast is the most important meal
It isn’t, really. I know that goes against what we were taught growing up. What generations and generations of us were taught, in fact.
But …
Is there a proper way to make grilled cheese sandwich?
One of my guilty pleasures is watching movies and TV shows that highlight food. On Netflix, I love Flavorful Origins, the Korean Rhapsody series (pork …
Pineapple for dating, cooking, baking and drinking
Pineapple is not among my favorite fruits. Not for eating by itself anyway. But I love including it in savory and sweet dishes, and for mixing …
When your gas stove won’t let you cook over low fire
Do you use an electric stove or a gas stove? If you’re using gas, have you ever had the experience that when the fire is set to low, it is still …
Goodbye, Substack
Almost two years ago, I revived a long dormant newsletter. I chose Substack to be its home because I felt that it was a community of real writers and …