Salmon head soup with lemongrass, ginger and lime juice
Unlike the flesh from the body of salmon which gives you a singular mouthfeel, the head of the salmon gives you more. The fatty skin and flesh around …
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Eggs en cocotte
Eggs en cocotte is a French dish of baked egg. You smear the inside of ramekins with oil (or softened butter which I prefer), crack an egg or eggs …
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 …
Amaretto, cranberry and orange cocktail
Most of this newsletter’s subscribers are in the northern hemisphere where the snow has not yet thawed. Meanwhile, it’s the end of summer in the …
Ice cream with coffee and cherry brandy
We always make affogato with Kahlua but there was one time when we set the coffee liqueur aside and spiked the coffee with something else. That …
My father’s beef sarciado
I don’t visit Facebook more than I have to. I still check in once every few days because there are groups I belong to (blogging related) and I have to …
A toast to the awesomeness of Filipino adobo
No, Filipino adobo is an not adaptation of Mexican adobo. I’ll explain why. Plus, there’s a recipe for a not-your-usual Filipino pork or …
The rice cooker chronicles
College kids popularized the use of the rice cooker to make dorm meals. But, seriously, the rice cooker can do way better than dorm meals.
This …