Seared Salmon with Kiwi-Mango Salsa

A few days ago, I received a letter from our company’s food purveyor, Sysco, containing an update on the salmonella outbreak. Although the correspondence assures us, the buyers, that Read more

Korean BBQ Short Ribs (Kalbi)

An update: This korean BBQ short rib recipe is one of my earlier entries but I think, ribs as good as these deserve a re-introduction. So, here they are at the spotlight again and just in time for grilling season. You can actually cook them any way you want, as they are perfect pan-fried, grilled or broiled! Read more

Cassava Cake with Custard Topping

As a Filipino in the U.S. without complete access to ingredients indigenous to the Philippines, I, often times, have to substitute this for that Read more

Food Bloggers Unite for Bri

For my daily dose of food porn, I usually visit Steamy Kitchen late in the afternoon. There, I discovered Read more

Corn and California Summer

I am a Catholic. I was raised as a Catholic, educated as a Catholic. Along with the desire to lead a pious way of life, ingrained with this Catholic upbringing is also the fear of eternal fires as consequence of swaying away from the church’s teachings. Yet, how can one, even devout, worry presently about the afterlife when there is a California summer to contend to first? With these recent days seeing temperatures tip close to 100 degrees and an everyday job in a kitchen that has four commercial ovens burning all day, it is like I found hell on earth! Pity my staff and others who have crossed my path today because I was pretty, pretty short with my dealings! Read more

Shrimp and Vegetable Soup

I apologize for the recent influx of pork recipes here. I just realized that I’ve been cooking and posting pork recipes like as if Read more

Crispy Pork Sisig

I have a very extravagant kitchen habit that I’ve been trying to break: I cook food at home like I am feeding an army of thirty instead Read more

Lechon Kawali

A very good friend of mine called me late in the afternoon today asking if my daughter, Liane, can watch over her two sons while I accompany her for a few hours. “I just need to talk”, she begs. As we dug into a gotta-have-it bowl of ice cream at Read more

Paksiw na Pata (Braised Pork Shanks in Soy Sauce and Vinegar)

As I’ve mentioned in my post, there are a few ways of preparing the popular filipino pork adobo. Some recipe variations simply call for all ingredients to be combined in a deep pot and then Read more

Beef Pochero

If there is ever a clearer display of how diversified the Philippine cuisine is, I believe it can be found in the many ways the pochero dish is interpreted from one Filipino kitchen to another. Google the recipe and different food websites will provide you with different variations~from the basic Nilaga-style version enhanced simply by the addition of Read more