Garlic Fried Rice

After years of steadfastly believing conjugal life is the beginning and end of all things, and months of shamelessly Read more

How to Fry the Best French Fries

Are you a bud of spud? I am, too. Baked, scalloped, mashed, one can never go wrong with a side of potatoes. But if you love them french-fried, try this thrice-cooked method and I promise, McDee’s bucket of fries will never do for ya ever Read more

Papas con Chorizo Omelet (Potatoes and Sausage Omelet)

The nursing facility I work at sits at the heart of San Fernando Valley and is roughly 40 miles from my house. My commute to work involves a torturous one hour-and-a-half bumper-to-bumper traffic Read more

Candied Sweet Potatoes with Sherry Syrup (Minatamis na Kamote)

Presenting candied sweet potatoes a week after the holidays~a tad too late, you say. Well, not exactly. First, according to Wikepidia, sweet potatoes are only distantly akin to the fibrous yams customarily served for Christmas dinner. Second, in the Philippines, these tuberous roots are not eaten Read more

Arroz Caldo

When I was growing up in the Philippines, I would occasionally feign illness to miss a school day. My mother would then send our househelp to buy and bring back every type of food I could think of and one of my favorite requests was arroz caldo bought from the downtown wet market. Read more

Palitaw

Palitaw is customarily made with glutinous rice soaked overnight in water and which is then processed into a soft dough via grinding. The availability of commercial sweet rice flour in most stores here in the Read more

Chinese Pearl Balls

These appetizers are so christened due to how their shell of glutinous rice turns to pearly grains when cooked. These chinese pearl balls are favorite mainstays in dimsum houses but can easily be made at home with a little bit of rolling Read more

Bacon-wrapped Hotdogs, Fruited Coleslaw and Bacon-Potato Salad

Have I already mentioned that my birthday is this month? I have already discussed my personal feelings about getting old, yes? Can I tell you again the things I am starting to forget? Where I laid my keys, where I placed my purse, what whatchamacalit’s name is, etc.. Just last night I threw away cashier’s checks in the trash. They were in a blank envelope, which I mistook to be empty and which I swooped down when I cleared our kitchen counter. I had to go through our community dumpster while my husband and daughter shined a Read more

Khow Pad Moo (Thai Pork Fried Rice)

There are numerous blog postings in the forums I frequent and newscasts on The Filipino Channel I patronize about the rice crisis in the Philippines. However, the information about the shortage did not elicit interest from me until today when I went to our nearby asian supermarket for my bi-monthly grocery shopping. I found out that not only was my favorite brand of jasmine rice out of stock but there was also a limit of two bags Read more

Shrimp Fried Rice

Rice is a primary food staple in the Philippines and can be found in many dishes~from the main meal, beverages, and to desserts. It is such a cornerstone of the Filipino way of life that as child, I remember being scared silly by my grandmother, bless her soul, to wolf my dinner plate clean of these precious whites, Read more

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