Nilagang Corned Beef

As I am tired of sauteed corned beef day in, day out and have yet to go through the dozen or so cans left from what my mother brought last July from the Philippines, I had to resort to creative cooking for today’s lunch. Up came two meal ideas: one is this nilaga-style Read more

Adobong Manok sa Patis

I was hankering for good mighty adobo and had a whole chicken already cut-up nicely thawing in my refrigerator today when I opened my pantry only to discover that I Read more

Sisig na Bangus

My mother is your typical mother who believes if you are well-fed, you are well-loved. On her visit last month from the Philippines, she lugged, over tens of Read more

Filipino-style Spaghetti

Banana ketchup in the sauce? Wait, it gets weirder. Hotdogs with the meat. Yep, folks, that is Filipino-style spaghetti for ya. Sweet and chunky and cheese-y, it is not your typical bolognese. And I won’t have it any other way. Read more

Biscotti with Butter (Biscocho)

There are two things, (alright, three, if you count Virginia Slims Lights Menthol) I have an addiction to, two things I have to have in the morning and indulge in many times during the course of Read more

Garlic Fried Rice

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

Pinaksiw na Sili

According to an article in New York Times, “peppery foods are believed to stimulate the appetite by setting off the flow of saliva and gastric juices” and “act as an overall Read more

Adobong Paa nang Manok (Chicken Feet Adobo)

There I was contorted, bending here and bending there, taking a shot here and a shot there of this adobong paa nang 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 and that for this in recreating the dishes Read more

Nilasing na Hipon (Drunken Shrimp)

No worries…there is not enough alcohol in the dish to result to wild dancing on tables or non-stop singing of “don’t you wish your girlfriend is hot like me”! Read more

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