Braising is a process of slow cooking tougher cuts of meat in liquid in order to add flavor and to moisten and tenderize the meat. This technique is also known as pot-roasting. In a beef cut such as a chuck…
Scampi (recipe)
Scampi could be the culinary name for a lobster specie, the menu name for shrimp in Italian-American cuisine or the name of a shrimp dish served in garlic butter and dry white wine. I found a magic bottle of spices…
Scampi
These past 2 weeks have been a struggle for hubby and I. We were taking care of “coughs and colds” and they loved us so much they wouldn’t want to go away. We’ve been up in the wee hours of…
Pininyahang Manok (Pineappled Chicken)
— “There are no accidents,” says Uguay the tortoise in Kung Fu Panda…so it was as I was bloghopping yesterday, one mom featured Pininyahang Manok. I still have a whole chicken getting thawed so I thought Pininyahang Manok is the…
Chicha
Do you recognize this pica pica? Right, cornick with cheese! Guess where we were munching them? Ahmmm…. this is an almost overdue write up of that event, an exhibit of three Thomasian artists at the Shangri la sometime in June…
Blueberry cheesecake
I’m running out of memories to write about…it’s time to make new ones. 🙂 What’s best but making memories of good food along with photographs to make them last. Then again, I remember that blueberry cheesecake is one I often…
Khao Phat Supparot
Another thai recipe for this week! 😉 Growing up, the only sinangag (fried rice) I’ve cooked was traditional Filipino, rice on oil and sauted garlic plus salt. When I’m up to it, I’ll beat in an egg too. On days…
Crema de Fruta – Ruby Tuesday
How do you make gelatine more interesting and attractive? – Make Crema de Fruta. Sponge cake, custard layer, fruits and gelo are what you need. – Normally, colorless gelatine would do, but red makes it all the more attractive. – My…
Panna Cotta and Sweetened Memories
It seems reminiscing is all I can do lately. It must be the age…I’ve lived half the life my father did and this thought makes me look back more. I miss my highschool friends, being in school and studying (or…
Apples on oatmeal
— Growing up in a tropical country, I have known mangoes, pineapples, papayas amd soursops earlier than apples, strawberries and oranges. Imagine a row of trees heavy with fruits that some would fall off the ground….well, it’s not so dreamy…
Red Velvet cake with cream cheese frosting
(Cafe World inspired dish # 3) Patience is not one of my greatest virtue. That was why I was surprised that I found joy in baking this masterpiece. Although I intended to make cupcakes at first since it’s less the…
Basil and tomato on pasta
I find fresh and meatless spaghetti more rewarding to cook. It adds some more minutes into your cooking, yes, but it’s worth the wait. Oh, since this is meatless, then there’s some “minus” minutes too…..Pardon that I forgot to take…
