A dish similar to this one was my friend Melissa's contribution to our last every-Saturday-dinner with our close-knit circle of whacky friends (I brought my potato, beef and … [Read more...]
Potato, Beef and Peanut Pot
November 28, 2004 By 1 Comment
I brought this to our weekly get-together with friends last night. There is some sort of unwritten rule in our group that whatever we bring to our potluck weekly dinner, it … [Read more...]
Fred Siwak’s artwork
November 26, 2004 By 1 Comment
This photo was in the photo blog that I lost in December, 2005, along with a lot of other things. It is part of artist Fred Siwak's dream of going on a virtual trip around the … [Read more...]
Sinigang na tiyan ng salmon (salmon belly sour soup)
November 26, 2004 By 2 Comments
Since I first sampled this salmon belly sinigang at Gerry's Grill, I've been dreaming of cooking my own version at home. Gee, it was a very satisfying dinner we just had. … [Read more...]
Nilagang manok 2
November 25, 2004 By 4 Comments
Nilagang manok, literally boiled chicken, is a soup dish made with cut chicken and a variety of vegetables. It's a rather simple dish, really, easy to prepare and only takes … [Read more...]
Lechon con tokwa
November 25, 2004 By 5 Comments
Lechon con tokwa was one of our favorite dishes in a Chinese restaurant in Caloocan City. Took me a long time to duplicate it. Not the taste but the proper texture of the … [Read more...]
10 – My new kitchen!
November 25, 2004 By 9 Comments
The new kitchen is now operational. Two things still need to be done. The first is the final polishing/waxing of the marble countertop. The second is to move the kitchen stuff … [Read more...]
Vegetable noodles, chicken and quail eggs
November 22, 2004 By Leave a Comment
The multi-colored and multi-flavored vegetable noodles are a product of China. The good news is that they're really pretty--pretty enough to turn an old boring dish into … [Read more...]
A 4-year-old’s drawing of flowers
November 20, 2004 By Leave a Comment
I've kept most of my kids' artwork while they were growing up, including those scribbled on scratch paper. I have a briefcase full of them. The drawings in the photo were made … [Read more...]
9 – Kitchen cabinets ready
November 20, 2004 By 3 Comments
This entry has been moved. See How we built a new kitchen in 2004. … [Read more...]
Balut, penoy
November 20, 2004 By 6 Comments
It’s a cold day. Raining since morning what with a typhoon lashing the eastern part of Luzon. I hardly got any cooking done with the work still going on in the new … [Read more...]
Why not divorce?
November 18, 2004 By 3 Comments
I was posting an entry under The Side Blogs about Malta and the Philippines being the only remaining countries without divorce when it hit me that almost every argument … [Read more...]
8 – Kitchen lights and floor tiles
November 17, 2004 By Leave a Comment
The color of the ceiling is cream. "Coffeemate", according to the painter. I said no flat whites--they simply look dead. Everything that was installed onto the ceiling … [Read more...]
7 – Kitchen Cabinets
November 17, 2004 By
I had a choice between standard-sized kitchen cabinets and custom-sized ones. Had I chosen standard sizes, we could have bought ready-made kitchen cabinet doors which would … [Read more...]
Forget-me-not
November 15, 2004 By Leave a Comment
In a delicate shade of blue, forget-me-nots are very fragile with petals so thin they are almost translucent. My grandmother's favorite flower. … [Read more...]
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