A reader once lamented on the lack of variety in Filipino cooking. Mostly, she observed, there were only basic cooking techniques: sauteeing, soup and de-sarsa (with sauce). … [Read more...]
Sayote (chayote)
March 31, 2005 By
Light green and pear-shaped with a thick skin and a hard core, chayote, or sayote as it is called in the Philippines, grows on vines. It is known as as vegetable pear or … [Read more...]
Lemonade – salabat chicken
March 27, 2005 By 2 Comments
If the name of the recipe sounds strange, that's because this is a rather strange, and wickedly flavorful, dish. My 11-year-old wanted chicken with sweet and sour sauce for … [Read more...]
About tocino
March 26, 2005 By 102 Comments
In modern-day Filipino language the dish that you see in the photo is called tosilog, a contraction of tocino, singangag at itlog, a popular breakfast dish that consists of … [Read more...]
Flowers in a religious procession
March 25, 2005 By 2 Comments
These are photos from a Good Friday procession in Marikina City. It's a pageant, alright, with the owners of the statues of the saints going all out with the costumes and … [Read more...]
Cafe Ysabel’s carrot cake
March 24, 2005 By
It is a carrot cake from Cafe Ysabel, a restaurant owned and operated by Filipino chef Gene Gonzalez. My husband bought it (the cake, not the restaurant) last Monday. I was … [Read more...]
Newspaper article on food blogs
March 24, 2005 By
Lance posted a comment that Home Cooking Rocks! was mentioned in an article in The Honolulu Advertiser. The same article came out in the Washington Post, the link to which … [Read more...]
A few kitchen tips
March 23, 2005 By 3 Comments
This isn't a recipe entry. The photos are merely to help explain. This entry is about a baked fish, leftovers and cooking torta (frittata), with some tips on … [Read more...]
Suman
March 22, 2005 By
Suman is a Filipino dish of sticky rice wrapped in banana or coconut leaves. There are numerous varieties of suman with each region having its own version of the dish. The … [Read more...]
Annulment, legal separation and divorce
March 19, 2005 By 22 Comments
A lot of Filipinos thought that with the passage of the Family Code of the of the Philippines with its unprecedented provisions on annulment of marriage, those who have been … [Read more...]
Chicken, tomatoes and cabbage soup
March 19, 2005 By Leave a Comment
I don't want to brag but this soup is something you really ought to experience. Not just taste it but experience it totally. Savor the aroma, enjoy the texture and the subtle … [Read more...]
'Closer': adult relationships are never simple
March 18, 2005 By Leave a Comment
What does being in love mean? When is being in love a reason to enter into a relationship or even a marriage? Is it enough to sustain a relationship? Is it the only … [Read more...]
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