In Robin Howe's All Colour Cooking is a recipe for chopped veal that originates in Switzerland where it is known as Geschnetzeltes Kalbfleisch. What is so interesting about … [Read more...]
Estrel’s caramel cake
June 14, 2007 By 60 Comments
Been hearing and reading -- with superlative raves -- about Estrel's caramel cake for a long time but never got to try it until last weekend when we went to a niece's … [Read more...]
Our kitten, Salt, is missing
June 13, 2007 By 22 Comments
Less than a month ago, I wrote about our male Persian kitten's penchant for roving. An ironing woman, Michelle, comes in three times a week. When I opened the gate for her … [Read more...]
Flowers of the firetree
June 13, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Flowers of a firetree, up close. No, Sam didn't climb up the firetree. :razz: This tree was short and there were bunches of fiery orange flowers at eye level. The photo was … [Read more...]
Crepes a la mode
June 13, 2007 By 13 Comments
We were watching Little Miss Sunshine a couple of weeks ago and there was this scene where Olive (Abigail Breslin) ordered waffles a la mode (she pronounced it a la mo-dee). … [Read more...]
Inbound links
June 12, 2007 By 3 Comments
If you really want to know how many sites link to yours, Technorati is not the authority. Technorati tracks blogs but there are a lot of sites out there that are, strictly … [Read more...]
Red wine vinegar, white wine vinegar and balsamic vinegar
June 12, 2007 By 10 Comments
The traditional Filipino kitchen will usually have a bottle or two of vinegar. Often, cane and coconut vinegar. The vinegar is mostly used for cooking (seasoning, as with … [Read more...]
The daughter of the other woman
June 11, 2007 By 20 Comments
I wish I knew how to link to this blog I had been reading for the past several minutes. But there are no permalinks to the individual pages and no links to the archives … [Read more...]
“Stay-at-home moms are saints”
June 11, 2007 By 23 Comments
Since Speedy started blogging, I found myself reading daddy blogs and media articles on parenting written by fathers. Among the dozens or so blogs and articles I read during … [Read more...]
Chicken teriyaki
June 10, 2007 By 72 Comments
When you discover what's in a bottle of teriyaki sauce, you will wonder why you have been buying bottles and bottles of the stuff when it's so easy to prepare it at home. … [Read more...]
Lord Stow’s egg tarts and wheat – bread siopao
June 10, 2007 By 18 Comments
Egg tarts may look like a smaller version of the traditional egg pie but there are substantial differences between the two. Egg tarts have a flaky crust more similar to puff … [Read more...]
Canned whole peeled tomatoes
June 10, 2007 By 3 Comments
There's nothing like fresh tomatoes, I know, for cooking stews and pasta sauces, for sauteeing... the fresher and plumper the tomatoes, the better the cooked dish turns out. … [Read more...]
10 – minute stir fried chicken, quail eggs and vegetables
June 9, 2007 By 13 Comments
We were at the supermarket yesterday for another week's supply of food and more food. It hasn't even been a week since the last trip to the supermarket but the freezer was … [Read more...]
SM Megamall Food Court: the good and the bad
June 9, 2007 By 16 Comments
My daughter, Sam, takes figure skating lessons at SM Megamall on Sunday mornings. We would get at table at the adjacent Food Court where we could watch her skate and order … [Read more...]
In celebration of Father’s Day, part 2: The day I told my father I was getting married
June 9, 2007 By 14 Comments
My parents separated when I was in Grade 2. My brother and I grew up with our mother although all throughout college, I would spend long weekends with my father and even weeks … [Read more...]
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