No, milk and other dairy products aren’t bad for you. Choose low fat and you’ll live healthier — maybe, even longer — according to a Swedish study.
Sticky rice congee with chicken, lemongrass and quail eggs
Posted on December 9, 2011 · 12 Comments
Speedy and I are nursing a sick daughter at home. Alex has a cough that’s been going on and off for weeks. She’s lost weight, she feels weak and her much-needed sleep is often interrupted by her coughing. Speedy took her to the hospital, had her x-rayed, and tuberculosis and pneumonitis were ruled out. According ... (more)
Foods to make you feel better
Posted on January 10, 2011 · 19 Comments
At home, at my in-law’s house, on Facebook and even on Twitter, the recurring topic is how a lot of people are down with colds and cough with flu-like symptoms. In my family, I was the first to catch it a week or so before Christmas. I was down for two days and missed I ... (more)
Does it make sense to have hot soup on a hot summer day?
Posted on April 8, 2010 · 7 Comments
There’s this anecdote about a little boy who asked his grandmother why she drank hot coffee even on very hot days and she countered by asking the boy why he liked to eat ice cream even on very cold days. It came to mind when, a couple of days ago, I posted some tips to ... (more)
How about some microwaved French fries?
Posted on October 27, 2009 · 25 Comments
There’s a video on YouTube where an American bought several kinds of McDonald’s sandwiches, McDonald’s fries, a burger and fries from a regular restaurant, placed each food item separately in covered jars and kept them there for several weeks. All the food items, except one, started showing signs of decomposition after a few weeks. What ... (more)
What does your doctor say?
Posted on June 23, 2009 · 22 Comments
UPDATE on June 24, 2009 @ 9.50 p.m. For those who have been asking about coffee alamid, please read My Civet Coffee Experience. And here’s a photo of the palm civet (alamid). Last week, over cups of coffee alamid, a lawyer friend, Eric Santos, and I were discussing a syllabus for the Internet and Law ... (more)
Yes, I still eat lechon
Posted on May 5, 2009 · 15 Comments
When people ask if we avoid pork these days, I tell them we don’t. When people ask if we’re not scared of contracting swine flu by eating pork, I tell them to go and educate themselves. This swine flu pandemic is scary enough without people confusing what’s real and what’s not. People avoided chicken at ... (more)
Do you sometimes wish you were more of a regular person?
Posted on February 20, 2009 · 11 Comments
When I started Breakfast Daily, I had a goal. I was going to develop the habit of eating breakfast and get my family to do the same thing. Right. No one here is a breakfast eater. And it was something I wanted to change. I wanted us to be more like other families who get ... (more)
Conflicting expert opinion about tilapia
Posted on February 14, 2009 · 8 Comments
Fish ‘n’ chips, a British tradition. Mine was made with tilapia fillets. But this isn’t about how to make fish ‘n’ chips. I was going to use the photo for a recipe entry but, right now, it is more relevant to use it in this entry. In a very recent entry in the Well Fed ... (more)
Is fresh food safe?
Posted on October 30, 2008 · 16 Comments
Health buffs used to draw one list of food to stick to and another list of food to avoid. Under the first list are fresh food including vegetables, fruits, eggs and dairy products. Under the second list are processed food including canned meat, frozen processed meat (chicken nuggets and the like) and cured meat (ham, ... (more)
If you’re very hungry
Posted on October 9, 2008 · 14 Comments
EVEN if you’re very hungry… say, you haven’t eaten in two days… or say that, for medical reasons, you were prohibited from eating red meat for years and you’re just craving… Or, let’s just say you have a huge appetite… Can you finish a sandwich this big?
The photo above was an attachment in an e-mail sent by my brother-in-law, Sonny. It’s real, I tell you. It’s called the Quadruple Bypass Burger and you’ll find it in the menu of a restaurant in Chandler, Arizona, a hospital-themed joint where the waitresses are dressed like nurses. Well, kinda…
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