How to cook rice begins with understanding rice varieties and their characteristics. After that, you can cook rice with …
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How to extract tamarind juice
Tamarind (or sampalok in the Filipino language) is the name of the fruit of the Tamarindus indica and the name of the tree …
What’s the Difference Between Giblets and Gizzards?
You've seen or heard both terms especially in relation with chicken, duck and turkey. During Thanksgiving, especially, when …
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Color Coded Cutting Boards: Are They A Necessity?
Growing up in Asia, I have always used solid wood blocks as chopping board. Later, I switched to bamboo. Plastic was a last …
Kitchen Organizing: Label the Jars, Not the Caps. Here’s Why.
Keep your kitchen better organized by clearly labeling spice and herb jars. Label every jar (not the caps) and make the …
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For Our Wedding Anniversary, I Got A Severin Raclette Grill!
We love communal eating here at home. We do hot pot, fondue and tabletop grilling although not nearly as often as we'd like. …
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Holiday Gift Ideas for the Serious Cook
December is almost upon us! Most of us are looking forward to the holiday break and hosting or attending family reunions. …
Shiitake, White Asparagus and Broccoli Egg Drop Soup
A reader, apparently a food blogger herself (or perhaps an Instagram junkie) e-mailed to ask how I make the vegetables in …
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When Making Gravy, Demi-glace is Your Best Friend
In culinary school, Alex was introduced to demi-glace and she was instantly smitten. She ordered half a gallon of the stuff …
Do You Really Need to Skim Off Scum on the Surface of Your Bone Broth?
As the year draws to a close, the weather is cooler and people crave for a hot bowl of soup more often. A good soup starts …
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The Smart (and Safe) Way to Roast Turkey
Turkey is not my favorite bird (duck is!) but I've made roast turkey enough times to know what works and what doesn't. I've …
Brewed Coffee, the French Press Way
How do you start your day? What's the first thing you reach for? The newspaper? Toast? Or coffee? I'm a coffee person. I'm a …
Crispy Pork Belly (Lechon Kawali): To Fry or Not To Fry
For the second time in a decade, I fried the lechon kawali that we had for dinner last night instead of roasting it in the …
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How To Use a Kitchen Thermometer
There are various kinds of kitchen thermometers in the market. Some are digital, others are analog, prices range from cheap …
Egg Timer: the Gadget for Cooking Perfect Soft and Hard Boiled Eggs
I like to think that, when cooking eggs in the shell, there are three stages: soft boiled, medium boiled and hard …
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Pork Adobo Hash (Cooked With Scrap Meat)
Transform scrap meat from soup bones by cooking it into delicious Filipino pork adobo hash. Prep and cook time is less than …