Most of us know "egg custard" as a sweetened mixture of milk and eggs. It is the base for ice cream, it can be thin and spreadable, it can be a topping or ...
Small bites: Appetizers & Snacks Recipes
Small bites, finger food, dainty and not so dainty concoctions that are great for starters, munching and snacking.
Cheese Sticks, Filipino Style
The traditional way of making cheese sticks is to cut cheese into fingers, roll them in bread crumbs, freeze them then fry them. Until a few years ago, ...
Gougères: French Cheese Puffs
The French pastry dough known as pâte à choux has many uses; cream puffs and churros are only two of them. Gougères, or French cheese puffs, are also made ...
Alex’s Churros Con Chocolate
Story has it that when the Portuguese sailed East, they paid attention to the delectable food they encountered in China and brought back with them to ...
Bacon-wrapped Chicken Livers
My version of rumaki which was allegedly first served at the Polynesian-themed Trader Vic's. I don't want to label my bacon-wrapped chicken livers as ...
Soy Chili Honey Garlic Cauliflower
By adding lots of crunch to vegetables, they become more appetizing. Toss crunchy veggies in a thick sticky sauce and they become exciting. Keeping those ...
Pork and Mushrooms Spring Rolls
Just when I thought I knew all everything about cooking spring rolls, I learned something new again. If you mix the filling and let it rest overnight in ...
Patatas Bravas
Diced potatoes are boiled in salted water, rubbed dry then fried in olive oil. Patatas bravas, a popular tapa in Spain, is served with tomato sauce, aioli ...
Pork and Bacon Croquetas
Croqueta is Spanish; croquette is French-English. They may look the same on the outside but, inside, they are different. Croqueta is made with stiff ...
Hola, Peru! We Love Salchipapas!
In the Philippines, a whole hotdog either goes into split bread or alongside rice and fried eggs. Meanwhile, sliced hotdogs are a popular ingredient for ...
Steamed Mussels With Spicy White Sauce
The sauce is the same as the one I used for the vegetarian steam-fried mushrooms and green beans. But this dish of steamed mussels with spicy white sauce ...
Mussels A La Parmigiana
Fresh mussels were soaked, the beards discarded then thrown into an extremely hot oven for a minute just until the shells opened. When cool enough to ...
Chicken Turnover (a.k.a. Chicken Pie)
Buttery, creamy and cheesy. I baked chicken turnovers with the tastiest and moistest filling ever. It starts with chicken thigh fillets, skin on. Yes, ...
Vegetable and Mandarin Orange Salad With Strawberry Vinaigrette
It's just another vegetable and fruit salad but, this time, even the dressing has fruit in it. The strawberry vinaigrette in this vegetable and mandarin ...