When you have an ingredient as flavorful as bacon, you don't need a lot of other seasonings to make a tasty dish. Speedy surprised us with this bacon ...
Daddy cooks!
Christmas Day Lunch 2016
Despite the threat that typhoon Nina would make for a wet Christmas, we went ahead and set up the table in the garden for our Christmas Day lunch. As ...
Sam’s Farmhouse Sandwich
If a movie can have a sequel, so can a good sandwich. This sandwich — imagined and created by Speedy — is so named because the fillings are meats of farm ...
Blueberry Smoothie With Oats and Yogurt
Speedy made it based on a video from Real Simple. This blueberry smoothie has rolled oats, yogurt and... ginger. Yes, ginger! As strange as that may sound, ...
Speedy’s version of Laura Calder’s gingered watercress
Speedy watches more food and cooking shows these days than I do. And the two hosts he doesn't like to miss are Nigella Lawson and Laura Calder. I used to ...
Sausage and Apple Sandwiches
There is a program on Asian Food Channel called Return to River Cottage hosted by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. An old show, actually, that originally ...
Tripe, Lettuce and Tomato Sandwich
Think BLT but, instead of bacon, it's tripe so tender it almost melts in the mouth. And, seasoned with lemon juice and finely sliced chilies, the gamut of ...
Turon (banana spring rolls) with dulce de leche
How many ways have we made turon? Let me count: 1. Cheesy turon 2. Turon with toffee and peanut butter sauce 3. Turon with bacon and cheese 4. Turon ...
Campfire Cones (Without the Campfire)
Speedy saw campfire cones featured on some TV show on Facebook, he was immediately smitten and, less than twenty-four hours later, he had all the ...
Eggplant “Pizza”
It's not really a pizza -- that's why, in the title, "pizza" is enclosed in quotes. But it is like a pizza because the eggplant "pizza" has a crust, and a ...
Melon Cocktail With Grape Syrup
If you Google "melon cocktail", you'll find that there are two categories. The first is an alcoholic drink; the second is a dessert. This falls under the ...
Fresh button mushrooms and parsley salad
Yesterday, I had lunch with girl friends from law school, the conversation -- hilarious all the way -- ranged from unsavory characters to disillusionment ...
Strawberry and Mango Sorbet
Got overripe fruits? Make the easiest dessert ever. Top with whipped cream and a whole cherry and you got yourself a dessert that's pretty and delicious ...
Banana and M&M’s spring rolls
Question: What's worse than finding a worm in your apple? Oh, I'm sure you know the answer. That joke's older than I am. You don't know the answer? ...
Turon (banana spring rolls) with bacon and cheese
When does your weekend start? Like most Filipino families, ours used to start on Friday evening when the girls' classes ended and Speedy picked up them up ...
Vietnamese Stir Fried Pork Neck with Pineapple and Vegetables (Muc Xao Khom)
This dish of stir fried pork neck with pineapple and vegetables (muc xao khom) is from Luke Nguyen's Vietnam. Speedy cooked it. For the longest time, I've ...