One night earlier this week, way after midnight, my brain cells still too hyped up after viewing some gorgeous architectural designs, I was scanning the channels for anything boring enough to dull my senses and extinguish my brain activities for the night. Instead, I landed on the Surreal Gourmet show, got glued, noted a very…
The great thing about omelets is that you can serve the bread on the side or you can split the bread, use the omelet as a filling and you have a meal on the go. This omelet has sliced brown Swiss mushrooms, chopped tomatoes onions, and minced garlic. And for a soft and creamy texture,…
What makes Vietnamese food special? Is it, as Vietnamese cooks claim, the perfect balance of flavors? Is it the use of copious amounts of fresh herbs? Is it the bright and fresh appearance of the cooked dishes? For Vietnamese food lovers, I’m sure we all have different reasons for being smitten. For me, it is…
What Speedy wanted was a dish that goes like this: A deboned and stuffed chicken is stuffed into a deboned duck and the duck is stuffed into a deboned turkey. Even granting that I can debone a turkey and a duck, something I’ve never done before, I don’t know how we can finish all that….
So the new school year begins. And it’s back to solo lunches for me. I was debating whether to have a chicken sandwich with the usual lettuce cucumber and tomato slices but I decided I could be more creative. If my little experiment was successful, I could even have the kids take something similar to…
I know that in the U.S. cooking turkey is both a ritual and a tradition. As a non-American, turkey elicits no feelings for me except as food. I wasn’t even a turkey eater, having a preference for duck over the years until I discovered that turkey can be just as great if prepared properly. By…
My kids were home all day today. And yesterday. Stormy weather. Classes were suspended. According to the latest news, they will resume tomorrow. Anyway, this dish made with fried breaded strips of chicken thigh fillets, romaine lettuce, and cherry tomatoes was today’s lunch. The idea was to make a salad a la KFC. Although my…
This isn’t my recipe. I don’t even know where the recipe came from exactly. This was a school project for my daughter. The recipe was given to them in school and the project was to create meals and sell them in school as part of an entrepreneur skills training. According to my daughter, she was…
Almost everyone I know cooks pinatisang manok with sili leaves. I did, too, but my kids are not fans of sili leaves. Cooking sili leaves can be tricky overcook it a minute longer than necessary and the bitterness will become very pronounced. That’s why sili leaves are never boiled; they are added to a dish…
I have a friend who can’t appreciate any food that is not cooked in his hometown way and I think it’s sad. He’s missing his chance to try new things and it also makes him no-so-exciting company when eating out. Many years ago, there was a TV ad for baby cereals that said to teach…
