A mother of two boys. A mobile networks engineer by profession; a storyteller by night. You can follow her personal blogs at Glory Box.
Preparation time: 15 minutes Cooking time: 35 minutes I’m a big fan of quick and easy cooking. I have no patience for complicated dishes. I’d rather do other things than spend hours in the kitchen. My number one criteria for food preparation is something that I can whip up in 30 minutes – tops! I am what you would […]
Adobo, the quintessential Filipino dish. Forget lechon and its pretensions; rarely is adobo served at fiestas and gatherings. You’re more likely to find it at Juan and Juana dela Cruz’s dinner table. That’s because adobo is your honest everyday working man’s (and woman’s) fare. Adobo is a dish you learn at your mother’s knee. Each […]
Talk of Filipino fiesta and guess what comes to mind? Why, lechon of course. But for a small get-together, roasting a whole pig on a spit is not only wasteful, it’s unhealthy. Even so there should be a way to enjoy lechon without going to all that trouble. Being the eternal pragmatist, our Filipino chef […]
This recipe started life as Karen Martini‘s croissant and ricotta pudding. But as is always the case when I’m in the kitchen, a bit of situation substitution manages to creep in. This time I replaced the croissant with raisin loaf, the Frangelico with Kahlua and the vanilla bean with vanilla extract. Dare I say my […]
My mother made this dish for breakfast all the time when I was growing up. She used duck eggs whose deep yellow yolk when combined with the tomatoes gave the dish that distinctive rosy orange colour. In late summer, when tomatoes are in abundance, she would buy them by the bucketful and turn them into […]
I mentioned in a previous article that adobo is a dish I learned at my mother’s knee. Along with the recipe I also learned invaluable tips that don’t only make my dishes taste great but make cooking easier too. Stuff like “once the salt is in there’s no getting it out” and “open the windows […]
It has been six long years since the family last went for a visit to the Philippines. This time to make up for all the time away, we decided to come over during the Christmas holidays and spend five weeks reconnecting with family, visiting sun-kissed island destinations like Panglao and Boracay and sampling the unique […]
I did not become a fan of laing until after college when I rented a room from a family who traced their roots to the Philippines’ Bicol region. My own family came from the province of Zambales in Central Luzon where the cuisine featured strong Ilocano (salty simple dishes), Tagalog and Spanish (meat dishes with […]
