Just what is it with kids and spaghetti Bolognese? Picture this. A cute toddler in her high chair, plump cheeks, a mass of ringlets on her head, empty bowl in front of her and red stains all over her face. No need to be told. You know straightaway that she’d just plowed her way through a […]
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Gabby’s Pork Adobo
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 […]
Scrambled Eggs
Nothing says “Good morning” quite like a plate of golden scrambled eggs. Most of us take scrambled eggs for granted. But there’s a fine line between a dry dense mass at one extreme to a wet gloopy mess at the other; and the light fluffy perfection of scrambled eggs done right. Ingredients 6 free range […]
Tomato Scrambled Eggs
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 […]
Laing
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 […]
Rice Cooker Chicken Rice
One of the things I look forward to on the weekend is the Good Weekend magazine that comes with the Saturday Sydney Morning Herald. Not only is it packed full of insightful features, it also comes with lighter, more accessible tidbits of information and trivia. But all this good stuff is lost on me. Initially, […]
Slow-roasted Pork Belly
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 […]
Chicken And Pork Adobo
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 […]