Food
What's cooking — from the everyday to the fiesta table.
The Fish I Call Tilanggit
Three weeks of rain, a word I made up, and the small tilapia I dry in the sun There has been no sun for three weeks, and so there has been no tilanggit.
The Basil in the Freezer
A morning harvest, a freezer full of pesto, and everything else a basil plant will give you I cut the basil this morning, before the sun came up.
Kimchi: The Living Side Dish
Advantages, drawbacks, pairings, and what it actually does to your gut microbiome Very few foods on a dinner table are still alive.
Homemade bangus sardines
I don’t know if going meatless on Holy week is still being observed by many. But we do. My entire family including the kids observe the tradition.
Celebrating Love Day
Today is Valentine’s Day, indeed. I’m just too glad it fell on a weekend. It meant that I have enough time to prepare a good meal to be shared by my entire family.
Spaghetti with a twist
Creamy Spaghetti Spaghetti, my kids’ all-time favorite, was one of the many meals I served on Christmas eve. I was just planning for a cake and chicken macaroni salad which I had readied the day before.
Dinner at Isdaan
The hectic days of December started with the 3rd mid-quarter exams of my kids. As their all-time tutor, which I am able to perform only on week-ends, I had to set aside some of my activities to give way to this very important role as a mother.
Dad's Pinoy Bistek
This is my dad's version of Bistek. He used to cook this dish when I was still young and it became my regular baon on school days - from preschool up to high school.
Sunday Cooking
Daisy, the fish vendor selling me kilos of fresh fishes came in this morning. I used to buy from her kilos of different kinds of fishes which her husband caught the night before on any day of the week.
Preparation for Nutrition Month Celebration
I planned of staying at home the whole day today. There are lots of catching up to do. Mostly paperworks.
Balisongsong (a Bicolano delicacy)
One type of food that I loved to eat since I was a kid was suman (cooked glutinous rice). My Dad's aunt used to live with us when I was a child and she used to cook different kinds of suman.
Fish! Fish!
Part of our adventure while in the island of Catanduanes was boating. And part of this plan was to go fishing.
Ginataang Banagan
During our stay in Tabugoc, one particular food which caught my attention is ginataang banagan. Banagan means lobster. I have tasted ginataan with any kind of seafoods - shrimps, lobster, crabs, etc.
Sweet Tasting Pineapples!
You may think that a pineapple is an ordinary fruit. It is found in the market, in the grocery, in sidewalks, and it is even sold by peddlers.
Jam Sweet Jam
Just the other day, one of our doctor friends got sick and was confined in the hospital. Me and my husband visited her and stayed for several hours in the hospital.
Mango shake
Mangoes abound here in the Philippines every summer-time. They are rich in Vitamins A, B, C, potassium, calcium, and iron.
Boneless Bangus
Bangus or milkfish, our national fish here in the Philippines, is classically very Filipino. It is widely available because it can be cultivated in brackishwater, freshwater, pens, and fishponds.
Corn on the Cob
Zea mays is the scientific name of corn. Although we can buy the locally grown variety in the market any time of the year, it is in summer months that they taste the sweetest.
