This is a photograph of an ampalaya (bitter melon or bitter gourd) vine grown organically by my newly found cousin, Pito Garcia. We’re second cousins actually and we connected through a website on geneology my maternal relatives have just discovered. It’s the coolest thing to find ..
Does it sound like a bad word? It’s not. It’s Ilocano for eating with your hands. There are certain dishes that just beg to be eaten with your bare hands. Inihaw na isda, pritong isda, dinengdeng, pinakbet, adobo, sinigang na hipon, kilawin, fresh seaweed salads, fern salads, roasted ..
Here’s the Christmas turkey our family had for Christmas this year. Everyone looks forward to having it on Christmas surpassing the more traditional ham that would take days to prepare. So, I’ll keep making this until something new catches our fancy. When Spouse was carving the ..
It’s Christmas everywhere and in the Philippines no other treat says Christmas more than this rice cake. It’s available year round in most places. During the Christmas season, churches everywhere will have vendors setting up shop in the wee hours of the morning. These vendors will be ..
Since coming back home to the Philippines in 2006, Christmas has been busier in the kitchen. But I always get help from the Third Sister who comes with her kids to spend Christmas with us to be closer to our parents. When we were in Colorado, Spouse and I almost always had Christmas dinner ..