There is nothing like freshly baked puto right out of your steamer I always thought puto has to be made always with rice flour. The best texture and taste is using rice flour but I am sure some of my readers overseas appreciate a puto recipe without using rice flour but instead just the plainRead More
Pork in Liver Surprise
This is an easy recipe and a special favorite. It reminds me of kaldereta somehow without the pickle relish. My sister, Lorna captured this recipe from one of those Philippine TV cooking shows in the late 1970’s. 1 kilo pork (pigue or lomo), cut into serving pieces 1 onion, sliced 3 cloves garlic, crushed 2Read More
How to Cook Adobo
American wrestler and model Travis Kraft teaches us how to cook Adobo. In Filipino. Oh my, his accent is just delightful. Oh wow. How hilarious. Adobong manak. Funny naman. I think Travis did this video in a deliberate American accent just to be funny. Travis adoptive mother is a Filipina from Bataan. It was sheRead More
Blueberry Cheesecake
Baking a birthday cake can be a daunting task but that didn’t stop me from baking and show my labor of love to my 21 year old daughter. I begged off from icing a cake so I asked her “will blueberry cheesecake do?” Fortunately she agreed. Topped with a lone pink birthday candle, my daughterRead More
Extracting Coco Cream & Coco Milk, & Making Latik
My Principles in Food Preparation teacher in UP Diliman was the late Matilde P. Guzman. My sister and I, as well as her notable graduates such as Sylvia Reynoso-Gala and Nora Daza, all benefited from the basic food principles that she taught us. Studying her manual, “Principles of Cooking,” was my life-line. I found aRead More
Kakanin Recipes
A lot of you have been asking for kakanin recipes. I’ve been slowly adding recipes to this site so watch out for it. In the meantime… You can find the kakanin recipes in this Kakanin Recipe Category. I ‘ve also found great tasting kakanin recipes from Pinoy Merienda Site. Here are a few Bibingka recipes.Read More