Before we freak out about the metric and English systems of measurement, here is my sister, Lorna’s own table. 1 ounce = 28.4 grams (rounded off) 1 gram = .035 oz. 1 kilogram = 2.21 lbs. (or 2.2 lbs.) 1 oz. = 28.35 gms. (or 28.4 gms., rounded up) 1 lb. = 453.59 gms. (orRead 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
Lemon-Coconut Squares
My sister got this from a Southern States recipe book (I believe it was a Georgia recipe)… This is SO good — and so calorific! The calamansi will make the dish slightly sweeter. This is best made with lemons because of the grated lemon peel. I baked Lemon Squares for Christmas and it’s always oneRead 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
Tapsilog From Rodic’s Diner
Tapsilog as we know it was coined from the word Tapa (salt-cured beef ), sinangag (fried garlic rice) , Itlog (fried egg). Filipinos are so creative when labelling their dishes. My favorite tapsilog is the one served at Rodic’s Diner at the Shopping Center inside the UP Diliman campus. Tapsilog wasn’t the trend during myRead More