Recipes
By Anonymous Paul on 9 July, 2013
I was reading up on roasting birds one time and it got quite overwhelming as there are just so many ways to do it. Some like to brine overnight to retain moisture before cooking, some require cooking over a bed of vegetables, some prefer to put the vegetables and maybe a bread mixture in the …read »
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By Anonymous Paul on 25 March, 2013
Holy Week is usually the time when people go home to their respective provinces and spend time with families. And while reflection and prayer are the central activities (or at least should be; in a Catholic’s perspective) there definitely is a lot of eating in between. My family has relatives based in Bulacan that we …read »
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By Anonymous Paul on 7 January, 2013
So. It’s that time of the year again. Where we’re faced with… leftovers. In the freezer we had, among other things, some roast Peking duck from a previous Christmas meal. As well as some shrimp shells (heads, tails and all) I set aside from another gathering. I figured these would make a nice stock so …read »
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By Anonymous Paul on 24 July, 2012
Bread. Love it (along with other carbs). But I’m not quite the fan of Asian type breads which are for the most part sweet, light and gummy. Crusty, chewy, hearty loaves are more my sort of thing. Nonetheless, I understand bread in general is quite tricky to make. And I’m really not much of a …read »
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By Anonymous Paul on 11 May, 2012
Here’s the result of a relatively successful experiment. I’ve always loved bread pudding. With some vanilla ice cream on the side and a dollop of boozed vanilla cream, it’s just downright comfort food for me. But this is a level-up of sorts. A savory version. The inspiration stemming from an episode of Dosanko Cooking on …read »
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By Anonymous Paul on 22 March, 2012
I was shopping at the Landmark grocery a few weeks back and had noticed they had some Haas avocados. They’re smaller in size than our local avocados and they characteristically have this darker, harder bumpy skin. But the inside of the fruit is just luscious. Incredibly smooth, dense, less or non-fibrous and makes for the …read »