This month’s Kulinarya Challenge hosted by Frances of Iskandals and Jenn of Storm in my Kitchen is about one of my favorite Kapampangan...

Yes you read it right …… it’s a salad made of bitter melon or “ampalaya”. Kids will probably raise their eyebrows on this …… and most like...

It’s good to be back. Yes, I’m back from a long …… actually, prolonged hiatus which started during my long Christmas holiday back in the P...

With the above image, I guess I really don’t need to explain at length why I have added the rather peculiar extra wordings in the title of...

Filipinos love “chicharon” (“chicharron” in Spain) or deep fried pork skin so much. Sometimes called crackling in English, the versatile dis...

I once read a fellow food blogger’s account about an amazing chili chicken dish being served in one of the restaurants of the world renowned...

Frog tastes like chicken. You heard that before, right? Of course when I state that phrase (or sentence), it is more of a personal account r...

Have you heard of the prideful name “Global Filipinos”? Okay that’s quite tough. How about the enterprising brand “Overseas Filipino Investo...

For a person who’s in serious diet, decadence could mean indulging in foods not in line or in total contrast with the diet program. Most oft...

I have featured this spicy viand before in a version cooked using lime juice and green finger chilies. Since I now have “calamansi” or “ca...

Every mom (or everyone for that matter), who is truly passionate with foods or cooking, has her own specialty dishes. Select entrees which c...

As I have already stated here, Filipino “adobo” with its countless variants and derivatives encompassing major meat commodities such as beef...

Simplicity brings out the best in anything. It is said to be the first step towards attaining great things. Quite startling still, simplicit...

Aphrodisiac Food……that’s the theme of the Kulinarya Cooking Club challenge for the love month of February. It’s pretty sensible right? The ...

Does mesentery sounds new to you? Well, that’s the name of a section of the pig entrails that is called “bulaklak” (a cut of pork) in the Ph...

In line with the fast approaching holiday season where parties and gatherings will be regular happenings in most homes, schools, offices, ch...

Following the lively discussion that ensued after the “iyasi” post in the Facebook page of this blog where “pulutan” or the Philippines’ ans...

Nippy wind starts blowing in the Philippines and other Southeast Asian countries. Torrential rains continue pouring hard over the entire isl...

Now among the most popular light meal or snack meal in malls and supermarkets in the Philippines, “siomai” has been causing quite a stir in ...

I am in really deep trouble. Earlier we had crispy “litson kawali” or deep fried pork belly, then we had “crispy ulo” of deep fried pork h...