Sunday Lunch at Lola Charing Valdes Gonzales’ always included this very popular dish. Lengua Estofado (Ox Tongue Stew) is usually ‘fiesta’ fare; something special to serve for special occasions.…

When the summer season comes along, so many of the fruit bearing trees become abundant. One such fruit is the Santol or Cotton Fruit. Some people do not like…

If you think cream of corn soup is easy-peasy, you’re sadly mistaken! You really have to do it the old fashioned way – by hand and with a hand-held…

I like Ladies Lunch!  It’s that time of bonding with women; sharing anything under the sun; be it bargains, husband/children/grandchildren, the latest show/movies, facial creams, warts and all.  I…

My son Brian asked me to think up of more vegetable recipes. One day I ordered some vegetables from an organic farming cooperative and I was given some broccoli…

What is a fiesta or party without a Lechon? Failure!!! Lechon gives life to the belly and to a group party.  A proper celebration MUST have a Lechon, whether…

I learned this bread recipe from my stepdaughter Michelle Leung Hudson.  Michelle brought it to one of our Sunday Family Lunch.  She is very thoughtful and always brings something…

Down the street from my old apartment, on Macario Adriatico corner Remedios Street, is the Korean Palace Restaurant and where I first tasted Japchae, this delectable dish. Pollyanna Koh…

The tomatoes or tomato paste in this Sinigang na Ulang gives it an extra asim or sourness and a touch of color.…

This is one salad that tastes so good the day after it’s made; in fact you don’t serve it immediately; you let it sit and bloom in the refrigerator…

Some years ago, the caviar pie was a craze in Manila. I first encountered it in one of our clan’s get together. The original presentation was a moulded-layer pie…