One of my comfort food is Turron Nang Saging Na Saba and the boiled version is Minatamis na Saging na Saba. This is really soooo Pinoy! Specially when the…

I grew up eating Chicken ala King for special occasions. My mother would make this dish when it was someone’s birthday or we had guests. Nowadays you don’t have…

It is so refreshing to start your Asian meal with some pickled vegetable to wake up your appetite. One such, is the Japanese Pickled Cucumber; even the Chinese use…

As I was growing up, Kilayin Kapampangan was one of my comfort food. Very rare for a young child to like liver and lungs! I would eat it with…

Filipinos really love their corned beef and their pasta.  When we were growing up, our mother would serve this dish on special occasions like birthdays. I am sure the…

One rainy day, our aunt Bettina Prieto de Leon, sent us a huge box of Bangkok Santol. It was the most delicious, delightful bunch of santols that I had…

One of my favorite comfort food is Guinataang Puso ng Saging. Whenever I would go overseas for a holiday and call home that I am coming back, my daughter…

There are some inventions there that are really worth dissecting to come up with your own version.  Crispy Malunggay Leaves is one of those oh-so-addicting inventions! There is now…

Trying to find what would please my new Australian family wasn’t that easy; they were very finicky when it came to food; but somehow this old favorite that my…

You’d be surprised at the taste of this light and refreshing pasta. I served it for the first time at a family Sunday lunch and I was reprimanded that…

For a former chocoholic, I dreamt of baking that ultimate chocolate cake.  I searched high and low for the ultimate chocolate dessert and finally found it.  It’s a flourless…