These Norwegian Butter Cookies were the very first cookies I ever learned how to bake as a young child. My aunt Lydia Sison was the one who taught me how to make them. What made the whole process so exciting for me was the use of a cookie press. Why? Because I turned plain dough into magical cookies – butterflies, flowers, hearts, Christmas trees, even dogs! These cookies are very…
The most popular pancit that we used to serve and sell during my catering years was Pancit Luglug. It wasn’t only popular with us, but in most Filipino restaurants,…
When my mother first became aware of sour cream and anchovy, she must have read in some cook book, that you can make a dip with it. This kind…
Many moons ago, I first tasted the empanada of El Gusto Restaurant on Claro M. Recto Street, I knew I had to come up with a recipe just like…
We Filipinos, very much like the Chinese, leave nothing to waste in an animal in our cuisine. I mean chicken feet (my husband, Stan’s favorite dish), jellied pigs’ ears,…
What do you do with leftover roast or rotisserie chicken? You make the 4 Cs – Chicken Carrot Celery Corn Soup! It’s also something very healthy and filling. It’s…
There are chocolate cakes and there ARE chocolate cakes! So for my son Christopher’s fiftieth birthday, I baked for him this Choco-Obscene Mocha cake. There was also another surprise…
Sometimes you get a bit tired of the same old veggies; like our helper, Juvy’s, walang kamatayang- PINAKBET! So, my sister, Jane, asked me to dig into my recipes…
There are gems to be found among the ads that pop up while you are doing your own research on the internet. This recipe for Cherry Tomato and Feta…
Pate is one of my favorite cracker or toast topper. When the real pate is not available, I resort to this, my Chicken Liver Pate. Back in the days…
I first became aware of the red velvet cake in the movie “Steel Magnolias”; a story of family and friendship. In the movie, the aunt of Sally Field, baked…
When you eat in a Chinese restaurant, most of the time you are offered Almond Jelly with either Lychees or Fruit Cocktail. Common as it may seem, it is…