Jambalaya »
My first Daring Cook’s challenge experience gave me confidence to try another rice dish: Jambalaya. This is a Louisiana Creole dish of Spanish and French influence; a New World version of the Old World dish paella according to wikipedia.
This recipe is from Good Housekeeping Magazine (Feb 2005). I made this rice dish using [...]
Baby Back Ribs »
There are a lot of ways you can cook this “baby” (back ribs) and a lot of people have their own special marinade/ sauce but whatever the method: boiled, grilled, broiled, braised, I know one thing for sure that makes it sooo good: long and slow cooking.
You have to be patient with this type of [...]
Yogurt Chocolate Mini Cakes »
I don’t smoke, I don’t drink, I rarely eat junk foods like potato chips, candies BUT I am addicted to chocolates and cakes, cookies and brownies and pies and tarts….
I have to slow down in my baking once in a while, to give myself a chance to keep up with the calories, I try to [...]
Daring Bakers’ Challenge: Dobos Torta »
My 2nd DB challenge.. The August 2009 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Angela of A Spoonful of Sugar and Lorraine of Not Quite Nigella. They chose the spectacular Dobos Torta based on a recipe from Rick Rodgers’ cookbook Kaffeehaus: Exquisite Desserts from the Classic Caffés of Vienna, Budapest, and Prague.
I was happy when [...]
Korean Beef BBQ (Bulgogi) »
This is the first time I have cooked and actually tasted a bulgogi. Bulgogi, I learned after a quick google-ing is a grilled marinated thin slices of beef. Bul means fire in Korean and gogi means meat. In other words, grilled meat (or literally fire meat), but one that I have not tried [...]
How To Make Bulgogi - Video »
I’ve come across this video on YouTube. Authentic bulgogi made by a Korean. This is slightly different from the bulgogi recipe I recently tried, this one uses only one fruit- pear and has carrots in it. I will try this version next time or try to combine the two or maybe [...]
Cassava Cake (Cassava Bibingka) »
I have been in search of a good cassava cake recipe to satisfy my craving for it. I know I can easily buy a box of it but I have this thing, I am not contented just buying treats that I like, I have to have a recipe of it to try. [...]
Biko (Sweet Rice Cake) »
As I have said in my last post, I did some kakanin ( Filipino sweet rice cakes/ delicacies) and this post is a continuation of that..
I’m pretty sure you (the one reading this) know about biko already and is just here looking for a recipe; but in case you haven’t heard of it yet (go [...]
Palitaw Sa Latik (Sweet Rice Dumplings In Coconut Milk »
I did a marathon kakanin “cook fest” yesterday, I made palitaw in coconut milk, biko and cassava cake. These, except for the palitaw in coconut milk are for my daughter to bring in school for their Linggo ng Kultura (Filipino Language & Culture Week).
To start with I’ll give you palitaw in coconut milk. [...]
Spicy Chicken Adobo »
My little boy calls this KFC Adobo because it’s made with chicken, to him, chicken=KFC and he likes `dobo, that’s how he calls adobo. He couldn’t wait for me to finish cooking, he keeps coming back to the kitchen asking “..is that kfc dobo?” ; “Is it cooked already?”, or “are you [...]
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