I’m not very good at favorites. Probably because it involves making a choice and I am a terrible decision maker. If you’ve ever been around me when it’s time to decide where to eat for dinner, you’ve probably wanted to slap me in the face. And I really wouldn’t blame you. It’s annoying. But, when…
So you are thinking of making barbeque for friends over the weekend? Or do you just want it to be for the family? Then you must have come across the hard choice grillers face when it comes down to choosing which charcoal will get the job done, especially after your Big Green Egg. You would…
Ginataang Bilo Bilo – Just a quick Tagalog lesson, bilo bilo means sticky rice balls and ginata-an means cooked in coconut milk. Remember the terms, we’ll have a quiz later on. Go on. I’ll wait. Yesterday was my sister’s birthday so the kids and I, including a sleep deprived husband went to the bundoks to visit…
Do you love to cook? Do you like making fillets on fish and pieces of meat? If you do, you should try to consider buying the best fillet knife available in the market nowadays. A fillet knife, as its name suggests, is a kitchen knife made especially for cutting meat and fish into thin slices…
Pancit Canton or any other type of noodle dish is almost always present in a Filipino birthday celebration because it is said to represent long life and good health. It is very important though that you do not cut the noodles to avoid counteracting the luck. Now I am not very superstitious but you also…
I had a few people tell me how amazing the baked pasta dish looked that I posted in my week in photos, so I decided that a recipe post was in order! Normally I steer way clear of recipe posts for a couple of reasons: They’re a lot of work, yo. And I am like…
The pizza screen is a flat mesh disk that allows air and heat to pass through the dough. It is true that pizza screens are great for cooking dough evenly. However, often this means that they may come out too dry. To prevent this, pizza screens should be seasoned. In this article, we will discuss…
I was really craving for macaroni salad Saturday morning so I ran to the grocery store right across where we live (a perk of living right smack in the middle of everything is you can easily go out and buy ingredients which are not available in your pantry) and bought the ingredients. By 5 pm. I had…
Steel wool is not a big part of your life. But that’s why they shouldn’t be the thing that is giving you the most pain in the kitchen. Most steel wools will be in a miserable condition just after a few weeks. And let’s not even talk about the stink. Broken down wools will get…
Gas ranges are often the kitchen’s workhorse, especially if you’re an avid cook or like to throw dinner parties from time to time. They have been around since the mid-1800s and have seen many improvements over the years. But the bulk of the improvements is made in the burners by some big companies. While specific…