I grew up eating fish whole, on the bone. Small fish, like tilapia or galunggong (mackarel scad), simply fried and eaten with soy sauce or vinegar. Bigger fish, like lapu lapu (grouper) or apahap (sea ...
Lemon Garlic Squid
This may sound strange but…I don’t like squid. An abruptly sweeping announcement coming from someone who prides herself on being a rabid omnivore, but there you have it. We all have our idiosyncrasies ...
Salmon and Salsa Verde Pasta
Remember this salsa verde? Don’t worry, I’m not about to drag it out of archives and repeat it all over here. Well, not totally anyhow. I do believe though that it is worth the second mention. I’ve ...
Unexpected Guests
We had some unexpected visitors last week. A rowdy bunch of crustaceans found their way to my doorstep...gifted to us by C’s godfather after their trip to the beach. C came home lugging a biggish, ...
Gambas al Ajillo
I do like hosting dinners and lunches. Thinking of a theme, planning the menu, deciding which of my three (grand total!) plate settings I will use, mapping out the logistics of getting everything done ...
I am Curacha (con salsa Alavar)
As I can see in the comments of my last post, a bunch of you already guessed that my crustacean visitor was a curacha from Zamboanga. It’s always a thrill to see such passion for local crustaceans. ...
Guess who’s coming to dinner…
Speaking of food gifts…look who landed on my doorstep recently! Isn’t she (he?) cute? Ok, perhaps “cute” is not exactly the word that this creature calls to mind.Do you know what she (he?) is? Can you ...
Garides Saganaki
I have reminisced about my time in Greece, and the country’s amazing cuisine, before. As my own summer now gets more and more ruthless, my thoughts turn to that long ago summer in Athens. Running ...
Thai Green Curry with Tilapia
I want to go to Thailand. Sometimes it seems that practically all my friends have already visited this very famous tourist-destination-neighbor of ours (one very good friend just got back). In fact, a ...
Prawns with Aligue
Ever since we got married, my mother-in-law has been randomly gifting us with little food surprises. We never know what we are going to get…it can be anything from canned corned beef (if you are ...