(Chicago) – Do you think you’re cool as a cucumber? Not merely is the cucumber known for it’s ability to cool-down the body, it has additionally been seen to help with jaundice, diarrhea, epilepsy, sore throat, conjunctivitis (redness of the eye) and swelling of extremities.
(Singapore) – I think all food lovers and aspiring chefs were inspired by the movie Julie and Julia – and of course, my husband too. He got so excited after watching the movie that he bought a book called “Cook’s Bible” at a book sale and promised me that he will cook all the recipes [...]
Philippa (Hanne Stensgaard) and Martina (Vibeke Hastrup ) turn down a chance to leave their Danish town, instead staying to care for their pastor father and his small church. Thirty-five years later, a French woman (Stéphane Audran) seeks refuge, and Philippa and Martina (now Bodil Kjer and Birgitte Federspie) take her in. The feast the [...]
(Chicago) – “Bagoong” (shrimp paste) rice is one of my all-time Filipino favorites. Depending on what restaurant version you are eating, “bagoong” rice is generally salty, a little sweet, sour and savory. The overall taste is strong, imposing and yet, aromatic and big in all major flavors; Perhaps, we could call it the “umami” rice. It is hard [...]
In this movie loosely based on Frances Mayes’s best-selling memoir of the same title, Diane Lane stars as Frances, a newly divorced American writer who heads for the Italian region of Tuscany to make limonita out of life’s lemons. Having just quit her high-pressure job and ended her heartbreaking marriage, she buys a decrepit-but-charming house [...]
Blown in by the north wind, an iconoclastic single mother (Oscar nominee Juliette Binoche) and her young daughter move into a peaceful French village and open an uncommon chocolate shop during the height of lent – directly across the street from a church. At first, the shop’s rich, sensuous desserts scandalize the town. But the [...]
Tita, as the youngest of three daughters, is condemned by family tradition never to marry, but to spend her life caring for her mother. However, Tita has fallen in love with a young man and he with her. When Tita’s mother refuses to let them wed, and suggests that he marry her other daughter instead, [...]
(Chicago) – I knew little about Julia Child and her food until after I watched the movie “Julie and Julia”. The movie is very inspiring and provides the push that I need to pursue food blogging and explore complex recipes outside my comfort zone. Julia Child’s recipes are not easy to make. The procedures are [...]
(Chicago) – It is fairly typical nowadays to find restaurants offering fusion cuisines with Asian dishes. But the word “Asian”, in most cases, refers only to Chinese, Japanese, Thai or Vietnamese. There are very few attempts to fuse with Filipino food. Coobah is one of those bold restaurants in Chi-town that presents Latino dishes with [...]
(Chicago) – A few weeks back I hosted a “thank you” dinner for a couple of my friends for helping in my apartment purchase. I prepared some very special appetizers and entrée for them but I did not plan for a dessert. I realized, on the last minute, that getting some sweets in the nearby [...]
(Chicago) – Green is my favorite color whenever spring comes. If something becomes my favorite, it will be evident in the clothes I wear, things I buy and even in the food I fancy to eat. Yes, I notice that I eat more green vegetables during spring-summer time. And pea soup with mint is a [...]
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