Purple Wonder: Ube Ice Cream
Dessert, Featured, Filipino Friday, July 15th, 2011
(Chicago) – What food is more appropriate for summer than ice cream? It’s just made for the season. Init ng panahon, lamig at sarap sa bibig – just complimenting…
Buko Pie
Dessert, Featured, Filipino Tuesday, April 5th, 2011
(Chicago) – I go loco for anything with coco. Any savory dish with rich coconut cream/milk is a no-brainer favorite, to name a few: Bicol express, laing…
Bread Pudding with Cognac Sauce
American, Dessert, Featured Thursday, December 16th, 2010
(Chicago) – I still remember my Lola (“grandmother”) gathering the stale pan de sal from the previous days’ breakfast. She brought out the llaneras (oval metal baking pans) to be used as mold for her impromptu bread pudding. I never actually saw how she made it, not even the ingredients she used. I was too [...]
Apple & Peach Pie (Baby Craving Chronicle #6)
American, Dessert, Featured, Vergel's Kitchen Thursday, October 7th, 2010
(Singapore) – Vergel is not an expert in baking, but since I always crave for desserts since I got pregnant, he tried to learn how to make simple breads and pies. Thanks to Youtube for being such a great help when it comes to quick and easy ways of baking! Now, I can eat desserts [...]
A Plan for a Leche Flan
Dessert, Featured, Filipino Saturday, August 28th, 2010
(Chicago) – I don’t understand why I keep renewing my membership to Costco every year. For a single person living in a cramped high-rise apartment, it does not make sense to stock up on groceries. I can’t even find enough space for my shoes. No matter how much thinking and mental decisions I make to drop [...]
Riesling Poached Pear
American, Dessert Sunday, June 6th, 2010
(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 [...]
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