Your celebrity chef match is Julia Child Butter, anyone? She may look down upon anyone who sacrifices fat for diet, but Julia Child is the grand dame of French cooking — for butter or for worse. Like Julia, you tend to enjoy the rewards of classic cooking and traditional life. Maybe you don’t whip up [...]

Recently, Louie and I decided we wanted something sweet and gooey- and thought that a slice of TGIFriday’s Chocolate Pecan Cluster would satisfy. What a complete disappointment. It didn’t even come close to the photo on their menu- it was small, narrow and flat, and the accompanying cup of caramel was strangely… grainy. Ordered as [...]

For nearly a month now, we’ve been buying almost all our fruit and vegetables at our local farmer’s market, the Ayala Alabang Saturday Market. It’s not a very large market, but the pickings are pretty good, and the feel is very laid-back and Alabang-ish… just as I like it. Incidentally, the mangoes pictured here were [...]

Do lobsters scream in pain when boiled? Can you deep fry in EVOO? Answers to these and other pressing questions at Kitchen Myths. (via MegNut) I’m a sinigang nut, and can have it every day. This version, made with fish in miso broth, is what I’m craving right now. The list of Asian women foodbloggers [...]

I’m not kidding: this salt is addicting. “Drawn” by hand from the sea in England, Maldon’s soft white flaky crystals are completely natural, without artificial additives. Sprinkle some on a ripe red tomato for one of my favourite tastes of heaven. Maldon Sea Salt…. mmm…