Category: Quips

Cravings: Cheddar and cayenne crackers

I wanted to watch Letters to Juliet and needed to nibble on something. I made a quick cheddar cracker. Oh YUM! *Recipe soon*

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Onion and Chives home made crackers

This post is dedicated in part to Ms. Jennifer Grant. A few weeks ago I found a 15 minute “water cracker” recipe that gave me exuberant chills I just had to make them. One thing stopped me, the camera I use at the time was in Cebu City accompanying my cousin in an…

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Pulled Pork Barbecue Sandwich

Happy 100th! Happy 100th! I wasn’t expecting it to be this soon. Just weeks ago I was in a state of panic and excitement about what I should be doing for this blog’s 100th post. Recipes and ideas are written down all over my desk in a multitude of colourful cheap post-its and…

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Rice noodles soup (w pan grilled pork bbq)

Just a week or more ago I was pondering (really hard) about what should I do this summer. I’ve a list that was more primary than a toddler’s daily activities. What can I do I wasn’t really inspired to too far from where I am. Then I got the flu. The kind that…

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What to do this summer?

It’s almost officially summer. Good thing about summer is the expectation that guests will come in and out unannounced, it amuses me. Better thing about summer is I get to go and do summery things (swimming, fishing, outing ). The best thing about summer (this summer) is that I discovered something magical. I…

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Egg Benedict, Politics and You

In the Philippines, specifically, in the remote regions, sandwiches consist of a bread sliced in half + a bare spoonful of either mayonnaise or cheddar (the gooey kind). You offer a western sandwich to anyone and they’d say, “Ay, ano yan? Ang sosyal naman.” Really. It’s true. It’s not their fault. I don’t…

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Sometimes Breakfast: BBQ and Cucumber & Mint Salad

Are you the kind of person who has specific types of food eaten on a specific time of the day? Let’s say cereals, pastry and coffee or bacon and eggs for breakfast? I sometimes don’t obey this tradition observed by many. The other day I found pieces of pork marinating in soy sauce,…

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The famous halo-halo

Normally I couldn’t be bothered to write or make a complete entry about halo halo. I, however, am compelled and so I decided to do something I wouldn’t do. Halo halo has ensconced herself in every Filipino’s summer. Many consider it a queen of summer. Regal. Majestic. Humble. Simple. The halo halo can…

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Red Radish Iceberg Lettuce Salad for Batman

My favourite superhero of all time is Batman. It hasn’t changed since I learned about him back in grade school. Never mind that it was thru the worst batman movie ever. Excuse me Mr. Clooney, I adore you to bits but your batman movie sucked big time. The reason mainly is because his…

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my current dilemma

What am I to do with these? I bought too much. The dried herbs are all right but how about the mint and basil?

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