Youtube? No, Foodtube! 8 February 2008
Got an email today asking me to visit this new site called FoodTube. Sort of like Youtube, but with just videos of recipes and all things food related. No more sorting through all those videos on Youtube!
No need for labels … 31 January 2008
… when you can get your nutrition facts right on your cookie!
Hmmm, wonder how they’ll do it on spaghetti.
[Via Daily Dose]
Fridge frozen in time 3 January 2008
The holidays just bring no end to eating. This is how our fridge looked like just a day before a family party in our house. The freezer is another story - what with making the much-loved porchetta once again.
Why all those pears? We tried a recipe of pears stewed in red wine and it worked wonderfully with some vanilla ice cream. Recipe to be posted soon!
I hope the New Year is kind to us all! Happy New Year one and all. Now, to get rid of the holiday bulge! 
… then pack them on once again!
Merry Christmas! 29 December 2007
I wish you all a blessed Christmas and a 2008 of good health, good times, and good eats!
Key ingredient 21 November 2007
Here’s an interesting way to compile recipes. Think social networking app meets your index cards of recipes. I haven’t yet signed up, but it looks promising. And all recipes are by “real cooks,” so like blogs you can pester the one who posted the recipe if something goes wrong … heehee.
You can upload recipes, collect recipes … of course meet other cooks, and even get recommendations on where to shop. There are also privacy settings … in case you just want to share you “secret” ingredients or trade secrets only to friends and family.
Rice and words 11 November 2007
Found this: play a word game and feed people at the same time. Check out FreeRice now. Slowly fill the bowl with rice grains with each correct word you get.
The rice is distributed by the United Nations World Food Program (WFP). The World Food Program is the world’s largest food aid agency, working with over 1,000 other organizations in over 75 countries. In addition to providing food, the World Food Program helps hungry people to become self-reliant so that they escape hunger for good. Wherever possible, the World Food Program buys food locally to support local farmers and the local economy.
[Via Bibliophile Bullpen]
What Holiday Food are you? 24 October 2007
The Philippines is mourning. And scared. And on the brink of Christmas. The recent Glorietta blast has sobered everyone up, putting a halt to the usual festivities characteristic of the Filipinos.
It is a sad time for those whose loved ones perished or were injured during this senseless event. Please keep them in mind in your prayers.
| You Are a Gingerbread House |
 A little spicy and a little sweet, anyone would like to be lost in the woods with you. |
cheese in my hair 21 October 2007
i’ve been swallowed up by congealed cheese. which explains the absence. please wait while i get my bearings. i’ll be back soon!
Comfort food of choice: laksa 22 August 2007
When the weather is like it is - rainy, story, monsoony - it’s always great to have a nice bowl of soup. Getting caught in the mall during the downpour becomes all the more bearable if there is a Banana Leaf Asian Cafe. They have these great and very affordable (P12 
laksa soups, our latest comfort food. (Although they have the same name and a lot of their menu items are the same, Banana Leaf restaurant doesn’t have the variety that the cafe offers.)
Curry laksa is noodles served in a spicy coconut curry soup. Sometimes meat, chicken or fish is added to the mix. Laksa is common in Malaysia and Singapore, and derives its name from Vietnamese coriander/cilantro, or laksa leaf (known in Vietnamese as rau ram, in Malay as daun kesum).
At Banana Leaf, you can opt to have either rice noodles or egg noodles. We always get the rice noodles. I know these noodles are usually bought in sheets, and they are simply sliced to about an inch wide. When I first tried this, I thought these were pieces of young coconut meat!
You also get to choose what meat to put in - beef satay, chicken, shrimp, wanton, crabsticks, fishcake, veggies - it’s nice to experiment with what you’ll eventually get your teeth into.
The base soup never changes, thank goodness. It’s a satisfying mix of curry, coconut milk, only mildly hot with dried chili flakes floating right in front of your very eyes. Plop this laksa in front of our family and it disappears pretty quickly, even D can hold her own. We’ve never tried cooking laksa but maybe it’s time to try!
More sites on laksa:
Friday’s Feast 149 22 June 2007
It’s been a while since I’ve feasted on a Friday. Go check this site out, and you’ll be a-feasting with a whole lot of people.
Appetizer
Name a funny habit you have.
I sneeze really loudly. Really loudly that sometimes it’s embarassing. Y thinks it’s unladylike. But what can I do? Hold it in?
Soup
If you could instantly know how to play a musical instrument, which one would you pick?
The violin. I think it’s a romantic instrument, and I am seriously envious of D being so good at it.
Salad
How long is your hair?
Shoulderlength. Got a hairtrim only, the length is starting to grow on me (Hey, looky, a pun!).
Main Course
When was the last time you forgave someone, and who was it?
Yesterday I forgave myself for eating close to a half kilo of longan fruits. Yummy!
Dessert
What is your favorite kitchen appliance?
Handmixer. Because I still don’t have one and want one badly.
