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Foothill College was the place to be…
Monday, April 24
Halo Halo Food Workshop
A sweet, creamy and filling dessert, Halo-Halo (from the word halo which means mix) is a favorite Filipino dessert or snack. It’s a mixture of sweet preserved red beans and chick peas, coconut meat (macapuno), jackfruit (langka), pounded dried rice (pinipig), sweet yam (ube), [...]

chinese wedding party 101

Awww hell, and it wasn't even a Chinese wedding dinner party…

A friend of mine from San Diego who is getting married in July had just sent out an email to all his guests about the intricacies behind a Chinese wedding banquet — food playing a central role to the celebratory event. At the last wedding [...]

i actually love the portability of books.

 
i am suffering from gastronomic literary schizophrenia!
treasures, they are.

how the true top chef concept started out.

at the dollar bin at the friends of the cupertino library bookshelf.

on sale at whole foods.

gotta mix it up.
tonight, my sis and i made dinner for cousins j and c. she made a bomb broiled salmon, spicy mushroom meat marinara [...]

i like it hot.

there are a few things i've learned from my tatay. i learned how to wash rice before cooking it (called saing). i learned how to shuffle a deck of cards right before playing solitare. i found the pleasure in sitting quietly on a spring afternoon listening to baseball on the radio. but the two things [...]

cravings.

porto's – glendale & burbank
to die for cheese rolls, yummy fresh fruit tarts and savory croquettes.
fiorillo's – santa clara
pasta milanese
my parents said they used to take me here when i still had no teeth.
engine co. no. 28 - downtown LA
southern style pan fried chicken

maple banana bread

making banana bread makes me feel good. really, taking darkening bananas and turning it into something delicious is a good feeling, like drinking warm milk when you wake up in the morning. not to mention, it makes your house smell incredible…! my aunt once told me that when you are trying to sell your house [...]

too cool.

a lil dusty cocochoco pic

"most creative" award – truffled bibinka with reduced coconut milk sauce and toasted coconut
march 1, 2006
oakland asian cultural center
the great cook-off fundraiser
the judges: Chef Hung Le (Three Seasons), Chef Weerayut "Oudi" Utedpornratanakul (Malacca), Chef Dennis Wong (Le Soleil)