Category Archives for Cooking

Attempting menudo

I say attempt because it didn’t turn out quite how I think it should have. Anyway, I tried the menudo recipe in my little Filipino cookbook, but my problem was that I didn’t follow the directions to the letter. Plus, … Continue reading →

10. January 2009 by darleene
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Adventures in Filipino cooking: Picadillo

As I mentioned recently, I got a new cookbook and Trinity has been itching to try it out. We happened to have ground beef on hand, so we decided to try Picadillo, a ground beef and vegetable stew. It was … Continue reading →

03. January 2009 by darleene
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Cooking lumpia and turon

I’ve made lumpia before. So its not like I am experimenting and blogging about it. Not at all. Because I’ve successfully executed lumpia before, I think I felt confident enough to document it for the web. I’m not a prolific … Continue reading →

24. December 2008 by darleene
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Kitchen essentials

If you watch HGTV as much as I do (compulsively, I can’t help it!), you might believe kitchen essentials include a backsplash, a skylight, heated bamboo floors, stainless steel appliances, cherry wood cabinets, granite countertops…I’m sorry, what? Ooops, I was … Continue reading →

11. October 2008 by darleene
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