Have you heard of the cooking technique called steam-frying? I know, it sounds like an oxymoron considering th

Fresh mussels were soaked, the beards discarded then thrown into an extremely hot oven for a minute just unt

Since I first sampled sinigang na tiyan ng salmon at Gerry's Grill over a decade ago, I dreamed of cooking my

If you're a fan of Filipino paksiw na pata or Italian spezzatino in agrodolce, you will love this pork stew in

Creamy and cheesy chicken, mushroom and vegetable filling sandwiched between layers of phyllo pastry. So prett

This is not traditional mole. This is the no-fuss version.

"Cook time" is the combination of the cooking time for the custard and the actual processing in the

Buttery, creamy and cheesy. I baked chicken turnovers with the tastiest and moistest filling ever. It starts w

It's just another vegetable and fruit salad but, this time, even the dressing has fruit in it. The strawberry

As it often happens, after a night of partying and ultra-indulgent food, I crave simplicity the next day. We h

Some people adore salads; I don’t. Most salad lovers worship raw greens; I don’t. Well, generally. There

This recipe uses canned grass jelly. If using powdered grass jelly, prepare by following the package instructi

When you have ten minutes to prepare and cook lunch, make beef and pepper teriyaki. Five minutes to prep and f

Made with the leftover breast of yesterday's rotisserie chicken (lechon manok for Filipinos), this chicken po

When Alex cooked crisp-fried chicken with pineapple sauce, she also made a side dish—sautéed spinach with d

Ever since I saw Alton Brown make baklava in his now-defunct TV show, Good Eats, I've been promising myself I'

Today's kitchen adventure is making wonton skin using the pasta machine. You know, instead of flattening indiv

Adapted from a recipe in Savoring China by Jacki Passmore

Based on a recipe from Savoring China by Jacki Passmore

When you have an ingredient as flavorful as bacon, you don't need a lot of other seasonings to make a tasty di

Chinese black beans and garlic sauce, and chili oil, are available in the Asian section of most groceries and

In Chinese restaurants in the Philippines, it is called lechon Macau—a slab of pork belly roasted until the

Garlicky and subtly sweet, the heat in this Chinese chili garlic eggplant dish can be adjusted to suit your le

No lunch in the garden yesterday. I managed to take two photos of my bok choy and mushrooms in oyster sauce be

A one-pot dish, the black beans and garlic chicken is steamed over parboiled rice. The meat juices fall into

As the Chinese New Year approaches, we find more and more Chinese recipes on the web. Marketing goes on high g

This pork and daikon soup, a peasant food so simple and inexpensive, is rarely found in the menu of Chinese re

One of life's ultimate pleasures: Chinese-style beef tendon. Until recently, I only got to enjoy them from th

Christmas in the Philippines is rarely without fruit salad. And by "fruit salad" I mean drained canned fruit c

Yesterday was the third day of the New Year and we still hadn't consumed the leftovers from the New Year's Ev

You can make a similar soup using leftover roast turkey or chicken. Remove as much of the meat from the bones;

When you have a rack of ribs, do you cut it before cooking or do you cook it and cut just before serving? It r

If you're a foodie who follows news about food trends, you probably know that Southeast Asia is currently obs

I've always wanted to try serving eggnog on Christmas and New Year's Eve but the inclusion of raw egg yolks in

Cauliflower is one of our favorite vegetables. We've cooked cauliflower with other vegetables and we've also c

Another Alex Veneracion creation. My daughter does not make vegetable salads that often but when she does, she