The Happy Home Cook: Scampi and Crab Pasta
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Enjoy this seafood pasta that's a delight to make.
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The Happy Home Cook: Breaded Tofu with Thai Peanut Sauce
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Tofu is the ‘go-to’ ingredient for many vegetarian dishes.
Read MoreThe Happy Home Cook: Bicol Express
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"Oakwood mutineers" Elmer D. Cruz and Emerson R. Rosales share their recipes of Bicol Express from their cookbook Pulutan: From the Soldiers’ Kitchen.
Read MoreThe Happy Home Cook: Binacol na Manok (Chicken Stewed in Coconut Water)
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This dish originated in Iloilo. It is traditionally cooked in an upright bamboo container (with the node at the bottom and a banana leaf cover) or in a coconut shell over a charcoal fire. The coconut water gives a distinct sweetness to the broth.
Read MoreThe Happy Home Cook: Brazo de Mercedes (Creme-Filled Log Cake)
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Recipe by Chef Jing Palasigue of Cakes ‘n Crumbs
Read MoreThe Happy Home Cook: Double Chocolate Cookies
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This is a bestseller cookie in my repertoire. It has never failed me. Not a crumb remains.
Read MoreThe Happy Home Cook: Churros con Tsokolate
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The Filipino snack favorite ‘Churros con Tsokolate’ is a crisp flour-based fritter, slathered with sugar, then dunked deep in a cup of Filipino chocolate made from the ‘tablea’, cacao filled solid tablets of chocolate.
Read MoreThe Happy Home Cook: Embutido (Filipino Meatloaf) with Homemade Banana Ketchup
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If there’s one comfort food that both Americans and Filipinos identify with, it’s meatloaf.
Read MoreThe Happy Home Cook: Poqui-Poqui: A Traditional Ilocano Christmas Day Dish
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Enjoy this holiday eggplant dish!
Read MoreThe Happy Home Cook: Lenguas de Gato - Thin Butter Cookies
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Weeks before the holidays I am busy baking. After baking dozens of ensaimadas and several llaneras of leche flan, I always have an excess of egg whites and have to come up with creative ways to use them. So I bake these thin buttery slivers of cookies called "lenguas de gato" which translates to ‘cat’s tongues’ perhaps because of their slim, long shape.
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