The Happy Home Cook: Flourless Chocolate Cake with the Filipino Tablea

The Happy Home Cook: Flourless Chocolate Cake with the Filipino Tablea

Your sweetheart deserves nothing better than a rich, luscious chocolate cake like this on Valentine’s. The beauty of this cake is that it is one of the easiest to bake.

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The Happy Home Cook: Beef Chayote Soup

The Happy Home Cook: Beef Chayote Soup

You don’t encounter a lot of recipes using chayote (sayote) fruit.  In the Philippines, it is most commonly used to prepare chicken tinola.  

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The Happy Home Cook: Chinese Peanut Cookies for the Lunar New Year of the Rooster 2017

The Happy Home Cook: Chinese Peanut Cookies for the Lunar New Year of the Rooster 2017

These Chinese Peanut Cookies are a simple, savory-sweet cookie I like to bake for the Lunar New Year’s desserts or snacks.

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The Happy Home Cook: How to Prepare Tikoy or Nian Gao for Chinese New Year: The Year of the Rooster 2017

The Happy Home Cook: How to Prepare Tikoy or Nian Gao for Chinese New Year: The Year of the Rooster 2017

In the Philippines, it wasn't Chinese New Year if we didn't have tikoy at home. Friends from the Chinese community often gifted our family with this sticky rice cake.

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The Happy Home Cook: Tinapa (Smoked Fish) Spaghetti In White Sauce

The Happy Home Cook: Tinapa (Smoked Fish) Spaghetti In White Sauce

Tinapa is the Filipino term that usually refers to fish cooked or preserved through the process of smoking.

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The Happy Home Cook: Vegan Longganisa

The Happy Home Cook: Vegan Longganisa

Longganisa is derived from the Spanish version, Longaniza. Why the Spanish connection? Spain has colonized the Philippines for about 500 years and has left its deep culinary influence in Filipino Food.

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The Happy Home Cook: Ginataang Bilo-Bilo (Glutinous Rice Balls in Coconut Milk)

The Happy Home Cook: Ginataang Bilo-Bilo (Glutinous Rice Balls in Coconut Milk)

This is a snack or dessert that goes beyond the New Year’s. ‘Bilo-bilo’ can be served as a snack after school or after coming home from work. It can be served cold or warm. 

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The Happy Home Cook: Papa Diddi’s Stuffed Chicken and Batil Patung

The Happy Home Cook: Papa Diddi’s Stuffed Chicken and Batil Patung

Papa Diddi’s Stuffed Chicken or what is known as Chicken Relleno to most Filipinos is the dish that St. Louis-based Filipina chef Malou Perez Nievera remembers best from holidays celebrated with her family in the Philippines.

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The Happy Home Cook: Cassava Cake

The Happy Home Cook: Cassava Cake

The cassava cake or ‘bibingkang cassava’ has a rich, heavy consistency flavored with sweet coconut cream and eggs. Once baked, the tropical coconut aroma is magnificent.

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Silken Tofu, Tapioca and Caramel Parfait (Taho)

Silken Tofu, Tapioca and Caramel Parfait (Taho)

Marvin Gapultos' take on a Filipino street food favorite

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