Asian cooking, culture and stories of recipes
When we have a new neighbor move in on our street, I bake something like a Banana Bread with Pineapple Loaf as a welcome gift. It’s not a tradition. I simply like to greet new folks in our neighborhood. In the past, I often baked different cakes and pastries for new friends in our town…
I baked this easy Apple Loaf Cake with Honey dedicated to all dessert lovers. Most Filipino meals need to end on a sweet note, especially after the the robust, varied flavors of our cuisine. This is the ideal fruit-filled treat when you’re in need of an easy cake but have no time to make…
I cooked Pork Teriyaki Rice Bowls for dinner, an easy way to spend less time in the warm kitchen. We’re in transition weather here on the east coast. It feels like late summer yet it’s early fall. So, this quick-cooking meal-in-a-bowl was ideal. Filipinos love sweetness in their food, so this entree was a hit…
My son Tim made these Cheeseburgers with Gouda during a visit home. I recreated them again based on his recipe. We, Filipinos love burgers as much as every one. For this recipe, Tim mixed shredded Gouda cheese into the pound of lean, ground beef, and added herbs plus seasonings, Tim formed a couple of big,…
When we have a new neighbor move in on our street, I bake something like a Banana Bread with Pineapple Loaf as a welcome gift. It’s not a tradition. I simply like to greet new folks in our neighborhood. In the past, I often baked different cakes and pastries for new friends in our town…
I love recipes like these Pork Meatballs with Ginger and Patis that use ingredients I already have in my Filipino pantry. I always have ground pork ready in my freezer for classic Philippine recipes like embutido, siomai, bola-bola and Lumpia Shanghai. Patis (fish sauce) is always on my kitchen shelf. And fresh ginger is a…
It was clean-out-the-refrigerator day, so I found odds and ends of leftovers and transformed them to this Kimchi Fried Rice with Spam. This was an original recipe by my son, Tim Quirino. I was having a quiet moment, thinking of my two sons and missing them. Like many, we are all sheltering in place and…
