My Top 5 Bakers in The Wall Street Journal
May 04, 12 
Wow, that's some killer caricature of me.
read moreMy Dessert Fantasy in FOOD Magazine
Mar 27, 12 
A dream in dessert deliberating texture and temperature.
read moreFavorite Queso de Bola Food for the Holidays
Dec 12, 11 
Of course these foods aren’t limited to Christmas, but they seem even more delicious when eaten at this time of year.I ask several people what their favorite foods with queso de bola (QdB) are. The initial reactions are almost always similar: a sharp intake of breath with a simultaneous closing of the eyes and a slight raising...
read moreParalyzed By Pastry at the Presents Perfect Shoot
Sep 20, 11 
I’m taking you behind the scenes of FOOD magazine’s Christmas issue shoot.Going to ABS-CBN is like coming home for me. It was here that I had my first job right out of college as a newscaster for Studio 23, and a mere four years later, it was also here that I began my career as a food writer at FOOD magazine. Though I’ve...
read moreA Favorite Chocolate From Childhood Grows Up With Me
Sep 16, 11 
I’m starting and ending the week with chocolate.Chocolates ruled my childhood but among the scores of brown bars and silver wrappers scattered in my memory, one gold tin sticks out. From an overhead view, the tin’s top was the shape of a cocoa bean, its body extending down and straightening into a slim line before distending...
read moreWho’s That Girl On The Cover of the Magazine?
Sep 14, 11 
Allow me a moment of immodesty.This is the cover of the August-September 2011 issue of Fully Booked’s Zine. And yes, that’s me on the front. It’s my very first cover and I’m so proud of how it’s turned out.Paul Mondok shot all the photos of me, and my friend and fellow writer Yvette U. Tan wrote...
read moreBackyard BBQ Cook Off
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