I have been remiss with this list. The haze of Christmas and the ensuing lethargy that results from too much festivity, too much eating – heck, too much of everything – has drained my energy. My computer is dying of neglect (if that’s at all possible), so resistant am I to actually plopping down in front of it to...
read moreIt must’ve been all the cheese in Rotterdam and in Paris that made me want a cheeseboard. After seeing all that cheese and all those cutting implements, going back to a regular saucer and table knife just didn’t seem right. So I search high and low, scouring gourmet shops and food stores. I’m quite pleased to...
read morecomplete Christmas gift listI’m the odd man out at my house because I don’t like marshmallows. My Bin and Boo buy these bagfuls of marshmallows – jet-puffed, miniature, jumbo, pink whirligigs – whatever variety is out there, they eat it. I don’t even like it in hot chocolate since I find it...
read moreA crinkle is one of those classical cookies right up there with chocolate chip and oatmeal. It’s a drop cookie made from the simplest dough and “dropped” – hence the name – in round balls onto a mound of powdered sugar and then baked. It’s a work of art when it comes out of the oven with its...
read morecomplete gift listFarah Tolentino-Ylagan is a die-hard Francophile. She thinks and speaks in French and she’s a chef who trained in Paris and received her certification there as well. When I meet her, she tells me that my Paris posts brought tears to her eyes. A Filipino through and through whose heart is in France, Farah...
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