Fred’s Bread

Sep 29, 10 Fred’s Bread

Posted by in Food Purveyors

I owe a lot to the readers of this website. They’re the pulse of Dessert Comes First, my guides to the ever-changing food landscape that is Manila. One such reader’s tip leads to the discovery of a charming little bakery and finally, good egg tarts.12 Baskets is a little neighborhood bread shop, a panaderia of yore all grown...

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Sticky Toffee, Not Too Sweet

Sep 27, 10 Sticky Toffee, Not Too Sweet

Posted by in Home Bakers, Quezon City

Finally, a sticky toffee pudding cake that doesn’t make my teeth ache.The trouble with most sticky toffee puddings is that they’re often too sweet, tooth-aching collisions of saccharine and sauce clashing into cake. I imagine that much can be done to mellow this straight-shooting spear of sweet. I’ve finally found a home...

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Come For Lunch, Stay For A Food Writing Workshop

Sep 26, 10 Come For Lunch, Stay For A Food Writing Workshop

Posted by in Uncategorized

I’m speaking at a food writing workshop in October. Consider this my invitation to you to have lunch with me and listen to my talk about food writing.Nikka Sarthou and I were colleagues in a small internet company ten years ago and we got along well. But the vagaries of our daily tasks then are all but lost to my memory and so...

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When Eating With A Good Friend, Order Two of Everything (A Short Story)

Sep 21, 10 When Eating With A Good Friend, Order Two of Everything (A Short Story)

Posted by in Italian, Restaurants

A good friend will do anything for you. Except share her dessert.Two friends, Maude and Juno, are doing lunch, a favorite activity for women getting together. Today, the restaurant is bustling — surprising, given the weekday lunch hour and the distance from any main business district. Given the absence of a maître d’,...

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One Fella’s Good Cheese Steak

Sep 13, 10 One Fella’s Good Cheese Steak

Posted by in American, Restaurants

One restaurant’s cheese steak leads to an at-home version.GoodFellas (one word) is a restaurant located in the artery of streets bordering Kamuning and the Scout area in Quezon City. It pops up out of nowhere, a disparate entity amidst the beer gardens, barbecue joints, and barbershops. Inside, the restaurant is a consecration...

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