"Coconut Milk" Blogs & Blog Posts

Mammy cooked ginataang bayabas for merrienda and it brought back fun memories of our Lola Paring (Mammy's mother). When we are kids, we have a few guava trees around our yard and during summer time when they are in season, our Lola Paring will make g...

I am often asked by relatives, friends, and people we know, how many kids we already have, and most of the time answer them with "none yet"  with a smile.  But when they ask me "why?" followed by "what are you still doing (you're old!)"?&...

This is it.  This is the very kakanin that I have been craving and looking for for so long - the square or rectangular sticky cake that comes with a sweet syrup with latik in it.  This is the same kakanin that our Lola Paring used to cook e...

More than two weeks ago, I have accidentally pressed the "published" button when I was drafting the recipe for my ginataang munggo.   I just found about it last week so I reverted it to draft since I haven't polished the entry yet.Anyway, I...

I have this preconceived notion about palitaw - that soft and white glutinous rice oval cake that is rolled in shredded coconut and sugar.  That's what came to my mind when Sankong Elmer and his wife announced that they were going to make palita...

Suman, that's how I call most glutinous rice that are wrapped in coconut or banana leaves and cooked using the steaming method unless somebody corrects me and tells me its native name.   Suman is actually the general term of the the numerous glu...

 Finally, we found a househelp who's going to tend to the little rascals.  I'd have more time to do some personal matters specially that I have only a few weeks left here in the Philippines.   And while I am still here, I make it a p...