Photo-0442 Speaking of Japanese cooking.... thanks to my super-friend and mega-fab PR Amor Maclang, I was able to join a complimentary Japanese cooking class at the Diamond Hotel, one of her clients (now you know why I felt so privileged eating that wagyu..) Taking a cooking class has always been a fond dream, and Amor must have been reading right through me to think of including moi. After laying out that nori and rolling the maki in a saran-wrapped bamboo mat, never will I eat my favorite Japanese food in the same way again. The class has highlighted ... Continue Reading...

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Special K cereals. Perhaps I have to thank the family gene pool for my fairly good metabolism. It has ensured that I will not balloon to obscene proportions even though am an avid foodie and do eat a lot. Admittedly, age has caught up with me and my midsection, nobody's perfect after all, and am increasingly tempted to curb my cravings or munch in moderation if I am to stay in tiptop shape. So now am trying the Special K diet which I first read about from Becky Kho, the editor in chief of fab new magazine Yummy (who I also had a good fortune of meeting ... Continue Reading...

squash yema Thanks to Angelo of Eat Matters who is hosting this month's Lasang Pinoy, a Filipino food blogging event with focus on any egg-based recipe, I had to rummage through my best culinary memory for a dish that can truly be considered Egg's a Deal! The result is this simple but great-tasting yema; not just any yema, mind you, but a squash or pumpkin yema that my veggie-hating kiddos relished with gusto. Kids always love sweets and so entranced were they with the taste that they forgot it's something they wouldn't eat otherwise if the squash was ... Continue Reading...