(Note: for pictures and more info on our co-conspirators, check the links below!) You mind can really fuck with you while washing dishes. When you’re elbow-deep in soap, your fingers caked in coagulated fat, and your shoes are unrecognizable in a thin coating of rice flour… Read More
All posts tagged “Filipino Food”
SALO Chicago with Yana Gilbuena
(Photo credits: Cassandra Sicre & Eileen Zara, Video by SALO Series.) Cooking in a Filipino kitchen has always been chaotic for me. Oil from the frying short ribs was splattering everywhere, the oven wasn’t heating up fast enough, the person bringing the ice (who was… Read More
Spanish-style Pinamalhan: Bluefish in Sour Salsa Verde
A while back I wrote about an exhibit in SoHo showcasing the great Ferran Adria’s notes and sketches. Instead of the usual food porn we see from other chefs, Adria’s notes are scientific, cultural, methodical, and utterly cerebral. Which was why his book entitled “The… Read More
The Life and Death of the Mystery Meat Group (Part 2)
(Even though I’ve said it before, many thanks to Coco-Mat SoHo for hosting, ARK for planning, and the numerous volunteers for throwing down….yes….uber-belated thanks) My co-worker commented the other day that I haven’t blogged in a while and the fact that I haven’t puzzled me.… Read More
Sinigang (Filipino Sour Soup): Busy Season Dinners
What makes a good Busy Season dinner? I was thinking about this the other day while attempting to decipher a particularly troublesome client spreadsheet (I mean…that’s what normal people think about when they do that right?). But really, what IS a good Busy Season dinner?… Read More


