How to Make Bicol Express By the name alone, one will have the idea that this recipe originated from Bicol, a region in the Philippines known for its spicy cuisine. In addition, the term “Bicol Express,” was taken from the name of the passenger train service from Manila to Bicol. From...
It whispers in the fluffy rice grains of nasi lemak, a popular dish in Singapore and Malaysia featuring coconut rice served with crispy anchovies and peanuts alongside sambal; in the Filipino dessert salad buko pandan, pandan announces itself loud and clear in the form of a vibrant green jelly...
My mom would measure rice using an old tin milk can, roughly equivalent to a cup. She would pour the grains in a pot and thoroughly wash them over running water. She would wash them three times, tossing the water after each wash either in the sink or in a bowl touse the wash later...
her silver hair in a long braid, she explained how hickory bark can be toasted and simmered with sugar to make syrup. She cut open a gall to show us the wasp larvae inside. She