RECIPE: Frozen Strawberry Squares V1.0

As promised in last week’s ‘Weekly Photo Challenge,” here is the recipe for this perfect summer dessert.

Weekly Photo Challenge: CREATE

For this week’s Photo Challenge: What’s better on a hot summer day than a frozen strawberry square? 

Weekly Photo Challenge: UNUSUAL

Unless you live on a farm, it’s UNUSUAL for us to think about where our food comes from or how it’s processed.

Cool Music, Hot Coffee & Chai

Sometimes you come across things that really appeal to your sensibilities. These short videos get my attention because they appeal to my interest in food and design and I have a real fondness for these cultures. As a bonus they really are informative! I hope you enjoy these snappy little videos as much as I do. 

RECIPE: Calamansi Squares V2.0

In the new incarnation of myself I am a baker, pastry chef and chocolatier. In my mind I’m already living my life in Palawan with “the Chef” on our small resort. I gather some salad greens and herbs from our garden and bring them to the kitchen for “the Chef.” Filipinos are good cooks so “the Chef” finds it easy to give instruction. There is lots of chattering and laughing going on. This is one happy

NEVER SAY NEVER – How I came to eat a worm

Sabang Beach

Months before we left on our trip to the Philippines my sister posted a video on my Facebook page. It was part of an episode of the show “Bizarre Foods” filmed in the Philippines with host Andrew Zimmerman. In it, he tries a local delicacy in Sabang, Palawan – raw mangrove worms dipped in calamansi juice (a local citrus fruit). He walks up to a couple of locals on the beach. They’re hacking open branches they’ve gathered from a mangrove tree to remove some unsavory looking worms. Zimmerman, laughing with amazement at how big and fat they are, dubs them

COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN – How we ended up with 3in1

Cute Little Packets

I don’t know what we’re going to do when we run out of Nescafe 3in1. In the Philippines you will find anything and everything like toothpaste, laundry detergent and coffee in these ‘cute’ little packets. The Nescafe 3in1 is a mixture of instant coffee, Coffee-Mate and sugar. It’s a no-brainer. Just add hot water and enjoy. It tastes exactly what