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my first cookbook was actually my own personal recipe notebook, which is an old children's book ("the story of ping") -turned journal that i bought in college. i used it to write down my mom's recipes, some of the first dishes i ever learned to cook.

i love chinese sausage in pancit. it is absolutely key to the dish.

marinated artichokes. sardines. sweet corn. and of course, ReddiWip (although not in a long long time!).

I love Wizenberg's A Homemade Life. Simple, touching stories with simple, tasty recipes. Her writing is very sweet and cute with a feel-good aftertaste.

I also like Reichl's memoirs, especially Comfort Me With Apples.

Happy Jack Eats.

i love comfort food and the memories/stories associated with them. my blog is mostly simple, homemade meals, filipino cooking, and fun eats that are all a part of my everyday life.

i eat them plain for breakfast. or add them to tuna salad -- with mustard, no mayo. or slice them up and add them to my sandwich for lunch. i might have to try that sardine and egg salad sandwich...

my dad would cook canned corned beef with onions, tomatoes, and potatoes, then serve over rice. it's still one of my favorites.

slap chop.

haha that's so funny. my boyfriend and i see the shamwow commercial all the time. the first time i thought vince was creepy. but the more i saw the commercial, the more i was intrigued by the shamwow. i kind of want one. the slap chop...not so much.

i was so intrigued by the shamwow commercial, i actually googled "vince shamwow" and found a wiki article on him. his name is vince offer! is that for real?

Fried rice made with leftover rice and frozen veggies.

Brownies!

Happy birthday! And please let us know how the birthday FEAST goes! Because we all know the celebration will involve eating... :)

Growing up in a Filipino household, I learned to eat with a spoon and fork (when I wasn't eating with my hands). I used the fork to guide the food to my spoon, then shovel the food in my mouth with the spoon. No knives -- we used our spoon to cut the meat since we ate a lot of stew-type meals and the meat was usually soft enough. I thought everyone ate like this, until I got older and learned that nobody else ate like this. Now I eat with a fork, unless I'm eating Filipino food. (Not because I'm ashamed or anything, just because sometimes it's easier to use one utensil rather than two.)

I didn't even think about it being a cultural thing until I was reading one of Ruth Reichl's books, when she visits an Asian country (I think it's Thailand, correct me if I'm wrong) and they're all eating like that. I read that part and thought, "AHA! It's NOT weird!"

And then I found this. Apparently a Filipino boy in Montreal got punished in school for eating this way. Unbelievable.