Kitchen Stories
Family stories seasoned with Filipino heart
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Filipino Corned Beef Omelette
Mornings, I would wake up to my mom or my grandma cooking. I’d lay in bed with the sun shining through the window, too lazy to even get up and turn on the cartoons. I knew that rice would already be steaming away because there was rice at every meal. I knew eggs would be…
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Beef Short Rib Adobo w/Coconut Milk
There are many variations to cooking Filipino Adobo. Visit 100 Filipino houses for dinner and you’ll get 100 slightly different Adobos. It starts off the same: soy sauce or salt, vinegar, garlic, bay leaves, black pepper. But some like it spicy, some like it saltier, some more sour, others a little sweet. One day, my…
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Tosilog Benedict: A Filipino-American Breakfast
Whenever I go to an American diner for breakfast, Eggs Benedict is always my go-to order. It’s automatic like, “What’s 2+2?”
