ANOUNCEMENTS: Good news and bad news…but mostly good

First, (a little) bad news:  I’m going to have to delay the book release by about a month.  I know, I’m not too happy about it either (kawawa!), but I’m still finishing things up and making sure I put out a quality book for you guys.  Also, my focus has momentarily been redirected, which brings…

Kain Na! A Filipino-American Cooking Show

We had a hard time finding cooking shows featuring Filipino food.  So, we made our own! Recently, I got together with a few friends to make a media entertainment group called Awkward Hi 5.  Among the various programming we’re putting up, we came up with a Filipino-American cooking show – Kain Na!  In each episode,…

Crispy Sinangag – Garlic Crispy Fried Rice

“It is not a meal unless there is rice,” my grandma would say, sometimes even putting rice in her bowl of spaghetti.  Growing up, I soon found out that this phrase echoed in many other Filipino households.  Traditionally, every Filipino meal is accompanied with rice.  The same is true for practically all of Asia.  Rice…