Halo-halo, mix-mix and dreaming of summer
It’s damn near the kitchen sink of delicious things you can find in the PI. Continue reading Halo-halo, mix-mix and dreaming of summer
Tag: dessert
Pie and Pi on 3/14: Hoosier Mama Pie Cafe, 1618-½ W. Chicago Avenue
“Really to make a good pie, you have to make it by hand. You can’t use a sheeter [mechanized dough roller often used in mass production baking] because to be a good pie dough, it’s not homogenous – it has all these little pieces of butter in it,” shared Paula Haney. The mama of Hoosier … Continue reading Pie and Pi on 3/14: Hoosier Mama Pie Cafe, 1618-½ W. Chicago Avenue
60 Days to Christmas! Pasko and Bibingka time!
It’s late October and many of my friends are buying their fake blood and zombie costumes and pulling out their Michael Jackson’s Thriller long-format tracks. Oh, and of course, getting ready for the World Series. (sigh.)
But here in the Philippines, we’re already looking forward to Christmas. Soon as one of the so-called -BER months (SeptemBER, OctoBER…) takes a turn on the calendar, Filipinos dust off their parol, traditional star-shaped Christmas lanterns made of bamboo and colorful paper or capiz shell. A cartoon Pasko countdown finishes the tv evening news broadcast – seventy days na lang! In the malls, the soundtracks change from pop hits like Gangam Style to classic carols like Baby, It’s Cold Outside. Ironic, of course, because it doesn’t get colder than the high 70s in Manila. Continue reading “60 Days to Christmas! Pasko and Bibingka time!”
