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Hello all. Although this Typepad incarnation of my blog has served me fantastically well for the past 6 years(!), I've finally decided to update and redesign the whole thing and move on over to Wordpress. My new blog can be... Continue reading

Posted Mar 3, 2013 at Burnt Lumpia: Filipino Food | Filipino Recipes | Culinary Hijinks

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The Adobo Road Cookbook Trailer

Movie trailers are great in that they provide movie-goers a whiff of things to come. Give a movie studio two minutes, and they'll cram the best parts of their upcoming 2-hour Rom-Com-Mystery-Psycho-Thriller-DocuDrama-Kung-Fu-Vampire-vs-Zombie-epic into that trailer and hope it's enough to... Continue reading

Posted Jan 28, 2013 at Burnt Lumpia: Filipino Food | Filipino Recipes | Culinary Hijinks

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Spam & Egg On A Crispy Fried Rice Cake

When you have the foresight to store any leftover steamed rice in your refrigerator, you've got plenty of fried rice fodder for the next morning. Cold leftover rice is ideal for turning into fried rice since the rice grains can... Continue reading

Posted Jan 21, 2013 at Burnt Lumpia: Filipino Food | Filipino Recipes | Culinary Hijinks

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Cookbook Update: All Done & Available for Preorder... The Adobo Road Cookbook!

Well, it's finally done. My debut cookbook entitled The Adobo Road Cookbook: A Filipino Food Journey—From Food Blog, To Food Truck, and Beyond is done and now available for preorder! After developing over 100 recipes (99 made the cut), shooting... Continue reading

Posted Dec 5, 2012 at Burnt Lumpia: Filipino Food | Filipino Recipes | Culinary Hijinks

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FOOD Magazine December 2012

Wow. Is it December already? I barely get a chance to breathe and there goes November and Thanksgiving! Anyways, I just wanted to quickly check in (you know, before December's over) and give a little plug to the current issue... Continue reading

Posted Dec 2, 2012 at Burnt Lumpia: Filipino Food | Filipino Recipes | Culinary Hijinks

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Chicken Pipian

Between the years of 1565-1815, Spain transported goods between Mexico and the Philippines (two of Spain's colonies) via the Manila-Acapulco Galleons. These giant wooden ships traveled across the Pacific from Manila to Acapulco only once or twice a year. Once... Continue reading

Posted Oct 31, 2012 at Burnt Lumpia: Filipino Food | Filipino Recipes | Culinary Hijinks

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Bistek & Pancit: Together At Last

The Chinese influence on Filipino cuisine is perhaps most evident in the Philippines' vast array of noodle dishes known as Pancit. Pancit Miki, Pancit Molo, Pancit Palabok—all Filipino noodle dishes, and all of Chinese origin. And although Pancit Molo is... Continue reading

Posted Oct 21, 2012 at Burnt Lumpia: Filipino Food | Filipino Recipes | Culinary Hijinks

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Oven-Roasted Pinakbet with Bacon

I didn't know it until I started writing this particular post, but 5 years ago, I wrote about how I first learned to make the Filipino vegetable stew known as Pinakbet. In that old post, I boldly proclaimed that Pinakbet... Continue reading

Posted Aug 29, 2012 at Burnt Lumpia: Filipino Food | Filipino Recipes | Culinary Hijinks

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Cookbook Update: A Title Change, and a Quick Peek Inside

Since turning in my cookbook manuscript to my editor a few months back, things, for the most part, have been relatively quiet. As a first-time author, I'm learning that there's a lot of waiting involved in the publishing process. But... Continue reading

Posted Aug 22, 2012 at Burnt Lumpia: Filipino Food | Filipino Recipes | Culinary Hijinks

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Homemade Tofu

Whether you eat tofu on the regular or not, chances are that you've never considered actually making the bean curd from scratch. I mean, who the hell makes tofu from scratch, right? And why would you want to make tofu... Continue reading

Posted Jul 9, 2012 at Burnt Lumpia: Filipino Food | Filipino Recipes | Culinary Hijinks

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Homemade Limoncello w/ Calamansi Limes (Calamancello)

I've never been too big on after-dinner liqueurs or digestifs--my post meal tipple is usually a continuation of what I'd already been drinking during the meal (grab another beer, or mix another cocktail). But lately I've taken to sipping that... Continue reading

Posted Jun 24, 2012 at Burnt Lumpia: Filipino Food | Filipino Recipes | Culinary Hijinks

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Pork and Rhubarb Sinigang

The Filipino sour soup known as Sinigang can contain any variety of meats, poultry and seafood, and is typically studded with a variety of local vegetables. Depending on the region of the Philippines, a range of native fruits can be... Continue reading

Posted May 28, 2012 at Burnt Lumpia: Filipino Food | Filipino Recipes | Culinary Hijinks

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Chicken Adobo and 40 Cloves of Garlic

Whoever said, "Too much of a good thing is never good at all," has probably never been to a wedding with an open bar, has not found a go-to all-you-can-eat sushi joint, nor has ever had Chicken and 40 Cloves... Continue reading

Posted May 18, 2012 at Burnt Lumpia: Filipino Food | Filipino Recipes | Culinary Hijinks

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Cookbook Update: Manuscript & Photos Done

Golden. Not Burnt. Just about a year ago, I ended one brief (yet exciting) chapter in my life to focus on something entirely different--writing my first cookbook. Although there were other major factors that pulled me away from the road... Continue reading

Posted Apr 2, 2012 at Burnt Lumpia: Filipino Food | Filipino Recipes | Culinary Hijinks

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Home-Cured Corned Beef

Take a peek into most any Filipino's pantry and you are just as likely to spy a can of corned beef as you are a bottle of fish sauce, banana ketchup, or vinegar. Because the Philippines was an American colony... Continue reading

Posted Mar 18, 2012 at Burnt Lumpia: Filipino Food | Filipino Recipes | Culinary Hijinks

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A Journey with Linamnam

OK, so I've been gone for a little bit haven't I? But my apparent winter hibernation from this space (and from twitter, and from the actual world outside my home, or outside the public library [yes, i still go to... Continue reading

Posted Mar 7, 2012 at Burnt Lumpia: Filipino Food | Filipino Recipes | Culinary Hijinks

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Cookbook Recipe Testers Wanted!

***UPDATE 12/20/11: "Boy, that escalated quickly." Thank you all so much for showing such great interest in this cookbook! I'm thrilled with the overwhelming responses in just a short amount of time. I won't be able to choose everyone to... Continue reading

Posted Dec 18, 2011 at Burnt Lumpia: Filipino Food | Filipino Recipes | Culinary Hijinks

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Turkey, Sweet Potato, and Cranberry Empanadas

As someone who sometimes celebrates Thankgiving sans turkey [insert GASP here], I'm always looking for new and different ways to incorporate said bird into my recipes around this time of year. Recently, while trying out different Filipino empanada recipes for... Continue reading

Posted Nov 15, 2011 at Burnt Lumpia: Filipino Food | Filipino Recipes | Culinary Hijinks

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Papaitan: Offal & Bile Soup

I know what you're thinking. WTF? Offal and bile soup?!!! Yes, that is perhaps the most unappetizing description of a soup ever known to man. I mean, it's got "awful bile" in the title. But I didn't know how else... Continue reading

Posted Oct 25, 2011 at Burnt Lumpia: Filipino Food | Filipino Recipes | Culinary Hijinks

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An Interview with Claude Tayag

Photo courtesy of Claude Tayag To American audiences, Claude Tayag may best be known as Anthony Bourdain's Pampangan host and tour guide in the Philippines episode of No Reservations. But Claude Tayag is more than just a tour guide. Tayag... Continue reading

Posted Oct 10, 2011 at Burnt Lumpia: Filipino Food | Filipino Recipes | Culinary Hijinks

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Fresh Mango Pudding From Rasa Malaysia's New Cookbook

Aside from the occasional homemade ice cream binge, or the very rare instance where I actually bake something, I don't usually make many desserts. It's not that I don't enjoy sweets, it's just that my sweet tooth usually gets vetoed... Continue reading

Posted Sep 26, 2011 at Burnt Lumpia: Filipino Food | Filipino Recipes | Culinary Hijinks

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Short Rib and Foie Gras Caldereta

Caldereta (or Kaldereta if you're nasty) is an honest to goodness meat stew influenced by both Spain and the United States, but yet remains uniquely Filipino. Caldereta's roots in Spain can be found in its Spanish name (of course), but... Continue reading

Posted Sep 14, 2011 at Burnt Lumpia: Filipino Food | Filipino Recipes | Culinary Hijinks

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Swill to Twenty: Food and Wine Fundraiser

On Saturday September 10, and Sunday September 11, the 20th Anniversary Festival of Philippine Arts and Culture will take place in San Pedro, CA. Although I've participated at FPAC in some capacity (either as an attendee, or as a vendor)... Continue reading

Posted Aug 31, 2011 at Burnt Lumpia: Filipino Food | Filipino Recipes | Culinary Hijinks

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Giveaway: Philippine Heirloom Rice

When we think of rice, we may think of only a few specific varieties. Italian Arborio, Thai Jasmine, and Indian Basmati, for example. But what if I told you there are rice varieties from the Philippines whose aromas, textures, and... Continue reading

Posted Jul 25, 2011 at Burnt Lumpia: Filipino Food | Filipino Recipes | Culinary Hijinks

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Abalone Kinilaw

I have this vague childhood memory of a cousin, or an uncle, or someone, bringing my grandparents a freshly caught abalone from who-knows-where. Upon presentation of the abalone, the household of grandparents, aunts, and uncles went absolutely bonkers--like if Ed... Continue reading

Posted Jul 6, 2011 at Burnt Lumpia: Filipino Food | Filipino Recipes | Culinary Hijinks

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