This stuff is GOOD. Cold, creamy, chocolate peanut butter and banana flavored soft serve ice cream, studded with dark chocolate chips and walnuts. Except this isn't technically ice cream. This is a dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, vegan dessert....

These Mango White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies are my first baking project to use Philippine dried mangoes - which I consider THE BEST in the world. They're sweet and chewy and almost sticky. The perfect...

Kyoto was the former imperial capital of Japan; the emperor used to live there. It is called "the city of peace and tranquility" and is known worldwide for things we associate with classical Japanese...

Corazon Restaurant, located in the new wing of the Shangri-la Plaza Mall in Mandaluyong City, serves hearty local cuisine - food that is heavily influenced by decades of Spanish colonization, food that is bursting...

Happy New Year! In the Philippines, there's a common superstition that what you're doing and how you're feeling on New Year's Eve are predictive of what you'll be doing and how you'll be feeling for...

December 30, 2013

Looking Back at 2013

This year was a BIG one. It was a year filled with change and travel and great moments. I made a conscious decision to be more grateful this year, to take a few short moments...

December 23, 2013

A Day of Travel

Hello from the tropical islands of the Philippines! Right now it's about 90 degrees, and I haven't really stopped sweating in days. I'm here for my annual holiday trip (you can see my posts on...

I love that each bite has so much texture and a variety of flavors: incredibly creamy milk chocolate, bittersweet dark chocolate, a subtle hazelnut flavor from the Nutella, flakes of smoky salt, and bits...

It's time for another edition of my Good Eats Series, where I share some of the great foods I’ve enjoyed but were previously undocumented. This installment is all about food, food, food. Plus...

December 6, 2013

Pecan and Cranberry Cookies

I'm just going to say it now: these Pecan and Cranberry Cookies might be the most perfect Christmas cookies ever. Technically, they're called wedding cookies - crumbly rounds of pecan cookies rolled in powdered sugar...