musings of a traveller and food lover

FOOD

Cookie Swap SHF/IMBB

When I opened Boston’s Master Baker’s Site aka Stel and saw gingerbread babies I knew I have missed the deadline. SHF asked food bloggers or any bloggers for their cookie recipe ...

Pumpkin Soup

Last Monday I was at the Goethe Institut again. Yes again I do love going there when I want to forget the hustle and bustle of Athens, get pampered with soothing Swiss/ German food. The ...

Filipino Soul Food

Lasang Pinoy 4…Soul Food- favorite traditional Filipino food that instantly enhances mood…“soothing, comfort food that brings back warm memories of family dinners”. I am back ...

Champorado

This post is for the first Filipino Food Blogging Event: LASANG PINOY “Food embodies the culture from which it developed. To know a culture, one can start with food.” For their ...

Lasang Pinoy

Pilgrims Pots and Pans is hosting Lasang Pinoy. Please go to her page and read more about this…

Overview of Maja Blanca

I took some of the maja blanca to some Swiss friends and as usual they were curious. I was asked what it is and the nearest equivalent I could find is BLANCMANGE. I did explain that instead ...

Maja Blanca -BLANCMANGE OF CORN AND COCONUT CREAM

Stel of Baby Rambutan her post dated 14th of July, wrote about kakainin and she mentioned maja blanca (BLACMANGE OF CORN AND COCONUT CREAM) maja blanca is a popular afternoon snack lumped in ...

Palitaw

After a very Filipino lunch with mung beans my sister went craving for a Filipino sweet or dessert. My sister makes the wonderful leche flan, but she said too much calories but she even ...

Pancakes

Last weekend my sister, Tara and her husband Nick, were busy fixing things around their garden They were fixing their shed and painting few bits and bobs when I asked to my brother in law, ...

“Tantalizing Titillating Tempting Tarts!”

This is our (I say our because it’s a team workbetween my husband and myself) first time to join the events of IS MY BLOG BURNING the event of IMBB is being hosted by Life in Flow. At the ...

Orange Glow Chiffon Cake

I had a postal notice last Thursday to claim a package. I was not sure where it was from but I somehow had this idea its probably the TUBE PAN for angel cake from my friend Stephanie. She is ...

Nature’s Herbal Fragrances in Your Kitchen

Isn’t it a pleasure to gather fresh herbs for your soup, omelette, salads, and roasts?Last weekend visit to the garden centre was such a delight that I could have brought all the herbs ...