Food

Good food deserves to be shared.

Welcome to my kitchen. I enjoy Filipino comfort food, discovering ingredients, and learning from the food I encounter during my travels. Here are recipes from my collection, written so you can follow the process and understand why each step matters.

Featured recipe

Creamy Shrimp Chowder with Bamboo Shoots

Creamy shrimp-shell broth, plump shrimp, a little potato, and a gentle crunch of bamboo shoots. Shrimp ang bida in this comforting bowl.

What’s cooking?

I often begin with what’s already available, then work out how to bring it together. A recipe should help you make a good meal, not send you on an unnecessary shopping expedition.

Expect clear quantities, a sensible cooking order, and notes about texture and flavour. Taste as you go; the seasoning bottle doesn’t know who’s coming for dinner.

Ginataang Hipon with Kalabasa and Bitter Gourd

Sweet squash, savoury shrimp stock, creamy coconut milk, and a pleasantly bitter finish.

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Pancit Canton-Bihon for a Gathering

A generous batch with chicken, pork, and vegetables. Keep the broth—it has a job to do.

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Cooking for company

A bigger pot needs a little more planning. Prepare the ingredients first, keep track of the portions, and give yourself time to finish without rushing. Our community activities have given me plenty of reasons to think about food for a group.

The recipe collection also includes pork giniling for graduation, chicken pospas, seafood chowder, and several kinds of sinigang. The recipes below bring that collection together, with clear ingredient lists and practical cooking steps.

Food discoveries and cooking lessons

Travel gives me more things to be curious about: how an ingredient is used, why a dish tastes different, and what I can bring back to my own cooking. I like keeping those discoveries practical enough to try at home.

A note before you cook

Read the ingredients first and check anything you need to avoid. The recipes on these pages contain seafood, fish sauce, and, in the pancit, sauces and noodles that may contain other allergens. Use the labels on your own ingredients as your guide.

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Food is part of the journey

In May 2024, after watching Alas Pilipinas, we shared an Arabic meal near Rizal Memorial Coliseum: chicken biryani, hummus, salad, bread and sambouza. I added molokhiya. A good game followed by a good meal—that is a combination I can get behind.