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Loading ...Market Manila » Orange Currant Balls a la Sister
Very flavourful, crumbly and shortbread-like cookie. Great with a cup of tea. [Link]
Market Manila » The Feast of the Epiphany / Three Kings / Araw ng Tatlong Hari
"Happy Three Kings" seems like a silly greeting as it shouldn't focus on the Kings, but on the baby Jesus. And if you had rushed over deserts, mountains and seas with a twelve day deadline then you would have been more harried and exhausted than happy, I would think. Add to that a frantic shopping spree for gold, frankincense and … [Link]
Market Manila » Rugulach a la Sister
Years ago, Alan, the office manager, brought rugulach from a bakery deep in Brooklyn whenever he was invited to dinner. He wouldn't bring more than half a pound, even if I offered to pay for it. So I became interested in making them myself. This is a classic rugulach, I've tried other fillings but I think this is my favorite … [Link]
Market Manila » Tambis & Makopa Side By Side…
Finally, proof positive that "tambis" and "makopa" for Visayans at least, are distinct yet closely related fruit. It all started out with this first post several years ago, which referred to both of these species as tambis, as I had always done as a child. Then, one of my readers was perturbed by my lack of tambis/makopa knowledge, so I … [Link]
Market Manila » Happy New Year!!!
Happy New Year to all marketmanila sukis and lurkers!!! I'm sure you've noticed the subdued pace of posts, comments and activity on the blog for the past week or so. Marketman & Family were away on holiday in Cambodia and Vietnam, but we are back from a wonderful trip and even managed to catch the fantastic free fireworks in Makati, … [Link]
Market Manila » Roast Tenderloin “Filipino” a la Marketman
We had about a kilo or more of superb, albeit slightly more than medium cooked, fillet mignon or the best part of the tenderloin left over from a Christmas dinner. Sliced thinly it made excellent sandwich fillings, but there was still some 1/2 kilo or more of meat left… so I decided to try making it into a bistek tagalog … [Link]
Market Manila » Dried Fruit Compote
We served a delicious country ham from Tennessee for Christmas Eve, along with a Roast Turkey. The ham was incredibly salty, even after a two day soak in water, and we like it that way. To balance the saltiness, it is nice to serve a dried fruit compote on the side… It's really not so much about balance but a … [Link]
Market Manila » Mangosteen Trivia…
Here's a bit of silly tropical fruit trivia that I suspect many of you didn't know, or at least I didn't until I read about it while doing research on mangosteens a year or two ago… If you look at the bottom end of a mangosteen fruit (not the stem end) and count the "petals" on the "flower" there, the … [Link]
Market Manila » Crescents a la Sister
These cookies appear in Vienna in December; powdered sugar celebrates the first snow of winter. Crescent shape is a reminder of the Arab threat in the 1500's that was discovered by the bakers who were working through the night and sounded the alarm… [Link]
Market Manila » Rhubarb, Rhubarb, Rhubarb…
Mrs. Marketman reminded me that in the Asterix series of comics, Obelix would sometimes be seen walking around muttering "rhubarb, rhubarb, rhubarb." Heehee. And on the web somewhere, in a discussion group, I read that actors on a stage often repeatedly mutter "rhubarb, rhubarb, rhubarb" when they want to re-create the din of a crowd talking. How this somewhat poisonous … [Link]
Market Manila » Merry Christmas From Our Family to Yours…
Gingerbread houses are a holiday tradition in Marketman's home. If you want to know why, please read my first Christmas Eve message on this blog written in 2005. And check out the little town with shops scene we did that year. In 2006, we made a fairly elaborate winter village scene, which you can read about here. And 2006 was … [Link]
Market Manila » Cebu Office Christmas Party 2008
The last time I featured an office Christmas party three years ago, it was for 40+ staff at a small hotel in Panglao, Bohol. We had a lot of fun at that party and the parties of the following two years were far more subdued. This year, despite such a gloomy economic environment, I thought we should splurge a bit … [Link]
Market Manila » A Thousand Treats for Christmas…
This year's marketmanila.com feeding program has raised roughly PHP520,000 (almost $11,000) so far!!! That will provide some 22,000+ meals for undernourished public school children through next November 2009! A huge thank you to the generous donors who came to the various pick up points and left generous donations and picked up the Christmas ornaments that we featured here. Roughly 140 … [Link]
Market Manila » A Christmas Dinner, The Meal (Part III)
Our first holiday dinner was relatively simple, and as such, the main course had to be pretty good. My photos of the meal are horrific, as I was prepping the dishes and doing the final cooking and slicing and nearly forgot to take snapshots with my camera. I don't like to take photos at the table when there are guests … [Link]
Market Manila » A Christmas Dinner, The Place Cards (Part II)
The nuances of seating your guests at a formal dinner at home is more complicated than it seems. It appears to be a throwback to a previous century, but table assignments do often make a difference to the conversation at the dinner table. While we often tell our guests to come dressed casually, even for a sit-down meal, we often … [Link]
Market Manila » A Christmas Dinner, The Setting (Part I)
We had our first sit-down holiday dinner last week. We have only two planned this holiday season, down from the usual 5-6 meals with say 10-12 guests. This first dinner we decided to use our blue tablecloth as the base color for the setting, and everything pretty much took off from there. Flowers were a bit OTT, it being a … [Link]
Market Manila » Our Christmas Tree is Growing!!!
You may think I am just "pulling your leg," but I am not, our Christmas tree, which was cut a couple of months ago, is actually growing… Cut and bundled up just as the weather in the Northeast United States was getting chilly, these trees were then packed into a refrigerated container and they probably thought they were in a … [Link]
Market Manila » Rhubarb from Benguet!
I have had a hankering for rhubarb for the past two months. There is just something so appealing about a rhubarb dessert, usually a wonderful mix of tart and sweet, with a unique pale burgundy or pink color, and a flavor that is so distinctive… I waxed poetic about locally grown rhubarb before, read this post, and we made the … [Link]
Market Manila » Ischler Cookies a la Sister
Originally from Vienna, very elegant and a family favorite… [Link]
Market Manila » Watch This Video Before You Get A Christmas Present For Your Wife…
A good friend sent this link to a video that was absolutely hilarious. But perhaps more hilarious were the resulting witty barbs and emails that went flying back and forth from the group of recipients (all males) as a result… If you want a really good laugh, click on the link and enjoy! And shop wisely… [Link]
