[dropcap type="2"]I[/dropcap] haven’t blogged for ages and it took me quite a while to find my way around this platform. During the long weekend, I planned on upgrading my publishing platform and eventually get back to blogging once again. However, the big “K” (katamaran or lazy bones) got in the way and reduced me to [...]
It has been five long months since my last post here. Prior to that, nothing much as well – even though my little electronic baul is filling up non-stop with food images that I religiously shoot and eat (in that particular order!) wherever I go . . . To resurrect this blog, I’d like to [...]
Being one of the moderators of the Lasang Pinoy food blogging event has its advantages. One of them is you get to know in advance what theme is coming up! This gives someone like me an enormous amount of time to think of an entry. But it always ends there. Period. Executing the idea has [...]
ILOCOS NORTE COMES TO SALCEDO MARKET The Salcedo Community Market and the Provincial Government of Ilocos Norte will host an Ilocos food and crafts fair on Saturday, 15 December 2007, showcasing the finest fresh produce, specialty food items and indigenous crafts from the Ilocos region. Entitled “Panaggapas: The Ilocano Harvest,†the day-long event is organized [...]
In 1807, the people of Piddig (in Ilocos Norte) rose in revolt against the oppressive tax measures being imposed by the Spanish colonial government, particularly on the production of basi — the sugarcane wine much-loved by Ilocanos. It was a grievance that has been festering since 1782 when the first revolt occurred against the tobacco [...]
COOKING FOR HEROES When Bryan of Fire Water Husband submitted his theme idea (and interest to host) in an email thread about forthcoming Lasang Pinoy events, I was initially dumbstruck. What, indeed, given the chance, would I cook for a hero? Given the list of prominent Filipinos declared as national heroes, the second challenge was [...]