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Lasang Pinoy Sundays | Week 18: School of Fish

Posted on Tuesday, 14 October 2008 by Mike | Category: Featured Articles, General, Lasang Pinoy, Seafood

When Ces posted a note on my Facebook’s Fun Wall last night about this week’s La.Pi.S theme, I was suddenly reminded of two pending posts. So for my entry, I am using some photos that are intended to accompany those posts – hopefully to be up within next week. First off are photos taken from [...]



LASANG PINOY SUNDAYS, Week 17: Finger Food | Pica-Pica

Posted on Wednesday, 8 October 2008 by Mike | Category: Cocktails, Featured Articles, Filipino / Pinoy, General, Lasang Pinoy, Veggies

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 chronology!) wherever I go . . . To resurrect this blog, I’d like to [...]



Nepali food trip in the “Valley of the Gods” (Part 1)

Posted on Wednesday, 30 April 2008 by Mike | Category: Featured Articles, General, Glorious Food

The following is one of the many backlogs I have . . . “What is Nepali food?” That was one of the most asked questions we got from friends before we left for Kathmandu in August last year. It was a question that I found quite difficult to answer. For one, it was going to [...]



PANAGGAPAS

Posted on Tuesday, 4 December 2007 by Mike | Category: Featured Articles, Filipino / Pinoy, General, Glorious Food, Ilocano, Pinoy Food, Regional

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 [...]



Lasang Pinoy 21, Anniversary Edition

Posted on Saturday, 3 November 2007 by Mike | Category: Asian, Culture & Tradition, Featured Articles, Filipino / Pinoy, Glorious Food, Ilocano, Lasang Pinoy, Pinoy Food, Regional

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 [...]