Lotus root buying and cooking guide
Cooked as vegetable in China, Japan and India, lotus root is sold fresh, dried or canned. Mildly flavorerd and crunchy, it is added to soups and stir fries. It can also …
Kitchen
Divided into three sub-categories — ingredients, how-tos and tools — this section includes tips on choosing a kitchen countertop (in case you're remodeling) and kitchen organizing.
Best way to remove catfish slime
Scrub with salt? Rinse in vinegar? Soak in food-grade calcium hydroxide? They all work but nothing works better than baking soda. Ten minutes is all it takes.
Calamansi (kalamansi)
A citrus hybrid with small sour fruit, calamansi is ubiquitous in Filipino cooking. I used to think the fruit was unique to the Philippines but it isn't.
Chicken parts: a shopping guide
Dressed chicken can be bought whole or cut up. Learn the different cuts of chicken. Know too that the weight stated on the label is false because the meat is injected …
How to make chicken bone broth
Nothing beats the richness and flavor of homemade chicken bone broth. I make it with soup bones, divide it into portions and freeze until needed.
Easy tasty risotto for home cooks
My Mac’s dictionary defines risotto as “an Italian dish of rice cooked in stock with other ingredients such as meat and vegetables.” For an Asian, that sounds like …
How to use a cocktail muddler
A serious cocktail enthusiast should own a muddler. Not as a bar ornament but as a tool for crushing fruit, herbs and spices. Pulverizing them in a blender just won’t do. …