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Ham and kimchi fried rice

8 dishes you can cook with leftover Christmas ham

11.22.2025
One might think that it’s too early to think about leftovers but this is the time when most people are trying to decide just what kind of ham to get …
Sopas (Filipino creamy chicken macaroni soup)

Sopas on the Christmas table

11.18.2025
It’s finally soup season and I promised myself I’d update my chicken sopas recipe. I was taking photos of the plated dish by the windows trying …
Macaroni salad

Salads from Christmas past

11.04.2025
There were three salads that never failed to make an appearance on the Christmas dinner table when I was growing up. Chicken potato salad or chicken …
Halloween shortbread butter cookies by @the.yellow.kitchen.ph

Halloween in suburbia

10.29.2025
Halloween parties in the Philippines often take place on the weekend before October 31st. For many Filipinos, the last day of October is reserved for …
Old China dim sum in a hotbox, a self-heating, portable food box

Dim sum in a hotbox

10.22.2025
I had my birthday a few days ago. Before the big day, there were the usual questions about what I wanted to eat. I said I wanted dim sum, chow mein and …
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