Carved jicama flowers (Photo credit: wallygrom) By Juvy S. Iliwiliw Sungka was a part of my childhood and specifically, of our family getaways to places in the Philippines. As I…

A cup of corn crab soup. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) By Juvy S. Iliwiliw The key ingredient of this recipe is native white corn – smaller, starchy and chewy cousin of…

butter, sugar, egg, flour, baking powder, chocolate, coconut flakes (Photo credit: Wikipedia) By Juvy S. Iliwiliw From my cooking class, I’ve learned that there are three kinds of flour: bread…

A glass of Thai tea (Photo credit: Wikipedia) By Dorsey T. Emanus Cooking is a form of art. You should be creative and unafraid of trying new things in the…

Ingredients (Photo credit: Beyond Elements) By Roxane J. Talisen Anyone can learn how to cook. Do you have the capability to purchase ingredients, and can you stick to a recipe?…

Pastry is the name given to various kinds of baked products made from ingredients such as flour, sugar, milk, butter, shortening, baking powder or eggs. Small cakes, tarts and other…

A bag of pandesal (Photo credit: Wikipedia) By Juvy S. Iliwiliw Not one person here in the Philippines never knew the existence of pan de sal.  Every morning, a long…

English: Example of Mangoes, shoot in Taipei, Taiwan. Two different species. The right side one being the Gold Mango. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) By Juvy S. Iliwiliw In making our food…

guinness chiffon cake (Photo credit: [puamelia]) By Juvy S. Iliwiliw One of the recipes I easily learned in baking is a Chiffon Cake. I remember how I like it much…

English: Thin layers of a genoise soaked in grand marnier sugar syrup and frosted with an Italian buttercream (sugar, water, egg whites, and butter) Français : Fines couches de génoise…