Don’t leave St Louis without eating… on Jan 30, 2010 in Blogging I’m here at the airport waiting for my boarding time, off to St Louis, MO I go! I am really excited! Not much cooking in the home front but for sure there’ll be lots of food adventures. I’ll be gone for a few weeks. One thing is cer...
Presto Pasta Nights # 146 Round-up on Jan 17, 2010 in Blog events Pasta and Noodles It is very hot in GenSan where I live these days, so I’m really enjoying my weekend at my parents’ home in Laguna. Plus, I get to enjoy Dad’s cooking as well. Some good news came up late last week and I have to be in Manila last Fri...
Linguine and chorizos on Jan 15, 2010 in Pasta and Noodles An unexpected trip finds me writing this post from my parents’ home. So this is a bit late for my own PPN round-up! Yay! Anyway, one of the pasta dishes I’ve done recently is this linguine and chorizos and whatever I could find in my pant...
Presto Pasta Nights # 146 is here! on Jan 11, 2010 in Food After several weeks of not blogging, I am back! The holidays were spent harvesting corn, visiting friends and getting around GenSan. I have been uncommunicative, I apologize for that. Watch out for new posts and emails, though. Things should get fun...
A Year in GenSan on Dec 17, 2009 in Blogging Today I celebrate my first year in Gen San. Well, not really a year if you count the number of days I stayed here in the past year. But it’s the day I started work as a corn breeder. So many things to learn, not only about breeding, agricult...
20-layer crepe cake on Dec 5, 2009 in Food One of my cooking obsession is to master the art of cooking crepes. Then from crepes to crepe cakes which I finally started to make this week. I could use some help with the filling though. In time for the bloggers’ lunch at home I made this cr...
The Year’s 10 Best Local Food Blogs on Dec 2, 2009 in Blogging What do you know, Yummy magazine online featured A Scientist in the Kitchen as one of The Year’s 10 Best Local Food Blogs! The site features a short email interview, and you can find out the reason for this blog’s name. This is really a...
Sinaing na isda sa sampalok (Steamed fish in tamarind) on Dec 2, 2009 in Filipino food Seafood I have been a lot of tuna (salpicao, burger steak or teriyaki) lately, ignoring the smaller fishes sold in the market. However, when I saw this fish called “barilison” (means similar to bariles –> tuna in Tagalog), I knew one pa...
Cook out! on Dec 1, 2009 in Filipino food Cook out! One of the things I love about my job is the chance to eat local cooking done by the workers during our field visit. We’d buy the ingredients and they would cook for us and everyone shares one big meal. Here are some of the dishes I&#...
Will be back to blogging… on Nov 27, 2009 in Blogging Breakfast I know I haven’t been blogging lately since I revisit the Gensan market. I’m catching up on my posts. Meanwhile, enjoy this treat!
