By Amanda Rose | Recipes , Snacks
Hardly worthy of a “recipe,” did you realize that grapes freeze well and make great little bite-sized popsicles? Indeed they do. Using any sweet grape, freeze a stash for a hot day. My mom and her friend spent one legendary week painting a house in 107 degree temperatures and ate an entire case of these […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Main Dishes , Recipes
Living in Delano, California for fifteen years, close to one of the largest Filipino populations in the United States, I came to love Filipino food. Adobo was the first dish I was served at many Delano potlucks and events. It is still one of my first choices: it is juicy, full of flavor, and satisfying. […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Antiques , Ingredients , Recipes
I found this mix when researching ideas for drying seasoned okra for snack food. It is credited to Emeril Lagasse of the Food Network. As with everything else, I find ways to tweak a seasoning to suit my own tastes. Surely, you do the same. Now that I have this on hand, I find I […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Main Dishes , Recipes
This recipe is dedicated to the memory of eating Filipino food at the Bamboo Hut. If the Bamboo Hut still existed, I wouldn’t have tried to figure out how to reproduce the flavors of our favorite: Balamiki Chicken. With the original version, thin strips of meat were marinated and then strung on wooden skewers for […]
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By Amanda Rose | Recipes
You crack them open and, lo and behold, they are salty on the inside of the shell. How do they do that? Shelled peanuts get soaked in a salt water solution (brine) under pressure. The pressure pulls the brine inside the shell. The nuts are then roasted to both cook and dehydrate them. Enterprising companies […]
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