one filipino dish a week

And the star is… Filipino Food! Tonight, I had the distinct pleasure of being on Barbara Howard’s The Recipe Box Show on Blog Talk Radio to talk about Filipino food. Barbara has a great show where she brings on a lot of different view points on food and I’m glad that tonight she wanted to talk about Filipino food. I was nervous and excited to be on the show. I didn’t want to look like a goofball that didn’t know what he was talking about. What do you think? How did I do?

I’m extremely happy that after a little over a year of blogging my goal of sharing Filipino food with everyone is definitely in full motion. That’s thanks to all you guys who read, subscribe comment, email, and message. It’s very much appreciated and it really does help me keep up with the posts even if I’m swamped with work. If you weren’t able to listen to the show liveclick here to listen to the recording. You can also listen to past episodes of The Recipe Box and you might pick up a thing or two for your next dinner.

Eat Filipino Food!

Tonight at 10pm EST chef/writer/tv show host Tony Bourdain goes to the Philippines in his show No Reservations on the Travel Channel. This looks to be an excellent show and I’m excited to see it. I am hoping that Tony does Filipino food justice and not the disaster that Andrew Zimmern showed in his show Bizarre Foods.

For a sneak preview and insider look on the show tonight check out these links:
No Reservations - Travel Channel site
Sneak Peak
Tony with MarketManila in Cebu

Can’t wait to see Tony Eat Filipino Food!

I have been MIA the last couple of weeks. I didn’t expect that I’d be this busy. Please bear with me. I have a few things down the pike that I’ll be posting shortly. In the meantime please go through older posts and as always… Eat Filipino Food!

In this episode: The Girl teaches us the how to eat with our hands the Filipino Way.

Some points on how to eat with your hands:
1. Wash your hands
2. Use the rice to make the food stick together
3. The ring, middle, and pointer finger act as the spoon to scoop up the food
4. Use your thumb to push the food into your mouth

There are many things in life that we take for granted but when we look back on that particular thing we realize that it has such great importance in our lives that it really needs to be celebrated. Looking back at my childhood I am really grateful and thankful for the dinners that my family had. Everyday we sat at the table to share dinner, Saturday lunches and to celebrate birthdays and holidays. Looking back at those times it was definitely a bond that made my family close and probably attributes my close relationship with my parents. Granted that I’m the only child but I think the forum of the dinner table is when the family can just be themselves and share their joys and tackle their problems together. I may not have been privy to some of the issues that my parents spoke about when I was a young boy but I think that was a place for us to share that moment with each other. One thing that I’m glad was that there was no tv. It forced the family to really talk to each other and create conversation. It made my parents aware of how I was doing in school and who my friends were (what I told at least) . But the dinner table is a powerful place that is quite important in a home. There aren’t too many big events in our lives that we don’t share a meal with our family and friends. Take time this week to share a meal with your family/friends together.

I’m so glad that my mom brought that table with us when we moved. It’s definitely an important piece in our lives and makes my family what it is today whether we realize it or not.

Several birthdays, Christmases, anniversaries, joys, tears and heated debates have happened at this table. Lives have changed, people have moved on, kids have turned to adults but the table remains an integral centerpiece each step of the way.