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Time out from cooking… my top 10 emerging influential blogs for 2010

August 28, 2010 By Gay 9 Comments
Time out from cooking, here are my nominees to the Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs for 2010. This is a writing project that seeks to identify new and emerging blogs who are making an impact to its readers in 2010.
And the nominees are :)
1. Ganda Ever So Much – Orman’s blog has kept me in stitches, anticipating one post to the next to brighten up my day.
2. Quirky Girl Next Door – beautiful layout, even more beautiful thoughts from a beautiful friend!
3. Kikay Much – probably answers all things I wanted to know when I go to the beauty parlor but were ignorant afraid to ask
4. akosiRABSKY - anything goes blog, teenager’s perspective
5. Kusina Maria – the kind of food blog I like, more cooking than anything else!
6. A Thousand Ships – great insights from travelling captured in photos and blog posts
7. South-style Ilonggo – A humor and eveything else blog, deserves special mention since it is more Tagalog/Filipino than an English language blog (unique!)
8. Alexis Chua – rants, raves, fun… his personal blog
9. Get Prettified! – for a while I thought it was a Get Petrified blog!
10. GenSan Gems – my very own personal blog, sharing to you my life in GenSan

I would have wanted to nominate these blogs: GenSan News Online Mag, KnowRead/KnowWrite, Anything goes…, Small Steps by Jinky but these were created earlier than March, 2009.

This project is sponsored by: Events and Corporate Video, Budget hotel in Makati,Pinoy Party Food, Copyediting Services, PR Agency Philippines, Budget Travel Philippines, Send Gifts to the Philippines, Black Friday Deals, Roomrent – units for rent, Search Profile Index, and Corporate Events Organizer.

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The kulinarya experiments

June 20, 2010 By Gay 3 Comments
Notice anything new in my tagline? Yes, I am devoting this blog to Filipino cooking. Experiments in the sense that I will be cooking Filipino food I’ve tried on my travels around the country. That nilagang baboy with hilaw na langka in an eatery in Digos City.
There is also that longganisa in Pangasinan. Did I mention longganisa? Longganisas are one one of my obsessions to make at home. I have yet to perfect my Lucban longganisa, so that experiment is something to share with you. Most of the Filipino recipes (more of Tagalog cooking, really), I learned from my Dad or from my mother’s sister, Nanay Cordia. Dishes I’ve learned to cook since high school. The first dish I remember cooking was ginisang monggo. I cooked this after observing our cook do it every Friday. Did I eat it? Watch for that story in a later post. There is also my pork sinigang, that I cooked from a calendar recipe.
I’ve got recipes lined up to share with you in the coming weeks. However, is there any dish you want me to cook for you? I am welcome to suggestions and requests. Friends and readers are always welcome in my kitchen.

Filed Under: Blogging, Filipino food

When the scientist is not in the kitchen…

May 24, 2010 By Gay 22 Comments
I must admit that there are just days that cooking can be a chore. When all I want to do is sit and eat, have my my steaming cup of chicken tinola minus the fuzz and kitchen work. In GenSan, there’s one place I always go – Piyesta! Located at Robinson’s Place, the place is very convenient for me to go to. With the different Pinoy dishes offered, Piyesta satisfies whatever my craving is. Fellow blogger, Ate Jinky and I, fondly calls it our kitchen at Robinsons. Should you find yourself in General Santos City and want to meet some bloggers, this is the place to eat.
It’s quite funny that in the many times I’ve eaten at Piyesta, I have not really taken a picture of me or of the food. I did get some pictures last month when I dined with fellow breeders. They had this new set of seafood dishes consisting of tuna tail, squid, shrimps and kinilaw. We were about to eat, when Avel and Orman at the other table (mind you, they were on the other side of the room) reminded me to take pictures! I think they would have pinched my ears if I hadn’t taken a picture first! Hehe.. So here’s what we had…
This was a delicious dinner, good food and a great time to catch up with friends from IRRI.  Each part of the menu was absolutely delicious,  succulent tuna tail, perfectly grilled squid (hey, no need to bring out your camping grills), and crispy friend shrimps. And it’s about time I took the picture, this feature is long overdue.
Piyesta is located at the al fresco dining side of Robinson’s Place, General Santos. Tel # (083)5542139.
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Filed Under: Blogging, General Santos City, Restaurant features

Three… two… one… I’m back!

April 26, 2010 By Gay 6 Comments

Nope, not from St Louis. I’ve been back to General Santos City for over a month and it’s only now that I’ve had the chance inclination to blog.

Yesterday was graduation day at UP Los Baños, but I couldn’t attend my the rites (yes, finally, the PhD graduation). But it doesn’t mean there is no celebration. Later this evening, just a simple dinner with a couple of friends. The Los Baños celebration will have to come later, when I get the chance to go back.

What’s cooking now? Still prepping the ingredients for pork spring rolls, tuna fillet in some kind of sauce (still have no idea!), fruit salad and bam-i.

Meanwhile, I’m enjoying some leftover pasta and shrimps I cooked the other night, a dish inspired from iVillage/food. It’s actually a recipe by Emeril’s but since I don’t have all the ingredients, I made do with whatever I have in the pantry. Would have wanted to try Emeril’s Essence but I’m not sure if it is available where I am.

While I’ve been offline in the food blogging world for the past few months, I haven’t stopped cooking and reading food sites. iVillage/food is one of the few sites I have enjoyed browsing through, cooking whatever strikes my fancy. You could go Asian or Pasta, or like me whose tastes leans toward spicy food, there is a category all its own. Plus, the sight is pleasing to browse to, as well as easy to navigate.

Spicy Shrimps and Pasta

225 grams spaghetti

1 tbsp olive oil

4 cloves garlic, crushed and chopped

100 grams peeled and deveined shrimps

1 tsp chili flakes

2 tbsp tomato paste

1/2 cup pasta water

salt and pepper to taste

Cook spaghetti according to package instructions. While pasta is cooking, prepare the rest of the ingredients. Heat oil in a pan and add the garlic. Stir a few times then add a pinch of salt, a generous amount of pepper, and the chili flakes. Stir a few seconds then add the shrimps. Stir fry till shrimp is cook. Remove shrimps from the pan. Add the tomato paste and pasta water and cook till sauce is thick. Add the cooked spaghetti and shrimps, stir well  and season to taste with salt and pepper.

Filed Under: Blogging, Pasta and Noodles, Seafood
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