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Noodles and Rice

November 12th, 2008

Asian food products right at your doorstep!

Check out this website I stumbled upon. Isn’t it clever to have your supply of Asian food products delivered to you?! Pardon my excitement but this is the first time I learned about its existence. I sometimes find it quite troublesome to schedule a trip to the Asian food store after I do my grocery-shopping, […]

By Raquel -- 0 comments

November 5th, 2008

What’s in your pantry?

I still remember the time when I was a newly-wed, grocery-shopping and cooking felt like going to school for the first time, without my mom to accompany me. I recall making sure the cupboard had an ample supply of the essentials: fish sauce, soy sauce and vinegar. If you chance upon a Filipino household, you’re […]

By Raquel -- 7 comments

April 26th, 2006

Ingredient Spotlight: Kombu/Konbu

Kombu or Konbu is the name for a group of Japanese seaweeds of the genus Laminaria. There are several kinds of kombu, Laminaria angustata (mitsuishi kombu) and Laminaria ochotensis (Rishiri kombu) being utilized the most for making soup stocks. Kombu is rich in naturally occurring monosodium gulatamate. I’m tempted to write more […]

By Stef -- 0 comments