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Sisig - Reinvented

Posted by daxphillips on July 12th, 2008 filed in Appetizers, Ethnic, Meat, Pork, Salad, Sides, Snack

What a crazy sounding name for a dish; sisig. As many of you might not be aware, but my father-n-law is Filipino, and a great guy to boot. Rarely do I get to sample authentic Filipino food with him, however this past vacation to California allowed me to do just that.  As my sister-n-law, Cindy, [...]

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Chicken Salad Sandwich

Posted by daxphillips on July 9th, 2008 filed in Chicken, Salad, Sandwiches

My wife loves a chicken salad sandwich. It might be one of her top five favorite sandwiches. Personally, I think they are just ok, and as I have attempted to try chicken salad sandwiches at a few restaurants in my life, I found that what I did not like about them was their texture, or [...]

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Corn and Mango Salsa

Posted by daxphillips on July 7th, 2008 filed in Appetizers, Ethnic, Salad, Sides, Vegetables

I have written about my salsas in the past (here and here), and they typically have a nice kick to them as they contain habanero peppers. This past week I wanted to do something different, in particular for my wife. She loves the sweet as I love the spice. I wanted to give her something [...]

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Green Salad

Posted by daxphillips on July 5th, 2008 filed in Salad

In our recent travels to California, we met (for the second time) Michelle. Michelle is a native Cameroonian, who is, by the way French, as well. I had many conversations with Michelle during our few days in Oceanside, and I found her to be very interesting, in particular in the ways she cooked. What I [...]

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