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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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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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Shish kebab

Posted by daxphillips on July 2nd, 2008 filed in Appetizers, Beef, Ethnic, Meat, Sauce, Snack, Vegetables

My family was invited to a get together these past couple of weeks, to basically enjoy conversation, drinks, and food, something we look forward to. We received a call the night before with the invitation. The host said not to worry about bringing anything and that they would have hotdogs and burgers for the kids [...]

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Vietnamese Summer Salad

Posted by daxphillips on June 13th, 2008 filed in Ethnic, Meat, Pork, Salad, Vegetables

I have been to a few Vietnamese restaurants in my time, and there is a dish that they have, I know it as B14 from the menu (as one of my colleagues ordered this dish a couple of years ago) that is really delicious. I took a stab at making, what I call the Vietnamese [...]

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