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Banana-Chocolate Chip Pancakes
Is there anything better than banana-chocolate chip pancakes for brunch? Lately, the boyfriend and I have been on a pancakes and eggs for weekend brunch mode – he makes the pancakes and I make the...
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Birthday Surprise
I love birthdays. Every January, I take every opportunity to say “it’s my birthday month!” until the day gets closer and it becomes “it’s my birthday week!” or “it’s my birthday weekend!”. And I just...
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Vacation Mode
Hello from Manila, Philippines! I’m on vacation but I wanted to do a quick post to let you all know that I’m still alive and eating very, very well! Quick summary: the boyfriend and I arrived in Manila...
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Please Help Me Raise Money for Perkins School for the Blind
Vision 5K lets you run with your feet.. see with your heart. I wrote about the Vision 5K before and this year I’m running it again (my boyfriend and I ran last year) to raise money for Perkins School...
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Mom and Cheese
Last week I threw a cheese party. As a BzzAgent, I received a coupon for President Cheese (and a few more coupons for my friends, yay!) and since my girl friends and I were planning another Girls’...
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Noche Buena
I’ve always loved Christmas, but I love Noche Buena even more. Noche Buena is the name for a customary celebration on Christmas Eve in many Spanish-speaking countries; it literally means “good night.”...
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Kesong Puti: a Cheese I’ve Loved My Whole Life, Thanks To My Mom
I unwrap the cheese quickly, but carefully. I once did so haphazardly, greedily, that the wrapper of bright green banana leaves cut the skin on my fingertips. But now I do so gingerly, unraveling the...
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Mango Memories
I have a confession to make: I used to hate mangoes. Now, that doesn’t really sound like a big deal right? But if, like me, you’re from the Philippines, then that statement is sin. Filipinos are...
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Love, Loss, and Spaghetti
Last year, I had my heart broken twice. First, when my boyfriend and I broke up. And second, when my beloved grandfather (my lolo) died shortly after. I didn’t know how to deal with it. I didn’t know...
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Marcella Hazan and My Marcelia
We were on a train from Milan to Venice, and I had just finished reading Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant. I passed the book to my parents and my mom picked it up. She read Marcella Hazan’s...
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