A celebration of Filipino food and the search for a connection to my past

Beef

IP Texas-style Chili

IP Texas-style Chili

https://www.lemonblossoms.com/blog/instant-pot-chili/ https://stripedspatula.com/instant-pot-chili-texas-style/ So I get my Texas Style Chili recipe from these two sites (above). But I have altered my recipe for my tastes. Ingredients 1 tablespoon olive oil (vegetable or canola oil) 2 pounds cubed stew beef 1 large onion, diced 5 garlic cloves, Read More …

Not Filipino, but … Boeuf Bourguignon

Not Filipino, but … Boeuf Bourguignon

My mother, like many others, had Julia Child’s The French Chef cookbook, but I didn’t really learn more about Julia until Meryl Streep played her in a movie (Julie & Julia, 2009). My mother died in 1994, so I didn’t have a chance to talk to her about it. But when I watched the movie, I felt a connection to Julia Child mostly because she had good taste and a drive to succeed, like my own mother. After I watched the movie, I just had to make the Boeuf Bourguignon.