'Bread & breakfast' archive

Last Thursday, Speedy and I were at the market. There was one stall selling premature chicken eggs (if we had left the house earlier, there would have been more stalls selling them but these things sell like hot cakes and I was … (more...)

We're learning to bake bread at home. Speedy and me, that is. When we were newly married our dream was to put up a bakery called "The Outlaw." Then, we had two kids, had no time to learn to make bread, he went on to pursue a career … (more...)

For those who don't speak Filipino, tapsilog is a contraction of tapa (quick-fried beef strips), sinangag (fried rice) and itlog (egg). It is a very popular breakfast combination in the Philippines. An anytime of the day breakfast … (more...)

In my family, if I offer toast for breakfast, everyone assumes that I'm in "lazy mode". But no one can say that with a toast like this. Split a whole crusty loaf in half. Generously spread the bottom with a mixture of butter, … (more...)

Inspired by what an author describes as typical Mexican peasant fare, today's brunch uses potatoes as an "extender" to create a dish that can generously feed four people with only two pieces of spicy sausages. The potatoes and … (more...)

It would be an ordinary fish fillet sandwich were it not for the coleslaw. The secret? Cream cheese in the dressing. There is a pineapple coleslaw recipe in the archive, a reader suggested adding blue cheese to it and that got … (more...)

Last week, I baked a cake and, apparently, my family didn't like it so much. It had been sitting in the fridge for days, drying out, and I just wanted to do something with it. I did, today. For breakfast. It's a trick I've done … (more...)

Few days' old bread and scrap meat became this fabulous brunch. We spent the long weekend in Tagaytay, had to bring home a whole loaf of multi-grain bread that we were unable to consume and I was thinking what to do with it yesterday. … (more...)

Yesterday, I showed you a pack of dried roots, barks and berries that I boiled with meat to make broth. Well, I didn't make a soup dish with the broth. I parboiled sotanghon in the broth then stirred the softened noodles with … (more...)

With the scorching heat of summer, I often feel that life sucks in a huge way. But when I get up in the morning and there's a delicious brunch waiting on the table and I didn't even have to lift a finger to get it there, life … (more...)