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Here’s something I’ve been missing for quite some time. My usual Japanese grocery ran out of the Japanese rice I usually buy so no onigiri for the last few months. Fortunately, I found a good looking bag of Koshihikari at one of our local groceries last weekend so I can finally make onigiri again. Yay! To end the long drought, here’s one of my favorites, Smoked Salmon & Cream Cheese onigiri!
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It was my mom’s turn to cook yesterday, so she prepared Nilagang Baka (literally, boiled beef), a Filipino-style beef stew. To prepare, she boiled the beef in water with onions and whole peppercorns for hours on end to soften it. She used what we commonly call bulalo which is beef stuck against the bone, with the bone marrow still intact. Continue reading →