Dessert Comes First

A Novel About Food, Recipes Included: A Book Review

Lori — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 01:00:13 +0000

Angelina's Bachelors is an unlikely novel with a female protagonist penned by Brian O’ Reilly, the creator of Food Network’s Dinner: Impossible.

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M.I.Y.O Monday: What Is Lonely Food?

Lori — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 05:43:55 +0000

It’s not quite the happy question to herald the return of M.I.Y.O Monday but hey, who doesn’t get mellow, especially on Mondays?

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Goodbye, Ube Cheesecake

Lori — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:30:29 +0000

It’s time to have something spicy for dessert. New look catch you by surprise? Believe it or not, it’s been almost three years since DCF’s last facelift. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve...

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Rediscovering Megamall, My New Favorites

Lori — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:19:13 +0000

Megamall, you will be forgotten no more. There was a time I practically lived in Megamall, all throughout college (it opened when I was a freshman) and for one year when I was working in the Ortigas...

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A Food Blogger’s Big Birthday Appetite

Lori — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:48:20 +0000

Birthdays are the best. Note: This is a lengthy, possibly manic hunger-inducing post. Read this when you have the luxury of time, and possibly something edible close by. I’m someone who welcomes each...

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The Pasta & Pizza I Dream About Right Now

Lori — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:00:17 +0000

Drool-worthy Italian food hiding in plain sight. A day devoted to errands and depriving me of sustenance has me ravenous by evening. Life has its way with the restaurant I originally have my sights...

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Spooning on Valentine’s Day

Lori — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:21:28 +0000

Title caught your eye, didn’t it? This post is rated “XS” for Extra Sexy, the annual DCF Love Month sexy post. I’m distraught when I find out that chocolatier Benoit Nicolay has moved to Singapore....

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Bake This Beautiful Babka: A Book Review

Lori — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:04:49 +0000

Trust me, this is really a book review. And yes, I made this babka you see here from this book. I write this review with overwhelming bias. In the pantheon that is my library, bursting with 1,000+...

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Peanut Butter & Purple Pleasers

Lori — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:25:07 +0000

Have a happy purple day! It’s a triumph when I finally make it to Subspace. I hear about it in early December and I mentally play out many machinations trying to fit it into my schedule. But I blame...

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My Milk Tea, Bubbles Optional

Lori — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:18:05 +0000

This is my favorite milk tea place, but for other reasons than you might think. Manila is currently afloat in a bubble milk tea mania, and the options are mind-boggling. This is made evident to me in...

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