Chili Garlic Sauce

This dipping sauce has been a favorite in the household due to many reasons. First, when sauteed lightly, it can be served as a great spicy dipping sauce for fish and meat. It can also perk up your stir fry dishes and add the Asian twist to them without even making your stir fry spicy. It is a great addition to your barbecue marinade, and it is perfect for making buffalo wings like I do. A small

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Cooking Essentials: Sweet Basil

I bought this puny sweet basil potted plant from Manila Seedling Bank so that I can start my very own garden and have a ready supply of fresh basil leaves should they be needed in a salad, stew, or recipe. Eventually after a week of snipping off some leaves for cooking, I saw new growth in the areas where I cut off some leaves.I did some research and I found out that it is essential for the basil

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Special Spice: Dried Kamias

Me and my family have gone to Gonzaga, Cagayan for our grand family reunion which was held last April 13, 2010, at the splendid Baua Beach Resort. On the way home we took our time to shop at the famed roadside market where you can stop and eat, buy special furniture, and shop for very unique finds that can only be bought there. One of the few things I have bought was the dried kamias, which was

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