A touch of Philippine culinary arts*
Dr Abe V Rotor
Diningding - an indigenous Philippine recipe - a complete one-dish
meal, rich and balanced in ingredients and nutrition, a healthy diet.
Top, clockwise: A tray of lumpia, squid rings, chicken nuggets, and
green pea salad; papait (beef-entrails with cud-enzyme), Ilocano
signature recipe; ground beef topped with fresh eggs; fried salmon.
Philippine fruits: papaya, santol, calamansi, karamay, saba banana,
pineapple; right, pichi-pichi, a variety of rice cake (puto, kuchinta)
Barbecue and fish in alum foil, marshmallow on stick - campfire style.
Author and family are house guests of their kababayan and
neighbors in San Vicente, Ilocos Sur, now residing in Brisbane.
Outdoor barbecue adds quaintness to a get-together of former
co-workers in the Philippines before they moved in to Brisbane,
the author's daughter and her family among them,~
* Culinary arts is a broad term that refers to the preparation, cooking, plating, presentation, and service of food. It applies to meals and their components – like appetizers, side dishes, and main courses.
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