Category: Gastronomy

Hundreds of copies sold: Mamma Marzia’s recipes are in reprint

VANCOUVER – Italian cuisine conquers everyone. And so Mamma Marzia’s recipe book was sold out. Marzia Molatore (a.k.a. Mamma Marzia), founder of “Bella Cibo”, a cooking school in Vancouver, Canada, and author of the book “Cooking with Mamma Marzia: Authentic Italian Recipes for the Whole Family”, is celebrating selling 750 copies of her cookbooks – a literal dream come true – and she can’t wait to sell more this holiday season. In fact the book has been reprinted.

Gastrodiplomacy

Chicken and pork adobo, photo credit, Lutong Bahay

I’ve been eating adobo ever since I can remember. My adobo is the chicken and pork preparation, cooked exactly as it appears in the photo accompanying this article. It is the national dish of the country I come from and a derivation of the Spanish word adobar, which means to marinate raw food in a stock of vinegar and herbs. This is one legacy of Spain to the Philippines after three and a quarter centuries of colonization. Spanish presence is evident in my old country, not just in foods but also in Filipinos’ names, like mine.

Pagkain Pang Diplomasia.

Kumakain ako nang adobo simulat mula pa na akin natatandaan. Ang adobo ko ay manok at baboy na pag luluto ay katulad na tulad nitong nasa larawan kasama nitong artikulong. Ito ay ang pambansang pagkain nang bayan na pinanggaligan sa Kastilya salita na “adobar” na ibig sabihin ay ang preskong pagkain ay binabad sa suka at iba ibang mga ispises. Ito’y isang makasaysayan pamana nang Espania sa Pilipinas sa mahigit na tatlong daan taon at bente singko pag papatakbo nang bansa.

EASTER BREAD RECIPE

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1 ¼ cups milk
  • ⅓ cup unsalted butter
  • 2 ¼ teaspoons yeast (1 packet)
  • ⅛ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 2 eggs beaten
  • 4 cups flour
  • 1 egg beaten plus 1 teaspoon water
  • 3 eggs hard-boiled and dyed
  • sprinkles

 Add butter to milk and heat in a small pot until butter melts thoroughly. Remove from heat and allow to cool.