Driftless Appetite

Last summer while driving through Kansas, we stopped by a road stand marked “Pupuseria”.  I thought the name sounded funny.  It crossed my mind that the last two syllables of the word “pupusa” actually means “cat” in Ilocano but in Tagalog there is also the word “puso” meaning “heart”.  There were no pictures and no one [...]

A couple of weeks ago, Keith and I had the pleasure to eat some authentic Indian food at the home of friends Harshad and Smita.  The food was prepared by Smita and her mother in law who is currently visiting the States.  So naturally, we had to take advantage of her expertise and invited ourselves over [...]

Last Saturday I picked up a bag of red potatoes from  King’s Hill Farm and some walleye fillet from Supreme Seafoods at the Mineral Point Winter Farmer’s Market (at the Old Royal).  As I was cutting up the potatoes for dinner one night, I was taken aback by the interesting red pattern inside. I hadn’t [...]

One of my favorite desserts, this is something you must try.  (I know I know I’ve started quite a few posts this way but I have many fond memories pertaining to food when I lived in the Philippines–did I mention I was a very fat child?).  Growing up on my grandparents farm we had several [...]

Happy New Year everyone!  Cheers to a new beginning and new adventures.  Do you have any resolutions?  Last year I was going to run a half marathon by the end of the year.  That didn’t happen because I ran too much too soon so I got plantar fasciitis on both feet.  This year, I’m gonna [...]

Okay, so Leslie usually does the recipes, but I’ll take a whack at this one.  This is a perfect soup for a cold winter night when you don’t want to cook but you want warm comfort food.  Because it’s so quick to make, it’s also great for when guests come over.

In the Philippines we ate seafood several times a week.  My grandfather’s favorite dish to make was called “Jumping Salad”.  It was fresh shrimp (still jumping around) with oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper.  I thought that was gross but then again my brother and I would fight over who would get to eat the [...]

Our lot is 100 feet by 150 feet.  We have 14 inches of snow in our yard (I measured).  This means we have (roughly) 17550 cubic feet of snow right now.  What to do with it?  Well, I’ll use 300 cubic feet to make snowballs to throw at Leslie.  1206.34 cubic feet will make that [...]

Every year, my grandparents come over to America from the Philippines.  Besides looking forward to seeing them of course, I look forward to my pasalubong or present from back home.  My favorite is the chocolate.  They have about half a dozen cacao trees growing in the yard and they are always teeming with fruit.  My [...]

Happy Halloween!   Muahahhhhahaha!!!  May I tempt you with a couple of treats?  I’ve never really dressed up for Halloween except once when I just moved to the States and I decided to dress up as a nurse.  I borrowed my mom’s scrubs and stethoscope.  This year I was going to be Jim Halpert from The [...]