Experts advise that one should never do business with family or friends, if one wants friendship and kinship to last. However, childhood friends Dani Aliaga and Sergi Rostoll, who founded the successful Barcino, a Spanish wine and tapas bar, belie that truism.
I have been to Bacolod many times, mostly for shooting competitions and once for my Kangen water demonstration. I had never been there for any food-related business.
Despite the presence of a handful of waiters, a printed menu and an elegant table setting of white roses, candles and heirloom dishes on the airy roof deck, the recent wine-pairing dinner of Landco Pacific Corp. CEO Alby Xerez-Burgos and his wife Maricar was hardly a stiff and formal affair.
AHA Chef Instructor Joey Carpo shows how to cook and prepare Pineapple Upside Down Cake.
Today’s pop quiz: What’s the most expensive avenue in France? If you answered Champs Elysees in Paris, you’re probably not that far off. But according to Frenchman Pierre-Louis Araud, there’s a more expensive stretch of road in France—it’s just outside the center of Epernay, a quiet city 150 km east of the French capital.
Cupcakes have become very popular these days, with bakeshops doing brisk business selling various flavored cupcakes—from mocha to peanut butter, from light lemon to dark chocolate.
Expect chefs to come to work in their whites. But the Makati Shangri-La’s Circles Event Café offers a different treatment, with the chefs coming in costumed as superheroes just to make things interesting.
When I tried the long dress I would be wearing for my dear friend Mariam Balingit’s wedding, I panicked. The evening wear was nice, but since it was cinched at the waist, I looked like I had a salvavida around my belly!
There are very few restaurants that are able to offer a menu made up mostly of “winners.” Typically, a restaurant specializes in one or two dishes that bring glory to its establishment, or even just one signature dish.
AHA Chef Instructor Joey Carpo shows how to cook and prepare Cornflake Crunch Marshmallow Chocolate Chip Cookies. Video by INQUIRER.net’s Cathy Miranda. Royalty-free music courtesy of Kevin Macleod
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