MANILA, Philippines— The La Salle Greenhills’ alumni will hold its annual homecoming dubbed “Happy Verde 2012: Salubong Sa Bagong Siglo,” on February 4 at the La Salle Greenhills (LSGH) campus
A somber painting by a Dutch master that used to hang over a fireplace in the California home of the late film star Elizabeth Taylor sold Wednesday for $2.01 million, Christie’s said.
It’s different yet the same. Marc Aubry of the erstwhile Je Suis Gourmand is back in the kitchen, his spectacles perched at the very tip of his not inconsiderable nose, but the restaurant is now called Champêtre, although it’s exactly where Je Suis Gourmand used to be, and a few of the dishes from the former restaurant have reappeared on the new menu.
The lone five-star hotel in Alabang, Muntinlupa, is the new playground for residents and diners in the vicinity.
For the first time, Chinese New Year is a holiday in the country. In the past, I thought it worked well for us that it was like any ordinary day here because many Chinese from other parts of Asia would come to town and celebrate since shops and restaurants here remained open.
Here are more treasured Chinese heirloom recipes in celebration of the Dragon Year.
In 1957, my mom Nora started the very first cooking show, “Let’s Cook With Nora,” on ABS-CBN along Roxas Boulevard. Television was only black and white back then, and there were only two or three channels. In later years, I remember many known personalities who would go and visit the cooking studio to eat whatever was cooked on that day. That went on until the ’90s.
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