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Food Trivia

Bangus (milkfish)

Bangus (Milkfish) is NOT the Official National Fish of the Philippines

Fresh dalanghita (mandarin orange)

What’s the Difference Between Dalandan and Dalanghita?

How to make the tastiest lechon kawali dipping sauce

What is Your Favorite Dipping Sauce for Lechon Kawali?

Drizzling truffle oil on bread

Truffle Oil: Is It Really Extracted From Mushrooms?

Biryani cooked with basmati rice

Basmati rice: preferred in South Asian and Middle Eastern cooking

Making crepe in a crepe pan with a spatula

What is a Crêpe? Is It Really Different From a Pancake?

Cooking with wine

Cooking with wine: does the alcohol evaporate? Do the calories disappear?

Spanish Sausage, Garbanzos and Spinach Soup

What’s the Difference Between a Thick Soup and a Stew?

Ripe avocado

Avocados: how to tell when they are ripe and how to hasten ripening

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