We Cook Filipino
Heart-Healthy Recipes and Inspiring Stories from 36 Filipino Food Personalities and Award-Winning Chefs
Tuttle Publishing
Published on 24. October 2023
176 pages
978-1-4629-2441-7 (ISBN)
Description
Kumain ka na? (Have you eaten yet?) is the greeting used by Filipinos whenever they meet.
A beautiful compendium of food and people, the 51 delicious recipes in this book are not just "from the heart"--they are also "good for the heart"--specifically included for their health benefits. The result is a cookbook presenting food as something central to Filipino culture and emotional well-being as well as being nutritious and amazingly tasty!
Along with insightful stories and 51 different recipes, readers will learn many tips and techniques to balance flavor and heart-health in your dishes, such as:
From rice and morning meals, to packed lunches, nibbles, soups, salads and so much more, you can learn how to make:
Here are just a few of the fascinating stories and recipes found in this book:
"This beautiful book is filled with stories and recipes from the heart, that are good for your heart too. It is a moving and meaningful showcase of how delicious and healthful Filipino food can be." --Ellie Krieger, RD, Food Network and PBS show host, and James Beard Foundation award-winning cookbook author.
A beautiful compendium of food and people, the 51 delicious recipes in this book are not just "from the heart"--they are also "good for the heart"--specifically included for their health benefits. The result is a cookbook presenting food as something central to Filipino culture and emotional well-being as well as being nutritious and amazingly tasty!
Along with insightful stories and 51 different recipes, readers will learn many tips and techniques to balance flavor and heart-health in your dishes, such as:
- How to use Filipino cooking methods to achieve bold flavors without adding extra sodium or sugars to your diet
- Preparing ingredients to retain the maximum amount of heart-healthy nutrients
- Managing your sodium intake while still using salt to heighten flavor
- Using heart-healthy tricks--like how to increase nutrient density and reduce the caloric value of a cup of white rice
- Quick methods brewing flavorful broths, whipping up no-fry crispy treats, and so much more!
From rice and morning meals, to packed lunches, nibbles, soups, salads and so much more, you can learn how to make:
- Silog: Sinangag at Itlog (Cauliflower Fried Rice with Sunny Side-Up Egg)
- Vegan Bicol Express (Spicy Squash and Jackfruit Stew in Coconut Milk)
- Pancit Zucchini (Stir-Fried Zoodles)
- Ginataang Alimasag (Coconut-Stewed Crab with Squash, Tofu and Moringa)
- Turon aka Lumpiang (Banana Rolls)
- And so much more!
Here are just a few of the fascinating stories and recipes found in this book:
- Award-winning writer, blogger and podcaster Liren Baker explains how family recipes were passed down to her by her Tita Leah and presents her favorite recipe for "pancit bihon guisado" (vegetarian stir-fried rice noodles)
- James Beard finalist Carlo Lamagna, chef-owner of Magna Kusina in Portland, Oregon, tells us how culture shock turns into culinary adventure whenever he goes to the Philippines, and shares his healthy take on street-food favorite "tokneneng" (orange-coated egg)
- Michelin Star awardee chef Roger Asakil Joya finds a place truly deserving of the much-coveted star and suggests a clean, light, and delicate recipe for sinigang (sour and savory soup) as a prelude to a meal
- Grace Guinto, chief baking officer of Sweet Cora, a catering business that adds Filipino flavors to local Aussie sweet treats, talks of the recipes her mother left her as "love notes from the heavens" and gives us a summery recipe for the classic "Food for the Gods" (no-bake date and walnut balls)
- Plus recipes and stories from 32 others!
"This beautiful book is filled with stories and recipes from the heart, that are good for your heart too. It is a moving and meaningful showcase of how delicious and healthful Filipino food can be." --Ellie Krieger, RD, Food Network and PBS show host, and James Beard Foundation award-winning cookbook author.
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We Cook Filipino
Heart-Healthy Recipes and Inspiring Stories from 36 Filipino Food Personalities and Award-Winning Chefs
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10/2023
Tuttle Publishing
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Jacqueline Chio-Lauri (@myfoodbeginnings) is the editor and lead author of this compilation of stories and recipes, as well as the highly acclaimed The New Filipino Kitchen. Keep an eye out for her upcoming picture books based on the lives of Filipino food icons Maria Orosa and Ma Mon Luk. Jacqueline currently lives in the UK.
[See excerpts for complete biographies of the 35 contributors]
[See excerpts for complete biographies of the 35 contributors]
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Kumain Ka Na? Have You Eaten?
- Filipino Food: An Evolution
- What Are "Heart-Healthy" Recipes?
- Glossary of Filipino Ingredients
- Healthy Seasoning Tips
- Flavor-Enhancing Techniques
- CHAPTER 1 Kanin at Agahan
- Recipes: Sinaing
- Stories: Full Bellies, Full Hearts
- Recipes: Kanin Instant Pot Rice
- Stories: When Life Gives You Vinegar
- Recipes: Daing na Bangus
- Silog: Sinangag at Itlog
- Stories: My Kitchen Karma
- Recipes: Skinless Longanisa
- Stories: Healing with Lugaw
- CHAPTER 2 Baon
- Stories: Torta à la Lola
- Recipes: Meatless Tortang Giniling
- Recipes: Banana Ketchup
- Recipes: Vegan Ube Pandesal
- Stories: Precious Cargo
- Recipes: Vegetarian Pancit Bihon Guisado
- Stories: Back to Life
- Recipes: Inasal Sisig
- Recipes: Oven-Baked Chicken And Chunky Fries
- CHAPTER 3 Pulutan, Sabaw at Merienda
- Stories: Sour and Savory
- Recipes: Shishito Pepper Adobo
- Stories: Cita's Recipe for Lumpia
- Recipes: Lumpiang Shanghai
- Stories: Mastering the Art
- Recipes: Tokneneng-Inspired Eggs
- Stories: Michelin Star
- Recipes: Sinigang sa Calamansi
- Stories: Love, Loss and the Memories We Bake
- Recipes: Food for the Gods
- Recipes: Fresh Lumpia
- CHAPTER 4 Ensalada
- Stories: An All-Inclusive Meal
- Recipes: Warm Pinakbet Salad
- Stories: Love at First Sight
- Recipes: Ensaladang Mangga at Hipon
- Stories: The Good Mother
- Recipes: Ensaladang Puso ng Saging
- Stories: For the Bitter (Melon) Moments in Life
- Recipes: Ampalaya
- Recipes: Atchara
- CHAPTER 5 Gulay
- Stories: Home Is Where It Is
- Recipes: Vegan Dinuyduy
- Stories: Magic Sarap
- Recipes: Eggplant Adobo Salad
- Stories: Mekeni! Mangan Tana!
- Recipes: Vegan Bicol Express
- Stories: Food, Dreams and Rock 'n' Roll
- Recipes: Semi-Vegan Kare-Kare
- Stories: In the Genes
- Recipes: Pancit Zucchini
- Stories: Sizzling Sisig from the Heart
- Recipes: Vegan Sisig
- CHAPTER 6 Lamandagat
- Stories: Finding Magic in Iceland
- Recipes: Baked Escabeche
- Stories: Extracting the Milk of Life
- Recipes: Ginataang Sinaing
- Stories: Setting the Table
- Recipes: Balatong at Lamandagat
- Stories: The Heart Always Remembers
- Recipes: Ginataang Alimasag
- Stories: The Vessel
- Recipes: Rellenong Pusit
- Recipes: Pinais na Pinaputok
- CHAPTER 7 Karne
- Stories: Sharing Is Caring
- Recipes: Estopato sa Tubo
- Stories: The Meaning of Tinola
- Recipes: Tinolang Manok
- Stories: A Very Important Ingredient
- Recipes: Laing
- Stories: The Joy of Meal Prepping
- Recipes: Inihaw
- Recipes: Adobong Lechon Manok
- CHAPTER 8 Panghimagas
- Stories: For Love's Sake
- Recipes: Pichi-Pichi, Espasol and Tibok-Tibok
- Stories: Seal of Approval
- Recipes: Turon aka Lumpiang Saging
- Stories: The Juice Fast
- Recipes: Ice Candy
- Stories: Lolo's Medicine
- Recipes: Ginataang Langka Sorbetes
- Stories: Coffee with a Mission
- Recipes: Buko Pandan Latte
- Acknowledgments and Credits
- Index of Main Ingredients
- Copyright
- Backcover
