About

Cooking is much like life.   Many ingredients are required to make a good one.   Those ingredients are the “spice of life” which makes life interesting, fun, sometimes excruciating but nonetheless, an exciting journey.

 Love is the most sought-after spice. Like salt, you just cannot be without it. It makes everything better. Then, there’s joy and laughter. They’re akin to black pepper. Combined with salt, it’s perfect. On it’s own, it doesn’t do much – at least to me. Sadness and tears – they’re a spice of life too. They’re like red pepper flakes, its heat highlights the flavors in the food. In the same manner, tears and sadness are essential for us to go through once in while, so that we can have a better appreciation of the blessings that we do have in life.

My mother came from a region in our country where the best cooks come from (Pampanga, north of Philippines). She loved to cook and was good at it too.  I got from her my love for cooking. And then, I got married to a wonderful man who happens to have a passion for cooking. I cook most of the time at home, but when my husband has time, he does it… and I love it!

Neither of us has gone to culinary school but my husband has had a number of years of restaurant experience. As for me, I love watching Foodnetwork ,I subscribe to food magazines and I have collected cookbooks all through these years.

I thought of starting this blog because of our shared love for food and cooking.  This blog will be about our adventures in the kitchen — about how the right “spices”, when combined together, can produce a flavorful food…and life for that matter.

Welcome to my blog.