So, I knew there were lots of blogs out there devoted to saving money, using coupons, stretching your dollars, finding deals, finding freebies… but really, it’s whole community. If you’re interested, here are a few sites that have great information!
http://www.stretchingabuckblog.com/
Who reads this blog? Seriously, I can think of less than ten people who I personally know. I do have stats through an application. (I’m just now learning all this. It’s a lot of tech to me.) I don’t know your name or where you live. I’m not that tech savvy, and I don’t want to know. However, whether you stumbled upon julietiu.com through a browser search or your my friend or family, THANK YOU VERY MUCH for taking the time to see what’s happening in our world!
A BIG HELLO to Miami, Seattle, Denver, Bolingbrook, Chicago, Arlington Heights, Dubai, Los Angeles, Montreal, Belgium, Taipei, Maryland, Budapest, Kansas, St. Louis, Kenosha, Arizona, London and San Francisco!
It’s interesting, of all cuisines in Asia, I think the cuisine of my peeps, Filipino, might be one of the more unknown. It’s definitely not publicized much. I mean, you don’t see many Filipino chefs with cookbooks in the United States, do you? Maybe not so much in Chicago. (Yet another possibility to go public with my family cookbook idea. But that’s for another time.) There aren’t Filipino dishes featured on Food Network. No Iron Chef Filipino.
Some people immerse themselves in their heritage by studying artwork, architecture (which I love), cultural history. I’m enamored with this idea of researching the history of Filipino FOOD. I only know that there is a lot of Chinese and Spanish influence in the dishes. I’m curious, too, being a foodie, why are the dishes cooked the way that they are (more technique of cooking like braising when I might roast), use of spices (or lack of), but that’s going pretty deep into food theory, I think. I’m not sure I could name five quintessential Filipino dishes. There are so many islands, local flavors… but then, I wonder, why it isn’t as defined as oh, the Chinese? There’s Szechuan, Hunan, Fujian, Cantonese, Mandarin… they are very defined. So what is Filipino cuisine? I’m on an adventure to find out…
Here are some websites I’ve found in the last few days. I’ll be reading more I’m sure. When? In between diaper changes and preparing meals.
http://www.filipino-food-lovers.com
http://www.filipinofoodrecipes.net
http://overseaspinoycooking.blogspot.com
http://www.pinoylifestyles.com
Update: pics of my chicken afritada… the kids ate it up.
So, if I’m ever feeling like I need to do something other than the ga-zillion things I already do now, I visit these places:
Orisinal: Morning Sunshine – these are cute flash games: http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/
Cake Mania – original. There are two sequels I believe, of this multi-tasking video game: http://www.shockwave.com/gamelanding/cakemania.jsp
How About Orange: http://howaboutorange.blogspot.com/
These are just a few fun places.
I’m thinking about changing up the colors/theme here, but I don’t think it will be anytime too soon. I have to learn how to/where to download themes. I don’t know that I’m that savvy enough to design from scratch.
Happy Year of the Ox!
