Alexis Rodrigo, Freelance Writer

Yes it is!

The secret is in the buttermilk — and having “the perfect recipe”. Which I have. It’s in “The Perfect Recipe” by Pam Anderson, one of my favorite cookbook authors.
She is also the author of “How to Cook Without a Book”, which basically taught me how to cook. I’d be lost in Canada without [...]

Every two weeks, I cook chicken adobo, because everybody in the family likes it, including Anton.

Here’s the recipe I use:
chicken, cut into pieces (I like to use boneless, skinless thighs because the chickens in Canada are very fat!)
equal amounts of soy sauce (reduced sodium) and vinegar
about 3 bay leaves
2 garlic cloves, smashed
3-5 black pepper cloves
2 [...]

Isay and Paula must be bored. Today they baked chocolate chip cookies, all by themselves. They measured and mixed and scooped. The only thing I did was to take the trays out of the oven. The results?
Delicious!
Anton must have eaten a dozen of them. I was so busy all afternoon that I couldn’t keep my [...]

At long last, our boxes from the Philippines finally arrived. Bobby went to the customs office at noon to clear them. We were worried because I had forgotten to include our books in the items we declared as “to follow” when we arrived. Turns out, the customs officer didn’t even look at Bobby’s permanent residence [...]

Bobby picked these up from the Oriental Store and requested them for breakfast this morning. No, it’s not a hidden mickey — it’s siopao! Asado, to be exact.

And today I finally mustered enough courage to make pizza dough from scratch. Well, I was sort of forced to do it because I couldn’t find frozen pizza [...]

Today we went to the Canada South Science City, an interactive science museum. It reminded me of Museo Pambata in Manila, although Science City is focused on science: outer space; technology; animals; environment; etc.
We got a kick out of encasing Paula in a giant bubble:

But the highlight of the trip was definitely digging for fossils:

To [...]