Reggie Aspiras

Reggie Aspiras has been writing her food column Kitchen Rescue for Inquirer Lifestyle since 2003. Her columns have been collected in three books released in 2005, 2007 and 2011.

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Traditional favorites for Korean Thanksgiving

Today, Oct. 1, is Chuseok, Korea’s most wonderful and generous time of the year. It…

Recreating the historic Malolos banquet

On Sept. 29, 1898, a grand banquet was prepared to celebrate the Solemn Ratification of…

The complex tastes of well-made laksa

I am fond of laksa, especially the spiced orange-fire, coconut milk-based kind. What makes laksa…

Eudist Kitchen serves ‘biryani,’ ‘pak aloo samosa’

There’s a religious in town who makes good biryani. Each grain of rice is full…

Feeding our urban poor while helping farmers, fisherfolk

The Tanging Yaman Foundation (TYF) has been providing food packs to the urban poor long…

Bye ‘ube’ cheese ‘pan de sal,’ hello charcoal ‘pao’ with ‘ube,’ cheese

Hong Kong-born master chef Kavino Lau’s takeaway menu reads like a dream. His dim sum…

It’s Ghost Month: Sinful sushi cakes, crispy ‘okoy’

How can I not keep writing about Bambi Javelosa of Bambi’s Gourmet Kitchen, when she…

Slow-cooked chorizo stew and fork-tender beef cheeks

Janine Ramirez and her partner, Basque chef Mikel Martija, lovingly built Cocinalo, a Basque kitchen…

Slow-cooked beef tendon, hamachi jaw, other quarantine revelations

Celebrity stylist and entrepreneur Cookie Ica Villanueva has long held the dream of becoming a…

K-drama cookbook hot off the press

I fell in love with K-drama years ago. Over time, I developed a deep respect…