Norma Chikiamco

Norma Chikiamco writes the column DIY where she shares easy to do recipes with readers. She is a book author, and co-founder/former editor of Food magazine.

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For variety, try purple fries

  As an alternative to French fries, some restaurants have been serving camote fries. That’s…

Healthy granola for postholiday eating

It’s rich in nutrients and fiber   Now that the Christmas season is over, it’s…

Award-winning pork ‘hamonado’

Culinary student bags top prize at East-meets-West cooking contest   It was probably the strangest…

Magical Russian Honey Cake

It’s a cake to impress the czars and Russian nobility One of the most stunning…

For busy weeknights, quick Italian sausage pasta

It’s easier to use than ground beef For a quick pasta dish, always have some…

Take the guesswork out of roast beef

Having mastered how to roast turkey and rack of lamb, I thought I’d now try…

A rainbow of melons in a salad

Now that melons seem plentiful in the market, we can have our pick of different…

A sweet alternative to tempura

Many of us are familiar with the Japanese dish tempura. Basically, it’s battered and fried…

Clams: Once more, with feeling

Because of some misunderstanding about our orders, our favorite fish monger wrongly delivered to our…

All-occasion garlic ‘sotanghon’

If there’s any noodle that always has a place on the table, it’s sotanghon. Sometimes…