We cook filipino

 The 51 delicious recipes in this book are not just "from the heart"--they are also "good for the heart"--specifically included for their health benefits. The result is a cookbook presenting food as something central to Filipino culture and emotional wellbeing as well as being nutritious and amazingly tasty! 

Some of the recipes are:

• Skinless Longanisa (Turkey and Pork Breakfast Sausage)
• Ube pandesal (Purple Yam Bread Rolls)
• Fresh Lumpia (Veggie Rolls with Date and Peanut sauce) 
• Balatong at Lamandagat (Stewed Mung Beans with Prawns and Seared Snapper)
• Warm Pinakbet Salad (Roasted Veggie Salad with Bagoong-Calamansi Citronette)
• Vegan Sisig (Mushroom and Tofu Hash)
• Vegan Bicol Express (Spicy Squash and Jackfruit Stew in Coconut Milk)
• Adobong Lechon Manok (Roast Chicken Adobo)
• Tris di Kakanin (Trio of Native Sweets: Pichi-Pichi, Espasol, & Tibok-Tibok)
• and many more

 Here are just a few of the fascinating stories found in this book:

• Award-winning writer, blogger and podcaster Liren Baker explains how family recipes were passed down to her by her Tita Leah after her mother had passed away.
• James Beard finalist Carlo Lamagna, chef-owner of Magna Kusina in Portland, Oregon, tells us how culture shock turns into culinary adventure whenever he goes to the Philippines.
• Amormia Orino moved to Atlanta in 2018 and started hosting Kamayan (communal feasts)--she shares a heart-wrenching story about her aging mother.
• Grace Guinto, chief baking officer of Sweet Cora, a catering business that adds Filipino flavors to local Aussie sweet treats, talks of the recipes her mother left her as "love notes from the heavens" 
• Helen Orimaco-Pumatong, chef-instructor at Vancouver Community College, recounts how a trip back to the Philippines for her grandmother's funeral led to unexpected happiness.
• Washington DC restaurateur Meshelle Armstrong delights as she narrates what her meals were like as a child raised by a super busy single working mom.
• Plus 30 stories more from around the globe!

• how to enhance flavor to the max using Filipino food cooking methods
• how to prep garlic, one of the three base ingredients of many Filipino dishes, to retain most of its heart-healthy nutrients
• how and when to salt to heighten flavor and lower your sodium intake
• how to sweeten sauces, such as banana ketchup and fresh lumpia sauce and dishes such as  longanisa, Food for the Gods and kakanin without extra added sugar
• how to increase the nutrient content of a cup of white rice and reduce its caloric value 
• how to instantly add flavor to stir-fries and stews without adding extra sodium to your diet
• how to brew a flavorful homemade broth in seconds, useful for making lugaw, monggo, adobo, pancit, etc. 
• how to make your own crispylicious Chickenjoy--no deep-frying involved!
• how to make a low-sodium and vegan patis (fish sauce)
• and a lot more