If the above video doesn’t load for you, click here to see it on TikTok! I’ve been to South Korea exactly once, and it was on a 12-hr layover on the way home from Vietnam. For the two weeks in Vietnam, we had been wearing shorts and tank tops for…
If the above video doesn’t load for you, click here to see it on TikTok! I know this is a little after the fact, but what are your New Year’s traditions? I love hearing about all the different things that other cultures and families do to celebrate, or the lucky…
If the above video doesn’t load for you, click here to see it on TikTok! In high school, a friend once told me, “you know what I hate about you, Allison? It’s that you have no opinions.” Unsurprisingly we grew apart real fast after high school, but the thing is,…
If the above video doesn’t load for you, click here to see it on TikTok! When it comes to spice tolerance, where do you fall? I would say I am somewhere in the middle. I’ve always been really impressed with people who have a really high spice tolerance because I…
If the above video doesn’t load for you, click here to see it on TikTok! For the last couple of years before he passed away, my dad was paralyzed from the waist down and almost entirely bedridden. We all knew his time was limited, so we started doing Sunday dinners…
If the above video doesn’t load for you, click here to see it on TikTok! The first time I went to Vietnam with Son, was a decade ago, and I was still terribly picky. I hated cilantro, which was in EVERYTHING, and so I spent the majority of the trip…
If the above video doesn’t load for you, click here to see it on TikTok! I was 18 when I discovered I was lactose intolerant. It was New Year’s Eve, and I was at my parents’ house, and the guy I was dating at the time was there with me.…
If the above video doesn’t load for you, click here to see it on TikTok! When I was a child, I vowed that I was going to read every single book in my little local library. Unsurprisingly I never quite managed that, but this library was my absolute favorite place.…
If the above video doesn’t load for you, click here to see it on TikTok! The Nutcracker ballet will always have a special place in my heart. For me, it’s like the dishes you ate at home as a child – they may not have been your favorite at the…
If the above video doesn’t load for you, click here to see it on TikTok! What are your favorite cozy things to do when it gets cold? Here in LA, it’s finally getting to fall temperatures in the 50s and 40s. It’s breezy and cold and I am ready for…
Have you ever been disappointed by the pink doughnut? It’s all razzle dazzle – beautiful colors, but no substance. A promise of excitement, but… the plainest of flavors. Well… that ends today. THE PINK DOUGHNUT DESERVES TO BE MORE THAN JUST A PRETTY FACE! Popularized by The Simpsons, the pink…
If the above video doesn’t load for you, click here to see it on TikTok! When I was a kid, I was part of a Girl Scout Troop. Every year, we’d go to a winter camp, where we’d go up to the snow and stay in cabins. There was this…
What happens if you take the flavors of duck ramen, and turn it into a sandwich? That wasn’t what we set out to do, but that’s where we ended up, AND WE REGRET NOTHING. I decided to make this roast pork butt sandwich from Lady and Pups because I ended…
If something involves pork belly, I’m pretty much guaranteed to love it, and this tocino is no exception! It’s a Filipino cured pork dish, often eaten with sinangag (garlic fried rice) and a fried egg for breakfast. I chose to use pork belly, but other cuts of pork such as…
If the above video doesn’t load for you, click here to see it on TikTok! When I bought bananas for the kiwi muffins, I ended up with a bunch leftover. We didn’t get around to eating them before they started to overripen, which means OH DARN guess I have to…
I was not exposed to Filipino food at all, growing up. I had never been to a Jolleebee, never tried adobo, never even had lumpia until I was well into adulthood! But between streaming, youtube, making more filipino friends, and finding more filipino restaurants in our area… that has completely…
I have a problem… and it is called TikTok. Send help. @sushidaytv Kappa maki (cucumber roll)! (That was supposed to be a square… ????) ##tiktokcooks ##cookingtiktok ##sushi ##foodfam ? Ice Dance (From “Edward Scissorhands”) – Ashton Gleckman If the above video doesn’t load for you, click here to see it…
If the above video doesn’t load for you, click here to see it on TikTok! Every single time for the past 15 years that we’ve gone home to my in-laws house, they always have to send home fruit. Sometimes it’s apples. Sometimes it’s oranges or tangerines or homegrown dragonfruit, but…
