The Dona Elena Cuisinera Club Celebrity Cook-off Challenge happened at Annabel’s Restaurant on Tomas Morato in Quezon City yesterday, October 24, 2009.
Two teams competed for the coveted Golden Spoon. Both teams had a chef who instructed the team members what to do.
One team was called Hijos and Hijas with Gladys Reyes (in green) and blogger Sire Arevalo (in printed blue blouse).
The other team was called Don and Donas with Bernadette Allyson.
Both teams were asked to choose the ingredients readily available for their use. They were given an hour to whip up their scrumptious dishes.
Presenting the cooked dishes to the audience:
And the winner is…
…team Don and Donas led by Chef Senen Araneta with Bernadette Allyson, hershey Bardon, Jovie Gonzales and Catherine Yu.
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Tags: cooking, dining, Dona Elena Cuisinera Club, Dona Elena Olive Oil, family, Filipino food, food, food photos, Philippines
Last year’s tree was adorned with handmade decorations like little paper trees, photos and yes, paper stockings. Below is one of the many photos we have put up the tree:
These handmade decorations were tied with a silver cord.
Have a great weekend and I hope we don’t get tied down with a lot of stress and negative things 🙂
Tags: Christmas, Crafts, family, handmade, handmade crafts, Philippines, Photo Hunter
Krispy Kreme’s limited edition Halloween doughnuts, Krispy Skremes available from October 15 till October 31st only.
The Skull, The Alien, The Spiderweb, Halloween Sprinkles, and The Crazy Pumpkin.
For October 31st trick or treat celebration, the first 100 kids to come in their favorite costumes at Krispy Kreme stores will get a goodie bag. Yey!
Tags: dining, food, food photos, Krispy Kreme, Krispy Skremes, Philippines
With Christmas 2009 just a few weeks away, it is no wonder malls are having possible gifts on display. Bazaars are happening left and right.
I do not want to dampen the joyous Christmas spirit but here in our country, at least the way I see it, Christmas will have a different meaning after all the things that happened to a lot of people and families.
Of course, husbands/male partners will still think of going to aisles that say “gifts for her” as would wives/female partners do. That is natural.
But for me who will be starting my Frugal Christmas year 2 for Christmas 2009, I hope to instill Christmas with less emphasis on the material things with my children.
Tags: Christmas, family, gifts, Lasang Pinoy Sundays, Philippines, Purse Strings, thoughts
My other entry, almost sunset photo is here.
Lovely sunflower eh? I wish to see lots and lots of these. Why?
With so much destruction and devastation brought about by the two typhoons that ravaged the country recently, it is easy to just pretend that everything was just a bad dream but its not.
I long for sun-kissed days, even parched lips and prickly heat, days at the beach, sunflowers and colorful sunsets.
A little rain every now and then to quench the thirst of the earth and to bring a refreshing feeling would also be perfect.
I can dream, can I?
“Lord, we don’t need this one now to add more suffering and to sow more panic and fear to what we have been through.”
Tags: family, introspection, nature photo, Philippines, Photo Hunter, sunflowers, thoughts, typhoon
Next to summer vacation, Filipinos looks forward to Christmas vacation as a way to spend quality time with their families and loved ones.
I am sure a lot of travel plans have been worked out already not just orlando vacation rentals but trips to the nearby island resorts for some R and R.
If however, there is not even an iota of possibility that these kinds of fun vacations are possible for most of us, then let me just say we need a different kind of vacation, a break perhaps, from all these sufferings we have been through, we have witnessed the past few weeks.
I am sure after being battered, devastated, villages and homes buried, flooded and all else that will make this nation and its people even more vulnerable has happened, we really need a breather from all of this.
I feel the suffering of my fellow Filipinos and I really pray hard that we will be able to surpass all these things that has happened.
I do not even want to think about the effects in the days to come considering those that were badly hit are agricultural lands.
I hope and pray that this break we need is not too much to ask, oh deal Lord.
Here by the way, as of this writing, is the latest report from ABS-CBN with a situation report from NDCC.
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