Pinoy Life At Large

I am not an American, but I did have Thanksgiving dinner with friends from the US Potato Board. Their turkey looked great! I bet it tasted great too. Wish we could do the same with chicken. Turkey tasted like white meat all over, even when you have the leg and thigh part. For the Americans, Thanksgiving is a major holiday. As big as this holiday is to them, the US Agricultural Attache decided to spend Thanksgiving by breaking bread with Filipino foodies and local restaurant aficionados.

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I know it’s not my best picture, but I just want to show everyone what will happen to you when you eat too much dessert. You’ll be just like me. A VERY HAPPY FOODIE! See the smile?

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Chalk this one up for the husband and wife team of Rachel and Anton Diaz. They did it again, and this time the venue was bigger, more suppliers and more foodies joined the throng. Everybody loves a great meal but even more people love great company. In this event, I felt I was in the company of the some of the blogosphere’s most popular foodies, online and off.

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This is the Quesadilla that won the contest. I was part of a six-person blogger team that went against another blogger team in a cook-off that frayed nerves, puzzled minds, tickled palates and made us victorious. By the way, here’s the winning team picture.

That’s me with the bib.

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Did you know that grapes are also great for cooking? Fine dining restaurant Aubergine showed the media on how grapes can take an ordinary meal from great-tasting to life-changing. I made sure I approached Chef Stefan Langenhan just so he’d know that I was wowed by his creations.

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