2011 Thanksgiving Dinner with USDA Potat...

We’re just taters about ‘em! Potatoes are probably the only vegetables that children will eat without resistance, just take them to McDonald’s. Although it’s 80% water and only 20% solid, there’s enough sugar in every potato that can change its taste and smell. Just be careful in putting them in the fridge; the longer a potato is in cold storage, the shorter its shelf life because the cold causes the sugar to decrease thus changing the taste of potato. At the recently held Thanksgiving Dinner by the United States Dept of Agriculture Potato...

Celebrate Thanksgiving with Lolo DadR...

This is Lolo Dad’s Brasserie special menu for Thanksgiving. It is available from November 22 to 27, 2010. It costs P2,500+ per person. It is worth every cent. Chilled Scallop, Smoked Prawn and Dungeness Crab Salad. Yeah I wondered about it too. Dungeness crab is a kind of crab that grows mostly in North America. It’s not traditional Thanksgiving fare, but it is delicious. I assume from it’s small serving that it’s not cheap. True enough, the taste of the meat is wonderful. Though I am allergic to crab meat, I still allowed myself to enjoy more...

Cooking with Potatoes: Official US Potat...

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. Chef Sau Del Rosario was good enough to have whipped up a special menu that would...