Tag Archives: Evelyn Mercurio

California Cheeses and Milk Products
Now Available in the Philippines

TIRED of being confined to a limited selection of cheeses to enjoy and to cook with? Soon, there will be a wide variety of soft and soft-ripened, semi-hard, hard and Hispanic style cheeses available in the Philippine market. All these … Continue reading

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USPB Hosts Thanksgiving Dinner

HOSTING a Thanksgiving Dinner has been an annual tradition for the United States Potato Board (USPB), the promotion and marketing organization for U.S. Potatoes. This year was no different. But since the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) activities in Manila … Continue reading

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It’s an Ice Cream Wonderland!

IMAGINE rows of chest freezers filled with all the ice cream you can imagine—on popsicles, bars, scoops on sugar cones or cups, mochi ice cream balls, gelato and frozen yogurt—and you can have as much as you fancy! This was … Continue reading

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A Grand Thanksgiving Party

IT’S Thanksgiving Day today, November 27, 2014. It is a national holiday celebrated in the United States and in Canada, although on different dates. In the U.S., it is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November which falls on November … Continue reading

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Japanese Potato Maki
(Chef Myrna Segismundo)

Originally posted on June 29, 2012 TIME was when I thought the frozen potatoes sold in supermarkets were only for French fries and hash-browns and nothing more. Their applications were rather limited, and there was not much that you could … Continue reading

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