The past few years I’ve been toying with writing a book about my food memories associated with suburban Southern California Filipino community in the 1980s. Some of that includes the ups and downs of being an immigrant and getting our footing in a new country. But mostly about food, family, friends, and being Filipino-American. This blog is my starting point in capturing some of those stories. Started back when I joined the 2020 NaNoWriMo encouraged by several writing friends especially folks in my food book/writing club, I wanted to remove the barriers of writing a whole novel and focus on the vignettes instead with a blog post. This site is more story telling than it is a recipe site, but the recipes and fiestas/food events are really the anchors.

Disclaimer: This blog is purely my own creative pursuit and does not reflect the views of my employer. Many links to products are tied to an affiliate program which helps funds the cost of producing and maintaining this site.

Thanks for your support and look forward to sharing my food and my stories.