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Mia P. Manansala

FOOD

Adobo (uh-doh-boh)---
Considered the Philippines' national dish, it's any food cooked with soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, and black peppercorns (although there are many regional and personal variations)
Arroz caldo (ah-rohz cahl-doh)--- A savory rice porridge made with chicken, ginger, and other aromatics
Biscocho (bihs-coh-cho)--- Similar to Italian biscotti, this is a twice-baked bread, often coated with butter and sugar and baked low and slow; often used to repurpose stale bread
Champorado (chahm-puh-rah-doh)--- A sweet chocolate rice porridge
Dinuguan (dih-noo-goo-ahn)--- A savory Filipino stew of pork and pork offal simmered in a rich, lightly spicy gravy of pork blood, chiles, garlic, vinegar, and other spices
Ginataan (gih-nah-tah-ahn)--- Any dish cooked with coconut milk; can be sweet or savory
Lumpia (loom-pyah)--- Filipino spring rolls (many variations)
Mamon (mah-mohn)--- A Filipino chiffon cake, made in individual molds as opposed to a large, shared cake
Pandan (pahn-dahn)--- A tropical plant whose fragrant leaves are commonly used as a flavoring in Southeast Asia; often described as a grassy vanilla flavor with a hint of coconut
Patis (pah-tees)--- Fish sauce
Salabat (sah-lah-baht)--- Filipino ginger tea
Ube (oo-beh)--- A purple yam”

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Death and Dinuguan (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #6) Death and Dinuguan by Mia P. Manansala
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