Three ingredients and three minutes to perfect green beans.

Creme fraiche ice cream with Nutella swirled in.

These cinnamon ornaments smell amazing and will keep year after year.

Sugar-braised pork: Filipino humba has a great combination of sweet and tangy.

If you’ve never had corn for dessert, try this Filipino summer treat.

These polvoron (Filipino milk candies) taste like a vanilla malt in candy form!

Wrapped in bacon and deep-fried, asparagus is even more delicious.

Ever have palitaw? Sweet rice dumplings with sesame sugar and grated coconut. Easiest dessert ever!

My World Nutella Day entry: Creamy Nutella steamed pudding with Nutella sauce and creme fraiche.

Brown butter makes classic blondies even better.

My first Food52 entry: Crispy garlic brussels sprouts with amazing soy and honey pork belly

Do you eat chocolate for breakfast? I do. Champorado is warm chocolate rice goodness in the morning. Oh yes, just in time for winter.

Use the right grade of maple syrup to make delicious oatmeal scones.

Lentils and Nueske’s bacon: a match made in heaven.

Your last blast of summer: fresh mint ice cream for a hot day.

Grand Marnier cupcakes with strawberry buttercream. Booze makes cupcakes even better!!

Challah for the BBA Challenge, with a little diagram for doing a 3-piece braid.

‘Sorta’ Seattle rolls: smoked salmon, cukes and cream cheese, with cute instructions for your kiddies.

Love yogurt? Mint? Cucumber? Then make tzatziki. It’s unbelievably easy.

Start with two ingredients to make a typical Filipino adobo.

Don’t have time to make falafel? Try chickpea fritters on a weekday!

Ever have smoked eel? It’s great with sesame noodles for the perfect lunchbox dish.