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Comforting Filipino Appetizer for Special Occasions -Smoked Milkfish and Bihod Pie with Croutons

Filipino appetizer? If you landed here because you’re looking for a Filipino appetizer for special occasions, this is it! Filipino Appetizers are usually pulutan or “hand food” designed for drinking. So we have our famous sisig, crispy pata, and all sorts of “menudencia” or innards that are either fried, inihaw, or soup such as papaitan. But this Bihod recipe is actually more of a pre-dinner appetizer, (medyo sosyal!) usually served for special occasions such as Christmas. This is a seafood putok batok recipe, if there’s such a thing, so be careful not to eat too much ha ha! I’m posting this Filipino Appetizer by Chef Jessie

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Waiting for Halo-Halo

“Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.” That opening line from

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Desserts at the Center

I came across the Doreen Gamboa Fernandez Food Writing Award announcement and decided to join. Thinking about this year’s theme, “Minatamis,” I found myself reflecting on dessert in my own

Sabaw sabaw bed weather assorted Filipino soup
Turo-Turo Soup Always Hits Different

Kapag umuulan like today, marami sa atin ang unang hinahanap ay sabaw. Something hot, uncomplicated, and filling. For those who don’t have the time to simmer stock at home, there

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Hi I'm April!

I write from the heart of a Filipino home, where every recipe has a backstory, every hack is born of necessity, and every tip is tested by real life.

RelaxLangMom is my evolving diary of practical homemaking with flavor: tipid cooking, smart home tricks, honest reviews, and quiet reflections from the kitchen to the keyboard.

I’m a writer, mom, and weekend food alchemist who believes that simplicity is about doing what matters.

Let’s make life easier, tastier, and a little more intentional.

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