FILIPINO SPANISH RECIPE - Paella by Evelyn Morales Del Rosario

PAELLA

This recipe is for 8 persons.
Broth
Salt and pepper one whole chicken in at least 8 cups water. Add one onion, tops of 2 leeks, 4 chicken bouillon cubes and 10 whole black peppercorns. Boil and simmer at least 1 hour. Drain and reserve broth.
You can take 2 chickens, remove the leg quarters and the breast and wings for the paella recados, and just boil the rest for the broth.
Use the chicken for salad or other purposes.
A paella is only as good as the broth it is cooked in.
Recados
Prawns
Squid
Chicken pieces
Mussles
Optional: crabs, other seafood
Steam mussles open with water, ginger, onion salt and pepper. Drain and keep mussles for decoration. You can add the liquid to add to your broth. this is optional.
Salt and pepper squid, prawns, chicken. Toss in calamansi juice.
Get one slice of bacon preferably as thick as your thumb. Cut into cubes. If only regular bacon is available, use 4 slices cut in strips.
Cooking the Paella
Prepare:
2 Tbsp. crushed garlic
1/4 cup frozen green peas
1 large red bell pepper deseeded and sliced in
strips
1 large green bell pepper deseeded and sliced
in strips
12 baguio beans (stringed but kept whole)
Heat about 1/4 cup olive oil in heavy frying pan.
Fry bacon to render the fat. Saute the chicken until light golden brown. Do not overcook. Remove chicken and bacon.
Saute squid until opaque. Remove.
Saute prawns until color changes. Remove.
Add olive oil to pan. Saute garlic. Add the vegetables and saute. Remove vegetables and set aside. Do NOT allow garlic to get brown!!

Check olive oil and add if necessary to lightly coat pan. Always use same pan with all the drippings. This will add to the flavor of the paella. Add saffron or colorante (you can buy this in a Spanish deli or La Tienda). Of course you can use achuete in your broth but do not tell your guests that.

Saute 6 cups of rice slowly over medium heat. This takes about 10 minutes. Do not hurry this step. Slowly pour in the broth. Stir rice once. Add more broth until rice starts to puff. Do not keep stirring or you will get lugao. When rice seems more than half cooked, bite into the rice to test doneness, and the broth is enough to steam it cooked, decorate top of the paella with the chicken, bacon, seafood and veggies. Do not forget the mussles. Drizzle with virgin olive oil. Cover pan with aluminium foil and seal tight. When you notice steam forming, turn off the pan. Cover foil with at least 4 layers of newspaper to keep in the heat, and let the paella steam to finish cooking the rice.
The amount of water depends on the type of rice you use. Count on at least 1 1/2 cups broth per cup of raw rice. Sometimes you need 2 cups broth to 1 cup uncooked rice. Best rice to use is Calrose.
Remove the foil and serve only when guests are ready to eat. Serve with lemon wedges and virgin olive oil.

I do not use fish because it tends to dry out and fall apart. Do not overcook the chicken because it will lose it flavor and become dry.
Add cubed pork belly if you like. Just season it well and saute it well to render the fat.

This is a very hearty dish. Serve only paella. If you like, you can serve paella with baked or fried fish fillet and a salad and dessert. Paella as part of a buffet is too much. It will overpower everything else you serve.

Remember, your broth is key to a good paella. Make sure it has good robust flavor. This does not mean salty!!

Have fun cooking! ~ Evelyn Morales Del Rosario
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Evelyn Morales Del Rosario is a graduate of St. Theresa's College, Manila, and the University of Connecticut. She has worked in market reserach, the airline indurstry in the Philippines and in Germany. She is also a food author and food stylist. She has extensive managerial, marketing and corporate communications experience. She is currently working in Europe.
Copyright 1007 by palhbooks.com and Evelyn Del Rosario, all rights reserved.

FILIPINO RECIPE - Puchero by Nadine Sarreal

We'll be posting some Philippine recipes from www.palhbooks.com's Favorite Filipino Recipes. The following main dish recipe is from Filipina literary writer, Nadine Sarreal, who writes prose and poetry. Her work has been published in the Philippines, the USA, Hong Kong, Singapor, Finland, and France. She is the founding member of the Writers Coven, a support group in Singapore.


PUCHERO (Stew)

2 lbs of stewing beef, cut into 2" cubes
1 oz chorizo or hot pepperoni, cut into thin slices
4 green onion, cut in 4" length
1 stalk celery, cut in 4" length
2 tsp salt
1 small cabbage, cut into 8
2 medium potatoes, pared and cubed
1/4 lb green beans
2 tbsp cooking oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 medium onion, minced
1/2 c tomato sauce
1 cup canned chickpeas (garbanzos)

Procedure
1. Boil beef in a big pot with just enough water to cover meat. Let simmer until beef is tender, about 2 hours.
2. Remove beef from pot. Boil broth and add potatoes. Boil for 2-3 minutes. Add green beans and cabbage. Let simmer for 5 minutes.
3. In a separate smaller pot, saute garlic and onion in hot oil. Add beef and tomato sauce. Simmer for 5 minutes. Add 3 cups of the broth and bring to a boil. Add the chickpeas. Let simmer for 5 minutes.
4. Place the beef in a deep serving dish. Arrange the vegetables around the meat. Garnish with the chorizo slices. Pour the tomato sauce broth over the entire dish and serve with hot rice.
5. Eggplant salad complements this nicely. Serve it as a side dish.

(Note A: You may substitute 3 lbs of cut-up chicken instead of the beef, or 2 lbs of chicken and 1 lb of lean pork. Cook the pork first for about 1 hour before adding the chicken for another 30 minutes.)

This recipe serves 6-8 people. Nadine R. Sarreal
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Copyright 2007 by palhbooks.com and Nadine Sarreal, all rights reseved.

UCLA EXTENSION WRITERS' FAIRE

UCLA Extension Writers' Program presents The Writers Faire: A Celebration of Writing on Sunday, September 9, 2007, 11-3, UCLA: Young Hall Courtyard.

Get your creativity flowing, meet UCLA Extension Writers' Program instructors, and enter a drawing to win free courses - all at the Writers Faire, a celebration of writing.

Stop by and join us for a festive and informative day of free programs on the art and craft of writing.

Each hour features "mini-classes" and panels hosted by over 60 professional writers who teach in the UCLA Extension Writers' Program.

Admission is free. Parking in Lot 2 on campus is $8.

For more information, call 310-825-9415 or email writers@uclaextension.edu
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Additional information: There are 3 Philippine American writers teaching at UCLA Extension's Writers' Program, and they are Noel Alumit, Cecilia Brainard and (online) Marianne Villanueva.

FILIPINO AMERICAN LITERATURE BIBLIOGRAPHY - Barbara Jane Reyes

The following list is from Barbara Jane Reyes (Poetaensanfrancisco.blog-city.com)
filipino_american_literature_bibliography
*Disclaimer: this is an attempt at a somewhat comprehensive list, which I originally created in August 2006. Please bear in mind I am limited in my ability to know of every single title out there. That said, I will update this list on a somewhat regular basis, as titles become known to me. Regarding self-published books, I am not yet sure how to include these, given my general difficulty in discerning vanity presses from various, diverse "D.I.Y." publishing projects. I do not include e-publications and CD's. I also do not include graphic novels, but if titles become known to me I will rethink this omission. There are some titles that cross genre, and which I decided to place in one genre over another.*

Novels
Alumit, Noel. Letters to Montgomery Clift. San Francisco: MacAdam/Cage Publishing, 2002.
Alumit, Noel. Talking to the Moon. New York: Carroll and Graf, 2006.
Bacho, Peter. Cebu. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1991.
Bacho, Peter. Nelson’s Run. Holliston, MA: Willowgate Press, 2002.
Bacho, Peter. Entrys. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2005.
Brainard, Cecilia Manguerra. When the Rainbow Goddess Wept. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1999.
Brainard, Cecilia Manguerra. Magdalena. Austin, TX: Plain View Press, 2002.
Bulosan, Carlos. America Is In The Heart. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1974.
Bulosan, Carlos. The Cry and the Dedication. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1995.
Chai, Arlene J. The Last Time I Saw Mother. New York: Ballantine Books, 1997.
Galang, M. Evelina. One Tribe. Kalamazoo, IL: New Issues Poetry and Prose, 2006.
Hagedorn, Jessica. Dogeaters. New York: Penguin Books, 1991.
Hagedorn, Jessica. The Gangster of Love. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996.
Hagedorn, Jessica. Dream Jungle. New York: Viking Press, 2003.
Holthe, Tess Uriza. When The Elephants Dance. New York: Crown, 2002.
Holthe, Tess Uriza. The Five-Forty-Five to Cannes. New York: Crown, 2007.
Linmark, R. Zamora. Rolling The R’s. New York: Kaya Press, 1997.
Murray, Sabina. A Carnivore’s Inquiry. New York: Grove Press, 2004.
Nolledo, Wilfrido D. But for the Lovers. Normal, IL: Dalkey Archive Press, 1994.
Ong, Han. Fixer Chao. New York: Picador, 2002.
Ong, Han. The Disinherited. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Publishers, 2004.
Realuyo, Bino. The Umbrella Country. New York: Ballantine Books, 1999.
Roley, Brian Ascalon. American Son: A Novel. New York: W.W. Norton, 2001.
Rosca, Ninotchka. State of War. New York: W.W. Norton, 1988.
Rosca, Ninotchka. Twice Blessed. New York: W.W. Norton, 1992.
Ty-Casper, Linda. DreamEden. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1997.
Short Story Collections
Bacho, Peter. Dark Blue Suit and Other Stories. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1997.
Galang, M. Evelina. Her Wild American Self: Short Stories. Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1996.
Gonzales, N.V.M. The Bread of Salt and Other Stories. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1993.
Murray, Sabina. The Caprices. New York: Mariner Books, 2002.
Peñaranda, Oscar. Seasons by the Bay. San Francisco: T’boli Publishing & Distribution, 2004.
Santos, Bienvenido. Scent of Apples: A Collection of Stories. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1979.
Skinner, Michelle Cruz. Balikbayan: A Filipino Homecoming. Honolulu: Bess Press, 1997.
Stapleton, Lara. The Lowest Blue Flame Before Nothing. San Francisco: Aunt Lute Books, 1998.
Tagatac, Geronimo. The Weight of the Sun. Portland, OR: Ooligan Press, 2006.
Villa, José Garcia. Have Come, Am Here. New York: Viking Press, 1942.
Villanueva, Marianne. Ginseng and Other Tales from Manila. Corvalis, OR: Calyx Books, 1991.
Villanueva, Marianne. Mayor of the Roses. Oxford, OH: Miami University Press, 2005.

Books of Poetry
Barot, Rick. The Darker Fall. Louisville, KY: Sarabande Books, 2002.
Bautista, Michelle. Kali Blade. Saint Helena, CA: Meritage Press, 2006.
Cabalquinto, Luis. Bridgeable Shores. New York: Kaya Press, 2001.
Carbó, Nick. El Grupo McDonalds. Sylmar, CA: Tia Chucha Press, 1995.
Carbó, Nick. Secret Asian Man. Sylmar, CA: Tia Chucha Press, 2001.
Carbó, Nick. Andalusian Dawn. Cincinnati: Cherry Grove Collections, 2004.
Cariaga, Catalina. Cultural Evidence. Honolulu: A’A Arts, 1999.
Cerenio, Virginia. Trespassing Innocence. San Francisco: Kearny Street Workshop Press, 1989.
Corpuz, Veronica, and Michelle Naka Pierce. Tri/Via. Pittsburgh, PA: Erudite Fangs/Pub Lush, 2003.
De la Paz, Oliver. Names Above Houses. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 2001.
Francia, Luis H. Museum of Absences. Saint Helena, CA and Quezon City: Meritage Press and University of the Philippines Press, 2004.
Gamalinda, Eric. Zero Gravity. Farmington, ME: Alice James Books, 1999.
Gambito, Sarah. Matadora. Farmington, ME: Alice James Books, 2004.
Gloria, Eugene. Drivers at the Short-Time Motel. New York: Penguin Books, 2000.
Gloria, Eugene. Hoodlum Birds. New York: Penguin Books, 2006.
Gotera, Vince. Dragonfly. San Antonio, TX: Pecan Grove Press, 1994.
Hagedorn, Jessica. Danger and Beauty. New York: Penguin Books, 1993.
Igloria, Luisa. Trill and Mordent. Cincinnati: WordTech Editions, 2005.
Jacinto, Jaime. Heaven Is Just Another Country. San Francisco: Kearny Street Workshop Press, 1996.
Javier, Paolo. The Time at the End of this Writing. Ontario, Canada: Ahadada Press, 2004.
Javier, Paolo. 60 lv bo(e)mbs. Oakland, CA: O Books, 2005.
Linmark, R. Zamora. Prime Time Apparitions. New York: Hanging Loose Press, 2005.
Nezhukumatathil, Aimee. Miracle Fruit. Dorset, VT: Tupelo Press, 2003.
Nezhukumatathil, Aimee. At the Drive-In Volcano. Dorset, VT: Tupelo Press, 2007.
Peñaranda, Oscar. Full Deck (Jokers Playing). San Francisco: T’boli Publishing & Distribution, 2004.
Pineda, Jon. Birthmark. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 2004.
Realuyo, Bino. The Gods We Worship Live Next Door. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2006.
Reyes, Barbara Jane. Gravities of Center. San Francisco: Arkipelago Books Publishing, 2003.
Reyes, Barbara Jane. Poeta en San Francisco. Kaneohe, HI: Tinfish Press, 2005.
Rivera, Patria. Puti/White. Calgary, Alberta: Frontenac House, 2005.
Robles, Al. Rappin’ With Ten Thousand Carabaos in the Dark: Poems. Los Angeles: UCLA Asian American Studies Center, 1996.
Rosal, Patrick. Uprock, Headspin, Scramble and Dive. New York: Persea Books, 2003.
Rosal, Patrick. My American Kundiman. New York: Persea Books, 2006.
Starnes, Sofia M. A Commerce of Moments. Columbus, OH: Pavement Saw Press, 2003.
Tabios, Eileen R. Reproductions of the Empty Flagpole. East Rockaway, NY: Marsh Hawk Press, 2002.
Tabios, Eileen R. Menage a Trois with the 21st Century. Espoo, Finland: xPress(ed), 2004.
Tabios, Eileen R. I Take Thee, English, for My Beloved. East Rockaway, NY: Marsh Hawk Press, 2005.
Tagami, Jeff. October Light. San Francisco: Kearny Street Workshop Press, 1987.
Villa, José Garcia. The Anchored Angel. New York: Kaya Press, 1999.
Non-Fiction Essay and Memoir
Francia, Luis H. Eye of the Fish. New York: Kaya Press, 2001.
McReynolds, Patricia Justiniani. Almost Americans: A Quest for Dignity. Santa Fe, NM: Red Crane Books, 1997.
Poblete, Pati Navalta. The Oracles: My Filipino Grandparents in America. Berkeley, CA: Heyday Press, 2006.
San Juan Jr., E., ed. On Becoming Filipino: Selected Writings of Carlos Bulosan. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1995.
Stickmon, Janet. Crushing Soft Rubies. Piedmont, CA: Broken Shackle Press, 2003.
Strobel, Leny Mendoza. A Book of Her Own. San Francisco: T’boli Publishing & Distribution, 2005.

Children’s Books
Gilles, Almira Astudillo. Willie Wins. New York: Lee and Low Books, 2001.
Robles, Anthony D. Lakas and the Manilatown Fish: Si Lakas at Ang Isda Manilatown. San Francisco: Children’s Book Press, 2003.
Robles, Anthony D. Lakas and the Makibaka Hotel: Si Lakas at Ang Makibaka Hotel. San Francisco: Children’s Book Press, 2006.

Plays and Screenplays
Barroga, Jeannie. “Walls.” In Unbroken Thread: An Anthology of Plays by Asian American Women, edited by Roberta Uno. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1993.
Barroga, Jeannie. “Talk Story.” In But Still, Like Air, I'll Rise: New Asian American Plays, edited by Velina Hasu Houston. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1997.
Barroga, Jeannie. “Eye of the Coconut.” In Bold Words: A Century of Asian American Writing, edited by Rajini Srikanth, and Esther Iwanaga. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2001.
Cajayon, Gene, and John Manal Castro. The Debut. Chicago: Tulitos Press, 2001.
Pulido, Rod. The Flipside: A Filipino American Comedy. Chicago: Tulitos Press, 2002.
Tanglao-Aguas, Francis. When the Purple Settles. Manila: Bathala Press, 2006.
Anthologies: Short Stories and Poetry
Bay Area Pilipino American Writers. Without Names: A Collection Of Poems. San Francisco: Kearny Street Workshop Press, 1985.
Brainard, Cecilia Manguerra, ed. Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America. Manila: Anvil Publishing, 1998.
Brainard, Cecilia Manguerra, ed. Growing Up Filipino: Stories for Young Adults. Santa Monica, CA: Philippine American Literary House, 2003.
Cabico, Regie, and Todd Swift, eds. Poetry Nation: The North American Anthology of Fusion Poetry. Montreal: Vehicule Press, 1998.
Cachapero, Emily, Bayani Mariano, and Luis Syquia, eds. Liwanag: Literary and Graphic Expressions by Filipinos in America. San Francisco: Liwanag Publishing Co., 1975.
Carbó, Nick, ed. Returning a Borrowed Tongue: An Anthology of Filipino and Filipino American Poetry. Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1995.
Carbó, Nick, and Denise Duhamel, eds. Sweet Jesus: Poems About the Ultimate Icon. Los Angeles: The Anthology Press, 2002.
Carbó, Nick, and Eileen Tabios, eds. Babaylan: An Anthology of Filipina and Filipina American Writers. San Francisco: Aunt Lute Books, 2000.
Flores, Penelope V., and Allen Gaborro, eds. Whisper of the Bamboo. San Francisco: Philippine American Writers and Artists, Inc., 2004.
Francia, Luis H., ed. Brown River, White Ocean: An Anthology of Twentieth-Century Philippine Literature in English. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1993.
Francia, Luis H., and Eric Gamalinda, eds. Flippin’: Filipinos on America. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1996.
Hagedorn, Jessica, ed. Charlie Chan is Dead: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Fiction. New York: Penguin Books, 1993.
Hagedorn, Jessica, ed. Charlie Chan is Dead 2: At Home in the World. New York: Penguin Books, 2004.
Realuyo, Bino, Rahna Reiko Rizutto, and Kendall Henry, eds. The Nuyorasian Anthology: Asian American Writings About New York City. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2000.
Tan, Joel B., ed. Queer PAPI Porn: Gay Asian Erotica. San Francisco: Cleis Press, 1998.
Tan, Joel B., ed. Best Gay Asian Erotica. San Francisco: Cleis Press, 2004.
Toribio, Helen, ed. Seven Card Stud with Seven Manangs Wild. San Francisco: T’boli Publishing & Distribution, 2002.
Villanueva, Marianne, and Virginia Cerenio, eds. Going Home to a Landscape: Writings by Filipinas. Corvalis, OR: Calyx Books, 2003.
Vengua, Jean, and Mark Young, eds. The First Hay(na)ku Anthology. St. Helena, CA: Meritage Press, 2005.
Non-fiction and Essay: Literary/Cultural Criticism and Theory
Carbó, Nick, ed. PINOY POETICS: A Collection of Autobiographical and Critical Essays on Filipino and Filipino-American Poetics. St. Helena, CA: Meritage Press, 2004.
Davis, Rocío G., Transcultural Reinventions: Asian American and Asian Canadian Short-Story Cycles. Toronto: Tsar Publications, 2003.
Davis, Rocío G., ed. Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States (MELUS) Issue on Filipino American Literature (Spring 2004).
Davis, Rocío G., and Sue-Im Lee, eds. Literary Gestures: The Aesthetic in Asian American Writing. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2005.
Galang, M. Evelina, ed. Screaming Monkeys: Critiques of Asian American Images. Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2003.
Grefalda, Reme A., Lucy M. Burns, Theo Gonzalves, and Anna M. Alvez. Towards a Cultural Community: Identity, Education, and Stewardship in Filipino American Performing Arts. Washington DC: National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NAFFAA), 2003.
Hidalgo, Cristina Pantoja, and Priscelina Patajo-Legasto, eds. Philippine Post-Colonial Studies Essays on Language and Literature. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, 1993.
Hosillos, Lucila V. Philippine-American Literary-Relations, 1898-1941. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, 1969.
Igloria, Luisa, ed. Not Home, But Here: Writing From the Filipino Diaspora. Manila: Anvil Publishing, 2003.
Lumbera, Bienvenido. Revaluation 1997: Essays on Philippine Literature, Cinema and Popular Culture. Manila: University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 1984.
San Juan Jr., E. The Radical Tradition in Philippine Literature. Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Company, 1971.
San Juan Jr., E. History and Form: Selected Essays. Manila: Ateneo De Manila University Press, 1996.
San Juan Jr., E. The Philippine Temptation: Dialectics of Philippine-U.S. Literary Relations. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1996.
Strobel, Leny Mendoza. Coming Full Circle: The Process of Decolonization Among Post – 1965 Filipino Americans. Manila: Giraffe Books, 2001.
Tabios, Eileen, ed. Black Lightning: Poetry in Progress. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1998.

(Photo above, courtesy of Cecilia Manguerra Brainard: l-r: Vince Gotera, Virginia Cerenio, Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, N.V.M. Gonzalez, William Oandasan)