twice baked Spanish bread twice sweetened twice buttered up twice removed from history’s gaze twice baked Iloilo province bread hard as steel twice baked Balikbayan biscotti brittle as dried mub … Continue reading Biscocho
Tag: Food
Puto
Be me. Brown kid called Black or Black called brown, growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area. Be me. Eating Puto. What did you say? Puto. I said I … Continue reading Puto
Brazo de Mercedes
your arms are soft as sea foam yet strong enough to lift balikbayan boxes onto airplanes, trains, buses your arms are sweeter than sin yet saltier than saline drops on … Continue reading Brazo de Mercedes
What Not To Eat When Depressed and Craving Cinnamon Toast
First things first… Do not take out two sticks of butter from the fridge. Never do that. Butter is the gateway to bad times. Okay. So you took out the … Continue reading What Not To Eat When Depressed and Craving Cinnamon Toast
Milk Chocolate
Dissolved cocoa Less than 50% pure Bittersweet potion.
Candied Time
I’ve sweetened you with Monday’s trepidation pouring out crystal powdery drop drop drops I’ve laced you with Tuesday’s exhaustion slicing up yellow bitter crop crop crops I’ve stirred you with … Continue reading Candied Time
The Thin Man and His Rice
Once upon a time there was a thin man who lived on a farm with his twelve brothers and elderly parents. His parents were in their twilight years and knew … Continue reading The Thin Man and His Rice
The Literary Dragon 