Not So Wild Buffalo Wings

To make the breading, combine flour with equal portions of rock salt, paprika, ground black pepper, garlic powder and cayenne powder in a bowl. (In this recipe I used a teaspoon of each spice for 1 cup of flour).

Cover the chicken wings evenly with the flour mixture. Freeze wings for an hour to let the breading stick to the meat and let flavors seep in. Deep fry until golden brown. Set aside.

In a small dish, combine melted butter and hot sauce. Baste the meat with this mixture. Serve chicken wings with dunking sauce -- ranch dressing or barbeque sauce.

Kare-Kare

Boil pork or beef until tender. Set aside.

Saute garlic and onions in oil. Add the meat and stir fry for about 5 mins. Pour the coconut milk (3 cups for 1kg of meat). Let it boil. Add peanut butter or ground peanuts (you can put as much as you want). Simmer until sauce thickens. Sprinkle with a little salt and 1 tbsp sugar. Add the vegetables -- 1 whole cabbage cut into quarters, pechay, string beans, eggplant cut into small portions and banana blossoms (optional). Cover pot and simmer again for 10 mins. Serve with shrimp paste (bagoong) on the side.

Dinuguan

In a large pan, saute garlic and onion in oil. Add some fish sauce, followed by the pork chunks (I used 1kg of pork) and innards. Cook until tender. Add 3 cups of vinegar and banana peppers. Simmer for 20-30mins. Add the pig's blood and stir ocassionally until sauce turns into a deep brown color and becomes thick. Season with salt and sugar. Serve with rice or puto.

Pinoy Meatloaf (Embutido)

Prepare all ingredients -- about half a kilo of pork, 2 raw eggs, chopped red bell pepper, chopped pickles, finely chopped raisins, vienna sausage cut into small pieces, grated carrots, chorizo de bilbao (optional), grated cheese, pan americana cut into cubes (you can put as much as you want), salt, pepper, little sugar.

Combine all these ingredients in a bowl and mix until well-blended. Get 2 handfuls of the mixture and roll it in aluminum foil. Cook in a steamer for 45 mins to 1 hr.

If using an oven, put the mixture in a baking dish or mold and bake at 350 degrees for 30 mins.

Kani Salad

Combine crabsticks, ripe mango and cucumber (all cut into very thin strips) and bamboo shoots in a bowl. Add Japanese mayonnaise. Mix, mix, mix.