DECK THE HOLIDAY'S

Chocolate Mousse Cookie Dough Bombe Many of my original dessert recipes come from a thought or memory tied to my heart. Two days ago I found myself daydreaming while mixing up a bowl of cookie dough for truffles. When I finally snapped out of it, I laughed. "Where did I go just now?" Oh yeah.  It was my thirtieth birthday. My husband had taken me to a nice restaurant and I was wearing a new green dress. The waiter brought out the biggest piece of chocolate zuccotto cake I'd ever seen!  People in the restaurant were turning around to look at the tremendous piece of cake in front of me.  I felt happy. Needless to say, the truffle-making was history.  Instead, I pressed the chocolate chip cookie dough into a stainless steel bowl.   It was the beginning of a very good thing. As far as dome desserts go, this one is fairly simple. It has a few steps but they're all pretty straight-f...

The History     5000 years ago, people don’t have surnames, they are only identified through their occupation.  Labrador  (meaning laborer) identifies those who perform hard work in the fields. San Isidro is one of them, a tenant of a certain land. Despite his tardiness he always finishes his tasks for that day. His landlord wondered how the laborer finished his work despite being late, so one time he went to the field to see for himself how San Isidro does his job. Upon arriving at the field he saw an angel plowing the field. In shock and awe the landlord knelt, a scene immortalized in various images of San Isidro Labrador. The Festival     Pulilan Carabao Festival  was created in honor of the  carabao,  the farmer’s companion in the fields and his helping hand during plantation and harvest, but the main reason on why it was created is to honor their patron saint,  San Isidro de   Labrador.  ...