Weekends would usually constitute to grilling marshmallows for dessert but since the summer season is almost over, we can have one last hurrah for a cool treat.

The Ice Cream Smore Sandwich is the perfect cool dessert treat for a humid day like this. A couple of things you need to know about this dessert: chill your ingredients before combining them and make sure you are using the freshest box of graham crackers you can find in the nearest store.

First, mix the choco fudge syrup and melted marshmallow together then set them aside. The real deal: put on a dallop of choco-smore mixture on top of a graham cracker then add…

The first time I tasted Maraschino cherries, I vomitted immediately. I don’t which one of us is a little strange in the head, but I never understood the fuss in cherries. Well, that is until, of course, I managed to get my hands on a recipe. Provided that I still cannot eat cherries, this dish however gave me something to look forward to in my cousin’s weekly bonding over cherry pie.

Ingredients:

1/2 recipe Plain Pie Pastry (this can be store-bought)

3 tablespoons cornstarch

1/2 cup water

1 (16-ounce) can cherries, tart or sweet, or fresh cherries

1 1/2 cups sugar

2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

Procedure:

Preheat the oven to 350° F. Line a 9-inch pie plate with 1…

This is the all-Chinese-slash-Filipino way of making Japan’s popular tempura. My personal way of cooking this dish is to add egg to the batter mixture but I recently found out that this result to a bread-like texture so I opted to adapt the way Chinese cook this batter-coated shrimps.

Ingredients: (serves 4 to 5)

500 g. of large shrimps

salt

1 c. of flour

3/4 c. of ice cold water

a handful of small pieces of ice

2 to 3 c. of cooking oil for deep frying

Procedure:

- Remove the heads and shells of the shrimps, leaving the tails on — not for decoration but to making dipping in the batter easier.

- Slit the backs of each shrimp and…

Just a month ago, I came by a restaurant that offers a very good Philly Cheesesteak. The problem though is that it costs a hefty $30, which is something I cannot pay on a daily or regular basis just for cheesesteak. So anyway, I browsed through the Internet and saw this simple recipe for Philly Cheesesteak.

Ingredients:

2 lb. rib eye, thinly sliced (I put it in the freezer for an hour to make slicing easier)

6 tbls. oil

Cheez Whiz

4 crusty Italian rolls

1 red onion

Optional: sweet green and red peppers, sauteed

Procedure:

- Heat 3 tbls. oil in skillet

- Saute onions until tender

- Set aside

- Heat Cheez Whiz in microwave

- Add remaining oil and cook…