The World of Filipino Cooking: Food and Fun in the Philippines by Chris Urbano of "Maputing Cooking"

Let this Filipino cookbook acquaint you with the enticing multicultural food of the Philippines!

Home gourmet specialist turned web cooking sensation, Chris Urbano brings the universe of Filipino food and adobo cooking to your kitchen with more than 90 simple to-follow plans. Filipino food is an energizing mix of flavors from China, Spain, Malaysia, and the Philippines' Indigenous people group. Universe of Filipino Cooking brings you both the great pillars and Urbano's test takes on conventional dishes. In addition, all plans are made with simple to-discover fixings and cookware you as of now have in your kitchen, and the definite guidelines and photos are equipped to all degrees of cooking ability.

Carry Filipino cooking to your home kitchen with bit by bit plans for dishes, for example,
Chicken Adobo
Lumpiang Shanghai
Sinigang Tamarind Soup
Sautéed Egg Noodles with Pork
Also, handfuls more!

From the business sectors of Metro Manila to the a huge number of islands that range the nation; these territorial Filipino plans will entice those acquainted with Filipino cooking just as those prepared to encounter the kinds of the Philippines just because!

About the Author
Business consultant and self-styled food entrepreneur Chris Urbano is an Australian expat living with his wife and two children in Metro Manila, the Philippines. After growing up with a passion for food and wine, he earned Bachelor's degrees in both Asian Studies and Economics from the Australian National University, where he graduated with High Distinction. He also studied Tagalog and Philippine politics in Manila, as well as the Bahasa Indonesian language in Java. His bilingual, online cooking show "Maputing Cooking" has attracted an enthusiastic following of Filipinos and non-Filipinos alike, and has made Urbano one of the biggest figures bringing worldwide awareness to the wonders of Filipino cuisine.

Chris Urbano is a pretty fascinating character - an Aussie guy in Manila to study Filipino, finding the best place for language practice was in the traditional wet markets and learns his first recipes there and on the streets among common Filipinos, before becoming fascinated by the reflection of history and cultural in every ulam. Filipino food has to be the most misunderstood, and perhaps the cuisine most decimated by industrial food preparation techniques of the 20th century. But Urbano discovers that if you go back 100 years before MCG, and packet mixes, Filipino was a delectable cacophony of flavors sourced from around the world, and probably still is the most eclectic, adventurous cuisine in the world - just so long as you cook it with honest ingredients and with love. I found Urbano's research on the origins and future of Filipino the most complete of any book I've read on Filipino cooking, going beyond just what it is?, to why did it come to be? He argues that the Philippines unique and multifaceted colonial and wartime history saw major global cuisines smashed together - amidst a climatically diverse archipelago - creating a degree of culinary variation that has been both its source of extreme culinary innovation over the centuries, as well as its biggest marketing problem. A cuisine just as exquisite as it defies categorization. Well done Urbano - I'm a fan! -Gory

What I liked about the cookbook is that, each recipe has an appetizing picture of the finished product which entices me to try the recipe. The ingredients as well as the directions how to cook each food items are uncomplicated and short, so it can easily be tried. The author's short story about each recipe also added some personal touch to the book. Because of the scarceness of taro leaves where I currently live, I yet have to try Chris' Laing recipe, which will seal if I can truly say this is the Ultimate Filipino Cooking Book. P.S. Thanks Chris for omiting one of Filipino's must have ingredients ...Vetsin in your recipes. -Albert

Among the best new books on FILIPINO CUISINE, though missing 2 of my favorites: SISIG and CRISPY PATA. Richly-illustrated and well-organized text, with a few minor typo errors. Highly recommended. -IBalon35