The Unofficial Cook

This is a photograph of an ampalaya (bitter melon or bitter gourd) vine grown organically by my newly found cousin, Pito Garcia. We’re second cousins actually and we connected through a website on geneology my maternal relatives have just discovered.  It’s the coolest thing to find relatives online and meet them for the first time [...]

This was the cutest thing I’ve ever seen!  It’s a baby squash just waiting to grow into a luscious golden adult squash.