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Jun Belen is a Philippine-born San Francisco-based professional food and cookbook photographer. Jun-Blog is his mouthwatering Saveur-nominated collection of Filipino recipes, stunning photographs, and heartwarming narratives about cooking Filipino and being Filipino away from home. Subscribe to Jun-Blog and receive new posts by email.
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O is for Omelet
My dad loved eggplants grilled whole with their charred skin stripped, and then fried with pork into omelets.
N is for Noche Buena
As I inched my way to meet my family waiting outside, thoughts of Christmases past lingered in my mind. Simbang Gabi and Noche Buena. Jamón and queso de bola.
M is for Mani
The kind that’s measured by the glass and wrapped in brown paper bags. For a fiddling sum of money, you can buy happiness. Salty, greasy, and garlicky happiness.
L is for Longganisa
My mind drifted to our butcher back home. I dreamed about the stubby links of longganisa hanging handsomely under bright incandescent bulbs.
K is for Kamayan
I’ve been picturing him sitting with his right leg folded and his knee drawn up toward his chest. I’ve been picturing him eating with his bare hands.
J is for Jackfruit
I took a deep whiff of the jackfruit simmering in the pot. Memories of home instantly flooded my mind.
Chicken Tinola
Witnessing how hens are slaughtered at a very young age taught me invaluable lessons about food.
I is for Itlog na Maalat
Eaten with bare hands, fried fish dinners accompanied with tomatoes and salted eggs mashed together by hand are so simple yet so satisfying.
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