Sugarcane Sweet Recipes from My Half–Filipino Kitchen

Familiar favorites are made accessible and anew with Arlyn's inventive techniques and flavor combinations. Recipes forUbe Milk Crinkles,Kumquat Curd Bars, andPandan Coconut Cream Piewill introduce readers to a new world of ingredients, like star fruit, rambutan, and calamansi. Sunset Cookies with their ombre pattern and mix of mango, passion fruit, and guava, will surprise and delight dinner guests.Mochi-Stuffed Chocolate Chip CookiesandLemongrass Sconeswill become household favorites.
Interspersed between the recipes are essays about the history of the Philippines and the effects of colonialism, which add further dimension and context to this book. The mouth-watering full-color photography throughout will transport you to an island paradise and inspire you to bake with Filipino flavors in your own home.