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Watch here Christian Bautista's version of George Michael's hit song "Faith" as one of the featured songs in "The Kitchen Musical".

Here's Idol sa Kusina Recipe for EPISODE 16 / Oct. 16- MAGIC STEAMED TOFU WITH SHRIMP MOUSSE. image and recipe credit:idolsakusina *RECIPE b MAGGI* Ingredients: 300 grms. shrimp, shelled 1 tspn. chopped cilantro ½ cup water chestnuts 2 eggs 2 tspn. sesame oil 2 tbspn. cornstarch 1 tbspn. rice wine 1 8g sachet MAGGI MAGIC SARAP 3 blocks soft tofu, each block sliced into 5 Procedure: 1.Combine shrimps with MAGGI MAGIC SARAP in a food processor. Process ingredients until finely chopped. 2.Scoop out a small hole at center of each tofu slice but not all the way through. Fill with about 2 tspns. shrimp mousse. Transfer onto a dish that will fit the steamer and steam for 10-15 minutes. 3.Drain excess water from the dish and pour sauce over steamed tofu. 4.Sprinkle with chopped onions before serving. To make sauce, combine following in small bowl until sugar dissolves: 1 tbspn. soy sauce 4 tbspn. water 1½ tbspn. brown sugar ½ tspn. sesame oil Watch Idol sa Kusi

Here's Idol sa Kusina Recipe for EPISODE 16 / Oct. 16- HAINANESE CHICKEN. image and recipe credit:idolsakusina Ingredients: Chicken: 1 whole Chicken, about 3 pounds 1 tsp.. Salt 2 cloves Garlic peeled 4 slices Fresh ginger, peeled 4 pieces Scallion trimmed 12 cups Water 2 tbsp. Sesame oil Sliced Tomato (garnish) Sliced Cucumber (garnish) Cilantro sprigs (garnish) Chicken Rice: 2 cups Long –grain rice 2 tbsp. Peanut oil 5 pcs. Shallot, peeled and minced 5 cloves Garlic, minced 3-½ cups Reserved stock from Hainanese chicken ½ tsp. Salt Procedure: 1. Wash chicken and remove excess fat. Rub the inside of the cavity with salt. Smash garlic, ginger and scallions inside the chicken cavity. 2. Bring the water to a boil in a pot large

Since it's my birthday, and I miss halo-halo, I bought one from Max's Restaurant well of course aside from Max's Chicken where the restaurant is known for. Halo-halo (from Tagalog word halò, "mix") is a popular Filipino dessert that is a mixture ofshaved ice and evaporated milk to which are added various boiled sweet beans and fruits, and served in a tall glass or bowl. Ingredients include boiled kidney beans, garbanzos, sugar palm fruit (kaong), coconut sport(macapuno), and plantains caramelized in sugar, jackfruit (langkâ), gulaman, tapioca or sago,nata de coco, sweet potato (kamote), pounded crushed young rice (pinipig). In terms of arrangement, most of the ingredients (fruits, beans, and other sweets) are first placed inside the tall glass, followed by the shaved ice. This is then sprinkled with sugar, and topped with either (or a combination of) leche flan, purple yam (ube halaya), or ice cream. Evaporated milk is poured into the mixture upon serving.

Here's Idol sa Kusina Recipe for EPISODE 16 / Oct. 16- BAKED SALMON WITH GREEN SALAD. image and recipe credit:idolsakusina Ingredients: 500 grams Norwegian Salmon Fillet 1 Tbsp. Mustard 1 Jigger US Brandy 1 Jigger White Wine 1 Tsp. Crushed Black Peppercorn 1 Tsp. Salt 50 Grams Flour 1 Tbsp. Olive Oil 50 grams Butter ¼ cup Calamansi juice 10 grams Parsley chopped 10 grams Black Olive brunoise 10 grams Tomato brunoise 10 grams Green bell pepper Procedure: 1. Brush with mustard and season with salt, crushed black pepper fillet of salmon. 2. Dredge into flour, then mark with hot steel skewers into cresscut.. 3. Pan grilled in pan with olive oil. Flame with brandy. 4. Baked in oven in 15 minutes or until done. 5. Remove from oven, de-glaze with white wine. 6. Place on dinn

World Food Day is celebrated every year around the world on 16 October in honor of the date of the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 1945. It is also the Food Engineer day. The World Food Day theme for 2011 is "Food prices - from crisis to stability". World Food Day (WFD) was established by FAO's Member Countries at the Organization's 20th General Conference in November 1979. The Hungarian Delegation, led by the former Hungarian Minister of Agriculture and Food, Dr. Pál Romány has played an active role at the 20th Session of the FAO Conference and suggested the idea of celebrating the WFD worldwide. It has since been observed every year in more than 150 countries, raising awareness of the issues behind poverty and hunger. source:wikipedia "FOOD PRICES -- FROM CRISIS TO STABILITY" has been chosen as this year's World Food Day theme to shed some light on this trend and what can be done to mitigate its impact

Idol sa Kusina Episode on October 16 is Healthy Food with guest "Unang Hirit" co-host, Drew Arellano. video credit: Idol sa Kusina Watch Idol sa Kusina on GMANews with Chef Boy Logro. Practical tips and special techniques in cooking taught with a dose of humor and a sprinkling of lessons in life. IDOL SA KUSINA has all the right ingredients for a show that's both informative and highly entertaining. Host Master Chef Pablo “Boy” Logro and his celebrity guests will have viewers savoring sumptuous dishes and learning how to create these themselves. Recently seen as the head judge of GMA 7’s Kitchen Superstar, Chef Boy Logro is a master chef in Oriental, Mediterranean and Western cuisine. He finished international culinary training in Italy, Switzerland, Spain, United Kingdom, Turkey, Singapore and Japan. Expand your culinary horizon with IDOL SA KUSINA every Sunday, 7 pm. Idol sa Kusina premiered on July 3.