A new year is upon us, and it’s time once again to turn your attention to the yearly tradition unlike any other – Best of the Pacific voting season!
This event is a Chamorro celebration of southern hospitality featuring great food and barbecue, live music and dancing, Guam gifts and handcrafted items, friendly contests and carnival games for children.
This fruit pizza is one of my favorite desserts. I have another fruit pizza version here, which adds a creamy, pudding-based filling. So delicious!
I’ve read many different articles about the health benefits of honey over white, granulated sugar. Honey is high in calories, as is sugar (a teaspoon of honey contains 22 calories; there are 16 calories in a teaspoon of sugar).
Pickled young (green) papaya was a favorite snack growing up on Guam. In fact, it still is a favorite snack, and I make some whenever I find the young, green (unripe) papayas at my local Asian market.
Here's a great way to BBQ up some chicken!
Kådun pika is a spicy Chamorro cvhicken dish that’s somewhat similar to chicken adobo. It’s an easy dish to make — it takes only a few ingredients and a few simple steps and voila! — you’ll have dinner served in no time.
Cooked without heat, kelaguen is a signature dish of Chamorro cuisine that uses a combination of lemon juice, salt, and hot peppers to “cook” chopped fish, seafood, or meat.
Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day. Nothing powers me up more than a good breakfast.
Guam is a wonderful place for tourists and locals to visit and there are so many places to experience.
Sometimes your sweet tooth kicks in and sometimes you just got to have some type of pasty. Well, I have the perfect solution for both. Pecan Tassies as they are known on Guam. Also known as Pecan Tarts.
Like fish, crab was a staple in the Chamorro diet. Land crabs, pång’lao in Chamorro, continues to be one of the most frequently harvested animals on the island. Pång’lao echong (crooked crab) is the most common of the land crabs. It has extremely large claws. History
Slice the sponge cake and spread the pieces on a platter. Set aside. Place water, milk, butter and sugar in a one-quart saucepan. Bring to a boil. Add well beaten eggs, vanilla and cinnamon. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
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