World Class Chefs
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Ramilo (Ram) Villaluna
Ram is a budding chef from Iloilo City (Molo). He gained his training in Culinary Arts at the Center for Asian Culinary Studies under food guru Gene Gonzalez, Institute of Culinary Education (formerly Peter Kumpps) in New York. He took up bread making, and he studied food styling under Delores Custer of the Culinary Institute of America. It all started in Antique where his father owned a restaurant many Antiquenos learned to love. He continued the culinary legacy of his father and now, Ram owns a catering business, Cindy\'s Catering. Food is Ram\'s life, seriously speaking. I am short in saying that he is married to the food industry that, he spends most of his time teaching and mentoring at the Department of Culinary Arts at the University of San Agustin in Iloilo. If one cannot find him in the classroom, Ram will be on the road crisscrossing Iloilo and Antique having first hand in the management of his thriving businesses from both provinces. He also has a once-a-week TV show in GMA 7 \"Food Trip\". I met with Ram once before and he exudes perfectionism, the character that will beam him up to the limelight of culinary arts. At present time, Ram is extremely busy in Manila. I believe he is one of the finalists in The National Food Showdown 2010 sponsored by ABS-CBN. We wish you all the luck, Ram! Maybe, after this showdown, Ram will have the opportunity share favorite recipe here at ILONGGO LIVING.
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Apple Picking
November 23, 2009
Fall is the time for picking your own apples and other seasonal fruits here in southern Ontario. There are dozens of orchards in our area alone, including the one closer to us, the Fruitland county (the name speaks for itself). The pick-your-own season actually started last September for peaches and now, apples, pears, plums and grapes. Freshly picked apples could last for a month or two as long as you store them in your fruit cellar. There are countless ways of cooking apples, depending on the variety you picked (cooking apples versus table apples). I am very grateful to my “models” for having their pictures posted here in my blog today.
Emely at Meyer's in Flamborough.
McIntosh apples, a very popular variety for picking.
Aida with the Granny Smith variety.
Another pose by Aida on top of the golden delicious apple tree.
Clare posing with the red delicious.
ang galing hahaha. I wanna see some real apple trees. Pero kung dito sa pinas yan cguradong wala pang 5 minutes ubos na po yan! hahaha….