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Ube, or Filipino yam, is popping up all over the internet and on restaurant menus throughout the United States. Filipino chefs and bakers, who have been using the flavor in cooking, say it’s a sign that Filipino cuisine is here to stay.
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Pastry chef GiGi Pascual and partner Jennifer Green met a decade ago when they had breakfast and banh mi food trucks, respectively. Inside their game-changing
A good cookie is like a Rorschach test with sugar, fat and flour: The resulting flavors and textures provide a clear image of the baker who made it.
Pastry chef GiGi Pascual says she’s always loved a good cookie, and that she has been tweaking her recipes since she was 10 years old. At Dough & Arrow, the Costa Mesa bakery she runs with partner Jennifer Green, she’s baking dozens of cookies that are equal parts comfort, joy and nostalgia.
Green and Pascual met when they parked their food trucks next to each other in Orange County in the early 2010s. Green operated the Nom Nom truck, which specialized in banh mi and other Vietnamese food, and Pascual served breakfast on the Buttermilk Truck.