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I am Giannina, a classically trained chef and food stylist in Manila, Philippines who has been blogging about my eating and work adventures since 2008.

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When I’m sick…I eat…

I know all the hullabaloo about Supersize me and the like…but who cares. When I feel sick or stressed, I like to eat McDonalds…I practically grew up with…

Bless my Soul! A Gift!

Someone gave me a wonderful gift today. It came from a small sketch pad and was drawn with a mechanical pencil. How pretty is that?!

Quality Alone Time Day 1

The past 3 weeks have been so busy for me. Shoots, events, preproductions, meetings aside from all the planning and administrative stuff I am in charge of in…

The Chefy Store’s New Look!

I decided to change the Chefy Store’s look to make it look like a virtual store. I’m not sure if it’s a little too cutesy, but I’m hoping…

Watching the Great Jay Cayuca in Cafe Ysabel

There’s nothing like good food and music. For my granny’s sister’s 75th, my dad threw a dinner in her honor and invited one of the Philippines’ best talents,…

Holiday Movin’

I spent most of the Christmas break moving into my new room. Finally, after a month and a half of waiting, paying, sleeping on my brother’s floor and…

Room Rebirth Updates While On Vacation (Yes! It works!)

And so while I was away, my interior designers (Kaye Llanto and Maybelle Uy…who are totally fabulous to work with by the way) have been updating me on…

In Pursuit of Change

There really is an entirely different reason why I am leaving for Australia. I am basically in pursuit of change. There are many things I can’t change here…

Leaving for Oz!

I think this is the best month of the year! I am finally visiting my best friend, Ana, over in Sydney Australia, home of the “natural” food styling…

A dog-gone experience

This doesn’t have any connection to food or styling but I guess I just feel like writing about it since it was really something that totally changed my…

Personal Edible Project: Mussels with Butter and Cream

Just a couple of months after meeting, I was absolutely dying to have this personal projects push through with Mylene Cheung of Photo Kitchen (watch out everyone, this…

Serenitea

In as much as I would like to give a fantastic review of their fantastic teas, I’ve been here 4 times and only tasted their pearls once (this…

The Ultimate Culinary Kit – The Chefy Large Knife Bag

It took us an entire year and we’ve been continuously designing, tweaking and remodeling this giant wonder, but I think we finally got something right. I am very…

What’s inside my handy knife bag?

On some days that I don’t feel like lugging my toolbox around, I use my compact Chefy Lite to put all my stuff in. This really comes in…

I knew this day would come!

After my 3 month long adventure of Wanda’s pregnancy, whelping and taking care of the puppies. I knew this dreaded day would come when I am already quite…

Dreaming of the “Luther Burger”

I know this may sound gross, but ever since I watched Adam Richman of Man vs. Food scarf down this incredibly heart clogging, brain damaging sandwich, did I…

Much Needed Blog

I’ve finally found some time to blog! How long has it been…a month? A month and a half? I’ve been so caught up lately! I’ve been trying to…

I’ve Been Busy

My dailies…have changed. The past few weeks have been a whirlwind of doing pet chores and constantly hoping to get better house help. I was also starting to…

Win This @ The Chefy Store! Our 2nd Online Raffle!

Finally after everything..(my newborn pups, my new baby parrot, my messed up schedule!) I finally get to post some great news! On our 1st year, Mig and I…

I just realized something…

Despite having a blog about food styling and eating…i take pretty crappy pictures. My handy point and shoot camera doesn’t seem to be doing a good job of…

Dos Mestizos Boracay

It’s funny how I’ve been to this place maybe 5 times already and I still haven’t written about it. I really should devote more time to writing. Usually…

Adventures Off Boracay: Ariel’s Point and Buruanga with the Javiers

And I thought the extra trips were over. We were in one of our Bora’s must eats, Andok’s one lunch time when China spotted Mr. Sandy Javier, owner…

Adventures Off Boracay Part 1: Binggoy Remedios’ Farm

After spending countless holy weeks in Boracay, we finally have more things other than staying on the beach all day (which isn’t so bad) wading in the sea…

Thai Wine Tour Part 1: Village Farm and Winery

Village farm and winery is a boutique winery in the middle of the hills in nam keow. Along with the students and profs of CACS, our first day…

Reyes Goto Shoot

This was a lovely present for Christmas! Before I left I was able to finish a food styling job for the Reyes Barbeque group which is their newest…

My Birthday Brush with Death through Fugu!

For my birthday last month, I decided to treat the couples out to dinner (that’s me, Mig, my brother and China) to our favorite Izakaya Kikufuji at Little…

Passion in Motion @ MJ’s This Is It

I’m still pretty much in awe after watching MJ’s THIS IS IT. I watched it the day after it opened! A true perfectionist & very hands-on, Michael still…

Woodfired Oven Dinner 2: Turkey Day

Catching up is pretty tricky…my posts are so delayed! But anyway, at least I always have something to post on my free time. Here’s week 2 of my…

Newest Chefy Store Bags!

I had a pretty full week last week with all the work and events here in the school that I forgot to post my newest bags! 🙂 Old…

A trip to the Bag Factory

Sorry guys I’ve been so so busy! I actually have about 5 pending posts for my site I haven’t written. But what really excites me is this: We…

The Post Office Kidnapped my Snow Leopard

Our First Online Raffle — Win a Blue Peace Chefy Lite Bag!!! :)

Win this blue peace bag from the Chefy Store!!!

Kenny’s Urbanite Run

Last Saturday I went over to the Fort to watch the Kenny’s 1st Urbanite Run, it’s just my tiny way of showing support to my clients. I was…

I bought my Macbook Pro from the Apple Store Online Philippines

Ladies and Gentlemen, the craziest online shopper on earth — ME. I am so very happy with the way my first ever online shopping experience turned out. Yes,…

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