About Ralph

Ralph Guzman / / Foodie A Filipino Food Blogger based in Manila, Philippines Winner, 2011 Philippine Blog Awards - Food & Beverage Category

Create Your Own Dish… at a Buffet

I recently came from a vacation from beautiful Cebu.  I stayed in two good hotels during the trip since I explored two different areas of the Philippines’ queen city of the south.  Both hotels had breakfast buffets.  There goes my Continue reading Create Your Own Dish… at a Buffet

Comfort Zone: Tweets, Discoveries, and Realizations

It’s 1:13 a.m.  And I am still wide awake… working.  But not on my day job.  Instead, I am perfoming tasks for the side of me that I now refer to as my alter ego — that of being producer Continue reading Comfort Zone: Tweets, Discoveries, and Realizations

Comfort Food, Emotional Eating, and Losing Weight

In producing my foodcast, Comfort Zone, the constant question people have been asking me is, what is comfort food exactly? Ratatouille’s Anton Ego and Comfort Food When I think of comfort food, the first thing that now comes into my Continue reading Comfort Food, Emotional Eating, and Losing Weight

Hazelnut Kit Kat Brownies

It is often said and heard that necessity is the mother of invention. I say, necessity is also the mother of great recipes, such as my Kit Kat Hazelnut Brownies. Just recently, I needed to make brownies for some friends. Continue reading Hazelnut Kit Kat Brownies

Creamy Spinach Spaghettini

After a very stressful week sometime last year, I needed a break. It was Sunday, and I went to the kitchen to destress. I just needed to cook. As to what dish I would cook, I didn’t know. It was Continue reading Creamy Spinach Spaghettini

Osso Buco – Oh So Delicious!

OSSO — what?  The funny thing is, the first time I encountered and ate this delicious comfort dish was during a presidential flight from Manila to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia when I was still a full time journalist in my past Continue reading Osso Buco – Oh So Delicious!