 | Category: | Books | | Genre: | Cooking, Food & Wine | | Author: | Claude Tayag |
The first book of uncle claude. It is basically all about food and travel with humor.
Announcing: Claude Tayag’s book, FOOD TOUR is now available in America. Email: linda_nietes@sbcglobal.net or call 310/ 514-9139 for order. Price $22.95. And in the Philippines, FOOD TOUR is available at National Bookstores and PowerBooks.
FOOD TOUR is a collection of Claude Tayag’s easy reading essays. Claude successfully takes the reader on a culinary adventure from Ilocos to Mindanao, Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand, giving delicious tidbits of information on their origins, seasoned with lots of Pinoy humor.
Here is what they said:
“In these pages, readers share Claude’s delight in various meals. What was once fleeting is now documented within the covers of this book, a book that I should have written myself if not for the other concerns that have derailed my research and writing. It is obviously a book that was a pleasure to research and a pleasure to write; it is a pleasure to read and good to the last morsel.” renowned historian and NCCA chair Ambeth Ocampo
“Claude Tayag is an accomplished painter, sculptor and fine furniture maker. He is also a writer of extremely readable articles on food. …and on any day he can out cook some of the men and women who collect awards and medals rehashing well established recipes,” restarateur Larry J Cruz
“Claude Tayag mixes his cosmopolitan eye with his nationalistic heart in these humorous stories about food and culture,” Asia Society Philippines, Doris Ho
From Sisig to durian, from bagnet to Bicol Express to Bacalao ala Vizcaina, Claude Tayag seems to know exactly which food trips this foodie would trip to slaver over. These are among the drop-dead enticements I would never pass up….. award winning author and columnist Krip Yuson.
"Dear Mr. Tayag, Just got hold of your book and am enjoying it
immensely. Your articles make me burst out laughing with your insightful observations and side comments,” email from a reader.
The book also contains many recipes and more than a hundred pen and ink drawings by the author himself. The delicious pages will amuse you, entertain you, make you drool as you relish on the dishes and will surely tempt you to cook and follow the simple recipes. Order your copy now for yourself and to give away and share the joy with your Pinoy friends. Published by Anvil Publishing.
www.claudetayag.com   | spanx wrote on Dec 5, '06 bro,
dabest yung book! promoted it na nga sa lahat ng yahoogroups ko ",
CLAUDE's Dream Book!!!
This Christmas,
I'll be giving this book as my present
(along with Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth dibidi),
to FRIEND and FOODIE alike!
My cousin JJ married the author's niece MONICA
up in Baguio a year and a half ago
(they had the most alcoholic wedding reception I've ever hosted);
and since then,
he's become "UNCLE CLAUDE" to the Hizon Clan as well.
The TAYAGs and the HIZONs are the perfect match:
both ancient (!) Pampanga families,
with a common addiction for dining & drinking.
And since we now have a Superstar Chef in the extended familia,
We never miss any invitation to eat (and eat, and eat...)
at Uncle Claude's BALE DUTUNG (cabalen-speak for "Wooden House"),
which itself is a work of art.
And this book is another work of art.
Anvil Publishing again proves its mettle
as the Philippines' main provider of fine homegrown books,
with this delicious collection
of foodie musings, gastronomic travelogues,
excellent recipes, and drawings/sketches/ paintings
all from Mr. T's Thursday column in the Philippine Star.
What really makes his column, and this book, tick?
It's the HUMOR!
Over and above the gout-inducing descriptions
of the dishes he's cooked and tasted,
it's the lightheartedness of the writing,
sans the formality you'd expect from a renowned
painter/sculptor/ furniture artist,
that makes this book a perfect read.
Think Anthony Bourdain with all the wit
but minus the acerbity,
and you've got Claude Tayag.
And since he is, after all,
a true-blue Capampangan,
can our new national food,
SISIG be far from his thoughts?
Below is a recipe from the book;
If you missed this past weekend's
Sisig Festival in Angeles City,
this ought to soothe your cholesterol- deprived soul.
FOOD TOUR is now available in Powerbooks branches
and in National BookStores all over MetroManila.
Just tie a RED ribbon around the GREEN book,
and you've got the perfect Christmas present!
|
 | roxtet wrote on Dec 7, '06, edited on Dec 7, '06 i've started reading uncle claude's book and i find it very entertaining! galeng! the only problem is if people read what he wrote in my book baka masira ang reputation niya! haha! he wrote, "to the best cook!" kilabutan kayo dyan! |
 | Galing ng book! A must have for all FOODIES! |
Comment deleted at the request of the thread owner.  | hi can i feature claude tayag's resto in our show, Bread N' Butter in UNTV. Please give me the best the number and the person to contact to for me to discuss the details. thnx! |
| |
