Today we are featuring one of CFC’s staff members, Maria Baisas who was born in the Philippines and migrated to Canada 13 years ago.  Maria, who is a busy Mom of three kids, says her family migrated to Canada because they soooo love our long winters (I’m detecting some sarcasm here....)

1.        Who does most of the cooking in your household and why?

My husband, he is the king of our Kitchen… he loves to cook, it’s his passion…. And I am really lucky!

2.       When preparing dishes from the Philippines, do you find it hard to adapt traditional recipes to local available products, or can you stay fairly authentic with what is available to you?

Not really, we can get most of our ingredients in a local grocery store nowadays; if it’s not available we usually go to China town.

3.       What is your favourite chicken dish?

Our native dish – “Tinola” (soup with ginger, unripe papaya and bokchoy) and “Afritada” (Philippine style Chicken stew), it’s really appetizing.

4.        If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life what would it be?

Grilled fish, fresh from the ocean and seasoned with lemon, rosemary and fish sauce; Yum!