You know the feeling. You own a book so dear you don't even put it out on the shelves. Then in a moment of weakness you lend it to somebody and that's the last you see of it. This is what happened to my copy of "Kinilaw". That this classic is now out-of-print and very difficult to find makes the loss even worse. After a long search I found one online and got it in the mail today. One read-through and its off to the vault.
"To be, purely to be - aye, that is sweetness like no other. The pristine in all its quiet fullness - of the be-ing...The silent, vibrating warmth of tangerine-colored sea-urchin roe. The oyster lying there - in its just-opened shell, already undulating in the mind, titillating the tongue..."
Kinilaw: A Philippine Cuisine of Freshness (Illustrated)
Doreen G. Fernandez,
Edilberto N. Alegre
Book / 133 Pages / January 1991 / 9715690149
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