If you have a deep craving to try new flavors from a classic cuisine, cook from this collection of traditional Filipino recipes transformed to today’s dishes in an American kitchen. Award-winning journalist, author and recipe blogger Elizabeth Ann Besa-Quirino presents "My Mother's Philippine Recipes" her second cookbook, a follow up to her first cookbook “How to Cook Philippine Desserts, Cakes and Snacks”. Betty Ann, born and raised in the Philippines, of the popular blog Asian In America (www.AsianInAmericaMag.com), shares a special collection of her mother's recipes from her childhood, often cooked and served to family and friends who stopped by their home in Tarlac. Friends relished the multi-course meals her mother prepared, cooked with produce ingredients harvested from their backyard and farms, expertly grown by her father. Some family favorites in this cookbook: Sinigang na Baka with Lemongrass, Tokwa’t Lechon, Pancit Palabok, Street-style Fish Balls, Carne Asada Kapampangan, Crispy Pata, Pork Barbecue, Spanish Cocido, Lechon Manok, Beef Kalitiran Pot Roast, Pastillas de Ube, Pastillas de Leche, Ube Puto-Leche Flan and some new dishes like Salted-Egg Potato Chips, Vegetable Siomai, Kangkong Salad with Salted Egg Dressing, Mango Tempura. In this cookbook of 30 selected recipes each with full- color photographs, the author sets out to demystify the notion that mom's cooking is hard to do. Betty Ann, now based in New Jersey, shares that you just need the right ingredients to recreate the flavors, the memories and the love mom put into each recipe. This cookbook is for the novice who wants to learn how to cook classic Filipino dishes or for the culinary pro who needs traditional inspiration. "Much of what we eat is programmed not by our physiological needs,but rather by our social, cultural, religious and economic backgrounds. We inherit a lot of the eating habits and food preferences of our parents, and their parents before them, and when we become parents ourselves, we'll try to replicate these comforting foods serving it to our children in turn, linking several generations like a chain. Thus, Elizabeth Ann Besa-Quirino'scookbook My Mother's Philippines Recipes , assures that this culinary chain remains unbroken for many generations to come." -ClaudeTayag - Artist, Food Writer, Chef and TV host. "Filled with family photos and anecdotes, My Mother's Philippine Recipes is also full of inspired and delicious recipes that remind me of my own childhood." - Marvin Gapultos, author "The Adobo Road Cookbook" "Part memoir, part tribute, part cookbook all seasoned with pure joy! This delightful book is filled with beautiful photographs, loving memories and delicious recipes. What more can one ask from a cookbook?" --- Monica Bhide, Food Writer, Author "A Life of Spice" "My Mother's Philippine Recipes is a gem of a cookbook that offers a glimpse into Filipino provincial life, where relatives and friends are always welcomed with open arms and lavish home cooked meals. Elizabeth Ann Besa-Quirino chronicles this so vividly through her mother's recipes peppered with childhood memories.Inspired by her mother's nurturing spirit, the author shows us how to cook hearty Filipino dishes with heaping servings of love for our own families and friends." - Nana Ozaeta, Editor-in-Chief, FOOD Magazine. "Fueled by fond recollections of her childhood in the rural Philippines and taste memories of her mother's cooking, Elizabeth Ann Besa- Quirino has compiled a poignant treasury of soulful home cooked recipes and heartfelt stories. Whether you're an avid home cook, a kitchen novice hoping to recreate grandma's recipes, or a seasoned pro looking for traditional Pinoy inspiration, this cookbook has something for you, with love from Elizabeth Ann." ~ Pat Tanumihardja, Food Writer and Author of The Asian Grandmothers Cookbook--Home cooking from Asian American Kitchens . Elizabeth Ann Besa-Quirino is a multi-awarded winner of the Plaridel Writing Awards for best in journalism, given by the Philippine-American Press Club in San Francisco, CA. Her food essay A Hundred Mangoes In a Bottle  has won a Doreen Gamboa Fernandez Food Writing Award. She was an awardee of the FWN Filipina Women's Network 100 Most Influential Women of the World in 2013. Elizabeth Ann is an author, journalist, food writer, correspondent and blogs about Filipino recipes on her popular site Asian in America (AsianInAmericaMag.com). Born in the Philippines and raised in Tarlac, Betty Ann's way of life was molded early on by her parents' farming and agricultural business. She grew up learning to cook from her mother, Lulu Reyes Besa who made dishes from the produce grown in their backyard and farm. Her childhood home in Tarlac was well-known to friends and family as the 'home along the highway', a welcome stopover and conveniently halfway between Manila and Baguio. Based in New Jersey, USA, Betty Ann travels often to the Philippines and throug