One of the best quality of moms are being 'madiskarte'. And as a mom of two I need to be innovative in our kitchen. The main reason that we, moms, keep doing and serving the best meal for your family is because of our love for them. We wanted to impart a piece of us to them through the food that we serve. Of course their favorites.  My parents loves to cook for us, me and my siblings, so when I got married I realized that I need to be in the kitchen for my family.  I am not expose in the kitchen before, I don't know why, but I do love to cook and now I'm doing it for them. My biggest achievement of all is that I can cook on my own.

The fact that I love cooking and wanted to learn more, I always find time to read some cook book and watch some videos in order to make my dish presentable and delicious. So with this, I am happy that I got the 2nd book of Chef Tatung the "Dishkarte Sa Kusina" as I browse it, I know that I will learn more from it.

If you're not familiar with Chef Tatung or Chef Myke Tatung Sarthou, he is the “Umagang Kay Ganda’s” resident chef and currently the bestselling author of the recently released book “Dishkarte sa Kusina” by ABS-CBN Publishing. The book released contains kitchen hacks, recipes, lessons, and illustrations and serving as a comprehensive kitchen guide for Filipino homes today.

Chef Tatung, who has become popular for his no-nonsense cooking tips and animated food trivia, said his new book is a tribute to “Umagang Kay Ganda’s” audience, mothers, and homemakers who have to deal with the practical realities of not just cooking but feeding a family on a budget. “Having a good grasp of cooking skills, common sense and the creativity to innovate and cook off the fly are important in dishing out decent meals that the family will enjoy,” the culinary master shared.

The book not just offers easy-to-follow recipes, but also kitchen basics that everyone must know in storing, preparing, and cooking food in various ways. From menu planning to grocery shopping, thawing frozen items, slicing ingredients, creating sauces, and choosing the right condiments, “Dishkarte sa Kusina” serves as a handy manual that households should have on hand as a quick reference.

“I also decided to write it in conversational Filipino, Taglish, so more Filipinos can benefit from the book,” Chef Tatung revealed, noting that a good number of people in the food industry have not gone to culinary school and hoping that this book will help bridge the readers’ knowledge and skills gap.

Some of the numerous kitchen hacks the popular chef shared in the book are to use color coding in chopping boards to avoid contamination, to place vegetables losing its freshness in iced water, to take advantage of meat broth for future use, and to chop or cut fresh herbs at the last minute before serving to retain its aroma.
Chef Tatung previously authored the award-winning book “Philippine Cookery From Heart to Platter,” also published by ABS-CBN Publishing, which earned the top prize in the World Gourmand Awards for best book by a celebrity chef outside Europe (Yantai China May 2017). He was also the Philippines’ sole representative to the 15th Madrid Fusion Congress in Madrid, Spain in 2016.

Chef Tatung’s passion is the avid search for the roots of Philippine cuisine, through which he rediscovers indigenous cooking methods, connects historical facts, and relishes anthropological insights that enrich the practice of his craft, making him a prime mover in the promotion of Philippine cuisine here and abroad.
To make me cooking enriched I will find more time to read the book from cover to cover, I am hungry to learn more all about in the kitchen, because I want to serve the best food/meal for the love of my life, my family. Mommies,  level up your cooking skills with the help of Chef Tatung’s “Dishkarte sa Kusina,” exclusively available in National Book Store branches nationwide for only P350. For updates, follow @abscbnpr on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram or visitwww.abscbnpr.com.