Foot and Fire

AS SEVENTH POST FOR THE #foodflixflex which my friends and I will be doing this September to celebrate food and cinema, I present you my Duck in Rose Petal Sauce (turned out to be more like Duck with Macadamia Sauce) which is inspired by Laura Esquivel's magical realism novel and the 1992 movie version of it which was very faithful to the book both entitled, Like water for chocolate. I always have a slip of the tongue when saying the title. I say, Like hot water for chocolate. Maybe because this book is about deep longing, true love, hindered desires. So I imagine that Tita melts like chocolate because Pedro is the hot water.     On the March entry, Tita received a bouquet of roses from Pedro to congratulate her on her first year as ranch cook. The roses which were pink became red when Tita clasped it and her blood mixed in the petals. A chemical reaction began without her knowing. Tita felt she has to do something special abou...

Roses *** yellow flower *** pink bougainvillea *** fiery orange Fire Tree *** Pink bells *** carnation pink flower *** pretty flower *** potted roses *** bougainvillea *** bougainvillea *** A photo of me by the bougainvillea outside our Coron Reef room. ***

THE FOUNTAIN OF SUGARCANE, CARABAO, TRAIN, COCK, AND DRUM. Series of 2010. Detail, Carabao. Detail, train. A MONUMENT OF PASALAMAT DRUM BEATERS...known for the upbeat, mardigras-like festivity, Pasalamat has its signature dance and drumbeats. Detail of the fountain. Must be Goddess of Thankfulness... The heart of the city, the city hall. Offering thanks to the heavens... a red bloom after the rain. a yellow rose saying hi to me! another red lovable awesome rose! roses in bunch... don't pick. Detail, carabao. another rosey rose.  RANDOM SHOTS! All series of 2010.