TY - BOOK AU - O'Boyle, Lily Gamboa. AU - local TI - Pacific crossings: a Philippine cookbook SN - 0-944863-25-6 AV - F TX 724.5.P6 Ob5 1994 PY - 1994/// CY - New York PB - Acacia Corporation KW - Cookery, Philippine KW - sears N2 - The book is a voyage of rediscovery. The author, again explores the cuisine of her childhood - a time honored cooking style, steeped in tradition that is now experiencing a rebirth in the hands of a number of talented and well trained Filipino chefs who are not only resurrecting regional cookery but experimenting with new and exciting dishes by combining flavors and blending Oriental with Western culinary techniques. The 100 recipes presented in this book are based on a cuisine shaped by the influence of many countries that have at one time or another occupied this island nation. Illustrated with 50 color photographs shot by Bill McConnell, the bookwill surely delight the eye and whet the appetite of any reader who has ever dreamed of crossing the Pacific ER -