Hello, Yummy.Ph Reader!

When I was a kid, my family and I used to spend our summers in Isabela, where my lola and my aunts live. One of my aunts was (and still is) a prolific and avid baker, and it was from her that I learned how to bake my first chocolate cake and how to make the best oatmeal chocolate chip cookies — my first forays into baking, which eventually led me to fall in love with the kitchen and all the food preparation that happens in it.

Sometimes, my aunt would visit us in Manila, too, often with the promise of baking something with me. But whether we were vacationing in Isabela or firing up my mom’s old oven at home, my aunt would always have some food magazines with her… and one of those magazines was Yummy.