Coconut Kitchen: Appetizers and Main Dishes (Newport, Maria Regina Tolentino)

FROM MEAT TO SHELL, COCONUT KITCHEN BRINGS YOU MANY WAYS TO MAKE APPETIZERS AND MAIN DISHES ABOLUTELY HEALTHY AND DELICIOUS! EACH RECIPE HAS BEEN PERSONALLY SELECTED, TESTED AND RETESTED BY THE AUTHOR WITH YOU, THE READER AND HOME COOK, IN MIND. THIS COOKBOOK ALSO FEATURES COCONUT-BASED RECIPES FROM THE FOLLOWING WELL-KNOWN PERSONALITIES IN THE CULINARY WORLD: AMY BESA AND ROMY DOROTAN, NORMA CHIKIAMCO, PIA IM-CASTILLO, ELIZABETH ANN QUIRINO, IGE RAMOS, BETH ROMUALDEZ AND EDITHA C. SINGIAN. MARIA REGINA "REGEE" T. NEWPORT IS A CORDON BLEU GRADUATE (SUMMA CUM LAUDE) OF THE ORLANDO CULINARY ACADEMY IN FLORIDA. HER DECISION TO ATTEND CULINARY SCHOOL REPRESENTED A HUGE CAREER CHANGE AFTER HER RETIREMENT FROM THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND IN WASHINGTON, D.C. SHE HAS SINCE SELF-PUBLISHED A COOKBOOK FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. SHE FOUNDED AND SERVED AS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE CULINARY HISTORIANS OF THE PHILIPPINES (CHOP), A MANILA BASED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO THE STUDY, PRESERVATION AND PROMOTION OF THE CULINARY HERITAGE OF THE PHILIPPINES.