Jenn de la Vega is a Filipinx chef based in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Currently booking small events and craft services for up to 15 in Brooklyn, NY.
11/08/2024
My grandma was really cagey about her Filipino recipes. Yesterday my uncle told me he watched her one day while she made adobo and her secret was a mix of pork, chicken, and BUTTER đ§ No wonder we all loved that sabaw so much.
I made this chicken adobo rice bowl last month and I already knew it wasnât the same as hers. My sabaw was too dark and too sharp. It made me laugh when I heard she added butter, becauseâ of courseâ she added something so simple and obvious. But we wouldnât ever think to use it! So sneaky.
11/07/2024
âNone for the queen!â
âWot?â
âYou cannot have hot chocolate, your stomach! The sugar inflames it.â
âAbigail, hand me that cup!â
A hot chocolate bar fit for a queen, specifically Queen Anne from The Favourite.
Davao Tsokokate
Cinnamon sticks
Mini marshmallows
Vanilla pirouettes
Almond pocky
Cointreau (for the baddies)
11/06/2024
I made the jjapaguri from Parasite for a birthday party where every course was from the celebrantâs Letterboxed account. I love cooking foods from movies and tv!
Katskills Kamayan! A private dinner for 7 ttrpg wizards up in Callicoon, NY. Itâs so fun to teach people about Filipino food.l and how to eat it.
Steamed Jasmine rice with crispy garlic
Vegan pinakbet
Chicken inasal
Chorizo de Cebu
Pickled mango salad
Jujube sawsawan
11/04/2024
Obsessed with kimbap as a leftover delivery vehicle. Cured tuna, black sesame rice, carrot, cucumber, and arugula.
11/02/2024
New merch! WIDE ASS YOLK is a tribute to my favorite farm fresh food: eggs đł
WIDE ASS YOLK is inspired by my love of popping egg yolks. Special thanks for Dave Drusky for the idea.
11/02/2024
A beautiful post-kamayan mess đž
11/01/2024
The G. BIV of a rainbow spread at đ
Cucumber with scallion cream cheese and wasabi tobiko
Fava bean toasties
Stone fruit caprese crostini
Blue potato, butterfly creme fraiche, and vegan
Teal labneh with dill
10/31/2024
My next book is out April 8, 2025! I tested a small collection of recipes in the official Studio Ghibli My Neighbor Totoro cookbook đ± It was already released in Japanese and I was so excited to take on a project so close to my heart. The cooking level is easy for kids with help from a parent (the rest of you can DM me for cooking help đ).
I beg you, dress up with your barkada and take nice photos. It will heal so much generational trauma đ Big thank you to for reaching out a while ago about collaborating on a photo shoot, Filipina partnership hits different!
It began a couple years on Twitter when I followed a bunch of Filipino journalists en masse, namely , , , and . I felt a certain COVID-era cultural loneliness living in New York. Following another person online who âgets it,â was comforting. My family is mostly in California, the large support system of someone always being not-so-far away has beenâŠfar away for the past 17 years. Growing up, we ate Filipino food together in a weekly basis, but living on my ownâthose habits slowly faded away into the Metropolitan hustle.
As a new group, it started with a small potluck, then a big potluck, karaoke, a group kamayan reservation, and anotherâmore people joined us at many different tables to stuff our faces silly with familiar foods and laugh loudly from the lowest parts of our bellies (the only way a fellow Filipino can do). I get it now. We go to each others pop-ups, book launches, museum exhibits, weddings, and birthdays; much like my real family who gets invited to a special occasion every weekend of the calendar year.
I will move mountains for these people. And yes, you can find this kind of camaraderie in your 30âs and 40âs. I am absolutely grateful I did đ”đ
10/30/2024
Meet Janani Elavazhagan, IACP nominated author, stylist, and photographer for her book, The Effortless Baker.
Jenn de la Vega interviewed food industry professionals on the IACP Awards green carpet at New York City College of Technology in Brooklyn.Follow along:http:...
10/26/2024
Kiki Aranita of The Philadelphia Inquirer stopped by to tell me about her IACP food column nomination and plans for her dog, Coconut Aranita
Jenn de la Vega interviewed food industry professionals on the IACP Awards green carpet at New York City College of Technology in Brooklyn.Follow along:http:...
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Videos
This is how stir makgeolli without shaking it
A morning pop for you
My friends hosted a dumpling party. We traded homemade baggies at the park and ate them together for dinner đ„
Sometimes you need a chicken parm
Christmas campfire sâmores on cracker toffee by Emily!
My friend Sara made a very pretty beet and sweet potato dip with chopped pistachios on top
The term ârandwichesâ or random sandwiches was coined by two employees at Etsy, who were some of my first clients. Randwiches is an experimental catering project where clients are given no choice in what they order. I don't exclusively make sandwiches, but the whimsical nature of the unexpected and educational food experience is what Iâm all all about.
I went from takawmata picky eater to wide-eyed culinary autodidact who buries herself in archaic cookbooks and food science lab reports. On menus, you'll find a mash-up of my Filipino-American heritage, Spanish tapas, and 90's inspired fast-food cuisine. Iâve honed my skills at Home/Made Brooklyn and Roquette catering as well as through cooking competitions like The Takedowns and bbq pop ups at bars like Project Parlor.
Youâll also see my work online as editor-at-large of Put A Egg On It: Tasty Zine! and author of Showdown: Comfort Food, Chili & BBQ. My goofy face has appeared as a Guyâs Grocery Games (Food Network) contestant and ChefShock with Justin Warner (Twitch Creative).
I love talking about communal food experiences, new technology and teaching people how to cook. If you have a questions or want to work with me, please get in touch!
