First in the back-to-back release is Simpol Kitchen Secrets, a guidebook on cooking skills
The second is Baking Simpol, a cookbook with 100 recipes for desserts, breads, and pastries.
Chef Tatung, who has earned praises for his innovative takes on dessert classics such as
bibingka cheesecake, tsok-Nut cake, and pichi-pichi with torched queso de bola topping,
lays down the art, crumb by crumb, to satisfy your sweet tooth any time, any day.
“’Yung culinary knowledge natin it belongs to the people. Kasi hindi naman orihinal na ideya
na nanggaling sa akin. Hindi naman siya kaalaman na ako ‘yung nakadiskubre,” says Chef
Tatung.
“Kung ako natutunan ko siya dahil may mga taong nagturo sa akin, may mga taong nag-share
sa akin, bakit ko ipagkakait sa tao na matuto din?”
So, for those who are looking to elevate their Christmas feast or just searching for the perfect
Secret Santa gift, Chef Tatung has you covered just in time.
Simpol Kitchen Secrets is already out last November 30, followed by Baking Simpol two
weeks later. Both books are available locally and abroad through Lazada, Shopee, Amazon US,
Amazon Canada, Amazon SG, and eBay.
The two titles shall be published under Vertikal Books, a boutique press specializing in the
creative nonfiction genre, specifically culinary content.
Simpol Kitchen Secrets and Baking Simpol shall be the fifth and sixth books penned by
Chef Tatung. His previous works have won the prestigious World Gourmand Awards in
Paris, France. Last October, two of his bestselling books, Rice to the Occasion: Kanin to
Kakanin and Simpol: The Cookbook, were also featured in the Frankfurt Book Fair, one of the
largest and oldest trade fairs for books and content in the world.
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