Sugarcane is a visually delicious collection of 80 recipes that offers extraordinary flavor combinations. Drawing on her Filipino heritage and bolstered by her years of professional recipe development, Arlyn pairs classic Filipino flavors with Western techniques.
Amidst the recipes and vibrant full-color photos are meaningful personal narratives and enchanting tales that illuminate the history and tradition of the Philippines.
 
“When I was growing up, the food at my family table fit neatly into one of two categories: Filipino or American. They coexisted but never coalesced,” writes Arlyn Osborne in the introduction to this book of baking recipes. Here Osborne invites the two to really come together. She adds buttermilk to banana-leaf-wrapped bibingka that’s studded with fresh berries, and stirs creamy red bean paste into brownies. She torches the top of the classic mango sago, and reimagines pan de coco as a sticky bun. The pie and tart section called my name: pineapple pie, pandan coconut cream, a bubble tea tart…You may have trouble choosing what to make first.