A-Plus Thai Place
5 days ago
You can almost smell that Spring is in the air here in NYC, pouring rain on a constant basis an...
DC - Barkada Wine Bar
12 days ago
Our 2nd stop brought us to the much talked about wine bar in the Philippine community for the pas...
NYC - Tradisyion
April 20 2021
On our 1st installment of #KULINARYATRAVELS Subway Series we go across town to the West Side to ...
DC - Purple Patch
April 12 2021
What is the current state of Philippine Food and Culture in D.C.? was the first thought I had bef...
Sashimi: a Japanese Cooking Philosophy
October 27 2020
Japan is a nation of islands, so, as in the Philippines, fish has always been a staple of the Jap...
Pass the Vegetables, Please
October 20 2020
If you sum up the number of years the three members of my small family have been vegetarian, the...
Lessons from Watermelons
October 13 2020
My first encounter with a watermelon was not at all ideal. It was on the kitchen counter. I wasn...
A Feast of Fish on Fridays*
October 6 2020
Dear Demoñito,These have been easy days for you in January, as your ward is still recovering from...
Eating Our Way Home
September 29 2020
Many childhood memories revolve around summer vacations. For my large, extended family and me, t...
The Mighty Matzo Ball
September 22 2020
After some years in Manila, I returned to the Homeland—New York City—looking forward to my first ...
Halo-Halo Hullabaloo
September 15 2020
The magic begins with a crunch that, in the blistering afternoon heat, sounds like salvation. Whe...
Simple Joys
September 8 2020
Tokyo. A shopper’s wonderland. My friends are green with envy at my good luck. Sadly, I am not a ...
Burnt Offering
September 2 2020
A recent short story I read by a Filipino writer amused me with its description of the barbecue a...
Pistang Pinoy
August 25 2020
The word “fiesta” is Spanish for party, and has been localized as “pista.” One word sums it up—e...
Food Alarm Clocks
August 18 2020
Since global 24-hour activity has screwed up our circadian rhythms, we are ever more dependent o...
The Sulô Coffee Shop: A Spark in History
August 11 2020
The essay that follows is an excerpt from a chapter in a book-in-progress by Erlinda Enriquez Pa...
The Devil’s Invention
August 4 2020
Where would the world be without spice? That pinch of fairy dust that transforms the simplest di...
The Non-Chopsticks User’s Guide to Eating with Chopsticks By MELISSA SALVA
July 28 2020
Of course you know how to eat with chopsticks. Just use them like giant tweezers and that’s all...
Revenge of the Tinola
July 22 2020
TABLE PROTOCOL AND SOUP IN RIZAL’S NOLI ME TANGEREThe Noli Me Tangere written by Jose Rizal and ...
The Lucky Food Diet
July 15 2020
Diet meal plans are aplenty – you may have encountered those involving nothing but cabbage soup,...
Lechon and Leftovers
July 8 2020
There are many things the Spanish colonization gave the Philippines, not all of them welcome. But...
Undercooked
June 30 2020
The first time I invited my boyfriend home for Sunday lunch, my mother made lasagna. It was coat...
How to Make Beef Chateaubriand
June 23 2020
1. Tie the piece of meat with butcher string using square knots. 2. Heat oven to 375*.3. Melt but...
Roast the One You Love
June 16 2020
I look at the slab of red meat in front of me, the slight smell of blood still present. I massage...
Food of the Gods
June 9 2020
Chocolate is a divine, celestial drink, the sweat of the stars, the vital seed, divine nectar, t...
The Damnable Fruitcake
May 21 2020
That November I was 20 years old. My mother had died just the past June. My father’s clan was sp...
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