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The legacy of The Oasis Paco Park Hotel and the treasures inside My Kitchen restaurant. The Oasis Paco Park Hotel (Image from TripAdvisor) The Oasis Paco Park Hotel, secretly loved and shared by business travelers, foreign correspondents, and retirees, is no more. Gone too are its major...

From sweet treats to savory dishes, there is more to discover from this humble fruit. Santol (Photo from Shutterstock) Many of the summer fruits of our childhood remain unknown to today’s young Filipinos who are familiar only with bananas, mango, avocado, and pineapple. Only a few recognize...

Diskarte is a Filipino word that does not quite translate accurately. It is what Filipinos resort to in times of crisis. The best way to explain what it means is by citing examples of how various kinds of diskarte have been used ingeniously to survive, or even flourish, in these difficult times....

The long vine of the purple yam's influence on Filipino household and cuisine. Ube halaya (Photo by Obsidian Soul) The purple yam we all know as ube is currently the most popular agricultural product, appearing in many new culinary creations. This comes as no surprise; ube has always been...