The season of holiday feasts lasts way beyond Christmas and New Year, stretching the household cook’s imagination and ability to turn holiday leftovers into appetizing new meals. Many Filipino party favorites are good ingredients for recipes that sometimes turn out better than the original....
All I want for Christmas is chicken macaroni, just simple elbow pasta, boneless chicken, and cheese, like cheddar, though I don’t mind Gruyere or Gouda or even Brie, just leave the rind out. No raisins, and please no broccoli, no spinach. I like the ritual of bedashing my salad with black pepper...
Local food producers made another appeal to Filipinos to buy local chicken, fish, and pork during the holidays, as this will not only provide consumers fresh options but will also help their industry, which is still reeling from the impact of previous lockdown restrictions and continuous...
Two poultry farms from the Philippines have been approved by the South Korean government to export chicken to the East Asian country. In formal communication, Maria Alilia Maghirang, the country’s Agriculture Attache in Seoul, informed Agriculture Secretary William Dar of the final approval of...
Chef Jam Melchor, president of the Philippine Culinary Heritage Movement, shares his recipe of the stuffed chicken dish Holiday Stuffed Chicken Galantina December draws closer. What helps make the season bright, at least according to the Yuletide music staple “Chestnuts Roasting on an Open...
Amid the continuous entry of imported chicken into the country and the threat of local raisers to cut their production, the Philippines' chicken output during the first nine months of the year went down by 1.4 percent to 425,890 metric tons (MT) liveweight. Data from the Philippine Statistics...
Either dining alone or with our loved ones at home, we can always turn to KFC when we're looking for exciting food choices to perk up our seemingly monotonous everyday meals amid the community restrictions. What better way to fire up your day with KFC’s Spicy OG meals. KFC has proven itself...
TURNING HAINANESE Clockwise from top left: Green veggies with superior oyster sauce, fish head curry, fried tofu, and Hainanese Chicken There was a belief I used to hang on to. Countries with tropical weather like we have here are usually third world. I blamed the weather for the lazy attitude of...
Poultry raisers threaten to cut down production By Madelaine B. Miraflor A group of local poultry raisers has threatened to cut down their production if the government will not act on the crisis they are currently experiencing brought about by low demand, high production cost, and high levels of...
The Philippine government was told to temporarily suspend the importation of chicken and other poultry products amid several outbreaks of severe bird flu in Asia and Europe. Rosendo So, chairman of Samahang Industriya sa Agrikultura (SINAG), said in a statement Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021, that the...
The Philippines’ major commercial poultry producers are ready for the ‘Christmas rush’, with consumers assured of the supply and stable prices. Vitarich Corporation spokesperson Atty. Karen Jimeno said that when it comes to supply, the company is “ready for the Christmas rush and the...
Demand for chicken in the Philippines is not yet picking up despite the start of the Christmas season, and the local poultry industry is not expecting a recovery anytime soon. United Broilers Raisers Association (UBRA) Chairman Gregorio San Diego Jr. told Business Bulletin that one of the biggest...
