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What foods are associated with Easter? Apart from the Easter egg, Filipinos, known for their festive spirit and love for gathering with loved ones, associate Easter with a variety of foods. In Filipino households, the hot, soupy-sweet dish bilo-bilo is often linked to Easter celebrations....

Meet the Kakanin Squad Lapong, Buri, and Tapay Kakanin or sweet rice cakes are among staples of a Filipino fiesta banquet. They are tasty and are always meant for sharing. These dishes also reflect Filipino culture and culinary traditions, from their sticky texture that symbolizes familial bond to...

How the pandemic reacquainted Filipinos with our own native delicacies MUST LOVE NATIVE DELICACIES A bilao of kakanin including puto, kuntsinta, and pichi-pichi When I think back on this pandemic in the future, I will remember deep anxiety. I will remember endless days and endless nights, the thrum...

Mini-documentary series on Philippine cuisine released in line with 2021 Quincentennial Commemorations FILIPINO FOOD AND FILMS Some of the most well-known Filipino foods everywhere, with pancit, sinigang na hipon, lumpia, menudo, and adobo The National Quincentennial Committee in collaboration with...