About Mesa ni Misis' Bahay Kubo Kitchen: Bahay Kubo Kitchens is a series highlighting different cuisines from the different regions of the Philippines. It will showcase their local cuisines and cultures through their unique perspectives in the kitchen to encourage localized plant-based diets among...
Moving to a place outside one’s homeland is a major life event and not everyone is lucky to have a smooth transition. The adjustment period can be tough in many aspects, including having to deal with unfamiliar dishes and practices. Christine Mallon-Odzic, 31, a native of Iloilo City, faced...
We are kicking off Women’s month at Mesa ni Misis with our Bahay Kubo Kitchen series with Sheryl Ocampo, featuring El Nido. Hailed as “The world’s most beautiful beach” by travel magazines, El Nido also boasts a bounty of indigenous crops that are underutilized in our daily cooking. Through...
Suzi Entrata-Abrera If you’ve watched the animated film Ratatouille, you’d learned that food can be associated with memories. Maybe you’ve even experienced it yourself, with a bowl of champorado that brought you back to slower days in the province or a serving of palabok that reminded you of...
When you have a home with a classic or traditional design, and you want to take a modern spin with it, you need to keep in mind that the complexity and uniqueness of the details in every design are essential. You can achieve an exceptional modern home by knowing what to decorate and prepare that...
At Mindanao Art, this cuisine using ancient culinary traditions takes center stage By Karlo Antonio Galay David Photos by EJ Fernandez IMMORTAL FOOD Datu Hudson Bayawan smoking kusangus , and Obo Monuvu cuisine Dinugdug no Owsiya before ice cream is added Monanam no kokaan, diid patoy —good...
Learning their way around the kitchen, trying out new recipes, and discovering other methods of cooking have been a way for many to use their quarantine time at home productively. We think we can all agree that the overall food trend in 2020 is all about do-it-yourself (DIY). And this one guy took...
The Test Kitchen throws a special dinner celebrating its first anniversary in its new location at One Rockwell In November last year, Josh Boutwood ’s The Test Kitchen moved to a new, better location at One Rockwell in Makati. It wasn’t only a change of address, the chef also decided upon...
Small kitchen appliances a hit during pandemic Raul Joseph Concepcion, chairman and CEO of CIC (Photo credit: https://www.cic.ph ) Sales of small kitchen appliances dramatically shoot up by 50 percent during this pandemic period, but still not enough to offset the overall 50 percent decline in...
The Gallery By Chele team shows us how to beat the virus in the kitchen ‘Let’s bring positivism back. Let’s make everyone understand the importance of our industry to many people and do what we do best, hospitality’—Chele Gonzalez To overcome the deadly pandemic, there are two key things...
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...
Young globetrotter Angely Dub takes a detour from travel industry to selling ihaw- ihaw for a cause Angely Dub is serving looks...and isaw . When unemployment soared and establishments shut down, people turned to the internet for coping strategies, new business models—and thrived...
