Members of the Philippine Association of Feed Millers Inc. (PAFMI), the largest group of feed millers in the Philippines, has intensified its local corn buying, so far purchasing 133,500 metric tons (MT) of the staple during the peak harvest season. Photo by Milada Vigerova on Unsplash. The local...
So turn your baked sushi, ube cheese pandesal, milky donuts, and even your abaca face masks, anything at all, into a brand, but first have a strong vision. When the pandemic happened, we were caught off guard. We didn't know how to deal with our economic situation the first few months, unsure...
Amid the lockdown, quarantine, travel restrictions, and business closures, a star has risen to save the day: the home cook. Often someone’s aunt, mother, grandma, sister, brother, uncle, or son, the home cook is the one known among family and friends for one or more dishes prepared in a...
Ampy Fernandez, 60, a resident of Brgy. Culiat Quezon City, cooks puto't dinuguan at home to accomodate her friend's order. In a span of six months, many Filipinos have become bosses of their own businesses thanks to layoffs and companies shutting down. Here's a revelation—Filipinos really...
This Sunday (Sept. 27), GMA News and Public Affairs presents “Lockdown: Food Diaries”, a special documentary hosted by Asia’s Multimedia Star and Department of Health’s Anti-COVID19 Awareness Campaign Ambassador Alden Richards that presents how COVID-19 changed the landscape of the food...
Whether cooked sweet or savory, the mung bean makes for a mean dish A staple in any Filipino kitchen, mung bean is a nutritious and versatile ingredient. Belonging to the legume family, mung bean was cultivated in East Asia, mainly in Persia and India, and later spread to China and throughout...
How do you want your sampalok served? Sinigang is, without a doubt, the most popular soupy main dish in Filipino homes because of its versatility. It can be cooked with pork, beef, chicken, fish, or prawns, and incorporate many kinds of vegetables and root crops. Basically, it is a boiled stew...
...with no soil needed When we think of farming or planting, the basic ideas that come to mind are digging up soil, dumping in seeds, sprinkling it with some water, and letting the power of nature turn the seed into a plant. Of course, humans take part in the process. But looking at the big...
Unlike the famous tuba (coconut wine) that can be consumed right after it is collected, bahalina undergoes a fermentation process that takes at least three months. DAVAO CITY – If there’s one good thing about the prolonged liquor ban, it has helped with the aging of locally produced coconut...
Exporters and labor groups yesterday scored the Duterte administration on the way they’re handling the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Plus issue with the EU stressing the offensive statements will not do the country good especially to roughly 600,000 workers who will be affected if the...
Asia's Multimedia Star Alden Richards takes centerstage in his upcoming project with GMA Public Affairs called "Lockdown: Food Diaries" which will air on Sept. 27. “Lockdown: Food Diaries” is a documentary that offers a glimpse into the lives of various workers in the food sector and highlights...
This pandemic didn’t stop the couple from hosting a fun and memorable party This pandemic has been a rollercoaster ride from couple Arjanmar Rebeta and Khaye Medina . For one, Khaye beat Covid-19 and as soon as she stepped out of a Quezon City isolation facility, Arjanmar surprised her by going...
