Featured image: WRITING FROM THE HEART AND THE GUT Food critic Ruth Reichl inspired many food writers I wanted to write like Ruth Reichl. In addition to being a food critic for The New York Times and editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine, she has written cookbooks, a novel, several memoirs on her...
Extracted from the fruit of the palm tree, the oil is used in a wide range of food products, personal care items, animal feeds, and biofuels due to its unique properties. Most supermarkets, including sari-sari stores, around the country are selling palm oil for its low prices. It can easily be found...
Featured image: SPIRITS ON HIGH Solaire head sommelier Daniel Blais and guest bar and wine experts Hakihiro Igarashi, Élyse Lambert, and Luis de Santos What do Enrico Bartolini of Milan, Rene Frank of Berlin, Alvin Leung of Hong Kong and Canada, Tohru Nakamura of Munich, and Rui Silvestre of...
Featured image: A PROUD HISTORY OF WORKING TOGETHER From left Tourism Usec. Mae Elaine Bathan representing Sec. Christina Frasco, Duros Group of Companies president Fe Barino and chairman Lito Barino and Liloan Mayor Aljew Frasco By Pete L. Dacuycuy Months before the pandemic hit in early 2020,...
Featured image: DAUM BEST CEO Benjamin Brami will bring the luxury French brand to the Philippines this year It’s not an exaggeration to say that French crystal maker Daum is one of a kind. All companies tell you their products are unique, unmatched, special. But Daum, literally, is sui generis....
Featured image: SŒURETRE French Ambassador Michèle Boccoz (middle) with talk show guests, from left, MJ Lamoste, Diane Bartolome, Daisy Omega, Carol RH Malasig, Tetyana, and Olena Sabado The Philippines has a rich history of women’s participation in diplomacy. In fact, the country’s first...
Featured image: NO BOUNDARIES Lawyer Nadine Karim Barrat believes we need more empowered women lead By Ayunan G. Gunting They say that Mindanao has a lot of untapped potential. I couldn’t agree more, especially when I had lived long enough to see how Muslims persevere to raise the bar and break...
The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Visual Arts and Museum Division (CCP VAMD) celebrates the National Women’s Month with the exhibit “Woman: Thesis and Antithesis,” featuring selected artworks from the CCP 21AM Collection, on view from March 21 to June 24 at the Yuchengco Museum in...
Featured image: FORCE FOR GOOD Joseph C. Sy, Chito Recto, Toby Gan, the artist, House of Hope’s Dr. Mae Dolendo, and Ambassador Mindy Cruz By Tiffany Wong Philanthropist and visual artist Joyce Herrera Wong opened her third solo art exhibition and fundraiser on Feb. 20 to a private but packed...
By Danah Guiterrez A Thai restaurant that ditches the Pad Thai and Tom Yum on their menu? Now that piques a foodie’s interest. KhaoKhai has the guts to skip Thailand’s most popular dishes to go beyond what we’ve always known. The unique “Thai Chicken House”continues to introduce the...
Images Justin Louise Soriano There is a vulnerability about Heart Evangelista that is exquisite and captivating. Never does she stride or strut into a room; often she saunters, sometimes hesitates, even as in her role as a fashion icon, she is expected to walk tall, make big steps, execute a grand...
By Junie Del Mundo Nation branding has been an advocacy of mine for a number of years now. Even before the pandemic, I was already calling on government agencies and business leaders to collaborate and lay the groundwork for a strong and defined Philippine brand that could raise our profile in the...
