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Filipino food, is this a thing now?

Take a look at this interesting graphic pulled from the pages of none other than Travel & Leisure’s April 2013 issue, AKA “The Food Issue”….

Filipino Cuisine: Just right of just right, Travel & Leisure Magazine

On a scale of Overhyped (closest to this: cupcakes, tomato foam and no-bookings policies) to Underrated (closest to this: paletas, or ice pops; tomato sauce and accepting reservations), just to the right of Just Right, Filipino Cuisine falls on the Underrated side of the continuum. Is Filipino food becoming a thing now?

I don’t know, but it’s always been my thing. Continue reading “Filipino food, is this a thing now?”

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60 Days to Christmas! Pasko and Bibingka time!

It’s late October and many of my friends are buying their fake blood and zombie costumes and pulling out their Michael Jackson’s Thriller long-format tracks. Oh, and of course, getting ready for the World Series. (sigh.)

But here in the Philippines, we’re already looking forward to Christmas. Soon as one of the so-called -BER months (SeptemBER, OctoBER…) takes a turn on the calendar, Filipinos dust off their parol, traditional star-shaped Christmas lanterns made of bamboo and colorful paper or capiz shell. A cartoon Pasko countdown finishes the tv evening news broadcast – seventy days na lang!  In the malls, the soundtracks change from pop hits like Gangam Style to classic carols like Baby, It’s Cold Outside. Ironic, of course, because it doesn’t get colder than the high 70s in Manila.  Continue reading “60 Days to Christmas! Pasko and Bibingka time!”

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Giada De Laurentiis’s Filipino Chicken Adobo, Cultural Appropriation and the White Savior

“Turn on the Food Network right now,” Jenny texted me, “Giada’s making chicken adobo.”

“FILIPINO chicken adobo?”

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