Lazy Sunday afternoon, 71°F , New York City Even when I was still full from lunch, I couldn’t help but salivate when I saw the...
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“Savor the word. Swallow the world.”, Doreen Fernandez, 1994
The late Professor Doreen Fernandez is by far one of the most interesting essayists of our era. She wrote about many topics, but was most famous for her food essays and research. Here’s an article written in New York City about Ms. Doreen Fernandez....
Hardin ni Monsignor Romy
Kay hirap paniwalaan na sa gitna ng siyudad na tinaguriang kapitolyo ng mundo, sa isang likod-simbahan ay may munting hardin na hitik sa bunga ng mga gulay na tunay namang nakakagiliw. Sino ba ang hindi mapapangiti sa mga luntiang dahon at naglalakihang ampalaya, mabibilog...
Bitter is Better for Ilocanos
Ilocanos love bitter veggies making the parya (ampalaya or bittermelon) as its centerfold in most meals. I can’t count how many ways we cook the parya leaves (sometimes with the flowers, too) or its fruit in any dish. In New York, parya leaves are sold in frozen packets in most Asian...
What Makes Ilocano Food Ilocano
Ilocanos are notoriously known for being frugal. Born of an area bereft of resources, who can blame them? As far back as Pre-hispanic times, they scrimped to survive the harsh living conditions of the northern Philippines. If it were hard times for the entire...
