No trip to Baguio City is complete without a visit to the Good Shepherd Convent on Gibraltar Road. In the convent store overlooking the pine trees and rolling hills of Baguio, the nuns sell bottles of strawberry jams and preserves, ube jam, adobo peanuts and cashew brittle, as well as guava jelly, pickles, assorted pastries and, appropriately enough, a delicacy called angel cookies.
Nov. 19 saw the beginning of what promises to be some of the most exciting food events in Manila.
This diner often revisits restaurants, basically to check if the quality of food and service has improved or deteriorated. And, always anxious for new eating places, we are forever on the lookout for discoveries offering exciting dining experiences.
When I first moved to the US for school, I saw and experienced many things for the very first time.
Miss Universe Philippines 2014 Mary Jean “MJ” Lastimosa can add “sexiest vegetarian” in the country to her beauty titles after the local chapter of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) announced her feat on Wednesday.
It does not matter whether you are an executive, a stay-at-home mom or a start-up business owner, we all have at least one thing in common – an overwhelming to-do list. Pay the bills, finish grocery shopping, plan travel itinerary, pick up dry-cleaned clothes, get the house in order – it is quite never-ending.
Everyone wants one’s table this Christmas to look extra special. A little touch here and there would be great, leading up to the big day.
With Christmas just weeks away, people have been heading to malls and bazaars after work and on weekends to complete their lists. Divisoria and its bargain prices might look enticing, but the crush of shoppers on a Sunday morning—we were there by 7 a.m. three days ago—is enough to put off even the most inveterate shopper.
Even if Tagaytay is going the way of overdevelopment like Manila is, the neighboring town of Alfonso keeps the bucolic depiction of Cavite. In this environment, rolling fields and lush vegetation, coupled with good food, become the attractions of Marcia Adams restaurant.
It’s been a year since the Super Typhoon “Yolanda/ Haiyan” hit the country and killed more than 6,000 and affected 16 million. Many of the survivors are still displaced, living in bunkhouses without prospects for employment.
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