How I quit smoking after 21 years
On Valentine’s Day 2018, I quit smoking after 21 years. I picked up the habit before I peaked in puberty and never stopped.…
For Bacolod native An Klein Javier, who has been working in Thailand for the past three years, home is where the inasal is.
A quiet revolution has taken place in the supermarket in the last two decades. Sunnywood Superfoods Corp., a local company,...
In the cool season, people in rural areas would make fires and sit around them to get warm and chat together.
This rice/corn substitute has been promoted by the government for a few years now but only recently has it been growing in popularity among netizens.
The third installment of the much anticipated gastronomy congress called Madrid Fusión Manila came to an end two weekends ago.
FamilyMart’s Donburi Bowls start at P59 for Sweet and Sour Pork, Pork Steak and Chicken Adobo; and P69 for Chicken Bulgogi, Beef Teriyaki or Beef Kaldereta. Two additions are Chicken Galantina and Pork Binagoongan rice meals.
“The Great American Barbecue-Texas Style” trade reception hosted by US Chargé d’Affaires Michael S. Klecheski at his residence last Sept. 1 was a feast. The event featured renowned guest chef Jay McCarthy, who was born in New York, raised in Jamaica and educated in Texas.
There is a story, often abrogated but never entirely repealed, that Eskimos have over a hundred words for snow; simply because they have so much snow, and it informs every aspect of their lives, so they need different words to describe it.
For years the patis bought off supermarket shelves was fairly homogenous: various brands of dark-brown liquor that was quite salty and packed a polite punch. My generation, at least, grew up thinking that this was the only taste possible for fish sauce.
Rice, sardines, corned beef, instant coffee and clean water are what should be on everyone’s mind right now, as well as how to get them to the people most in need. The weekend news cycle had been kind to the typhoon survivors because the circus at the Senate had taken a break, and footage from the Visayas was just beginning to trickle in.
