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Australian-born Yasmin Newman publishes book on Filipino cuisine, culture
Despite the Philippines’ location right in the middle of Southeast Asia, most people know very little about the country and even less about its cuisine. For Filipinos, food is more than sustenance; it is their cultural language. Filipinos use food to apologize, woo a woman, ask a favor, or say thank you; it fills in […]
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Ramon Gil is creating a comic book anthology by Filipino illustrators
Advertising man Ramon Gil gave up his dream to be a comic book creator 20 years ago, but in mid-life has decided to give his first love another shot. Gathering local FilAm artists like Rudy Nebres (DC/Marvel), and Len Peralta (“Geek-a-week”) as well as Philippine-based illustrators like Ryan Orosco (“Darna”), Lui Antonio (“Red Sonja”), Gilbert […]
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Maya Angelou tells her florist: ‘Oh, I love Filipinos.’
By Cristina DC Pastor There was never a tangled Christmas tree light in the many years – since 1998 – that florist Dennis Josue had been decorating the Harlem home of Maya Angelou. But one time was embarrassingly memorable. Dennis of Fantasia Floral Design on the Upper East Side, was called back to Angelou’s house. […]
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Book on California’s ‘Little Manila’ to have a New York debut on Feb. 12
Not long after 1898, when the United States claimed the Philippines as an American colony, Filipinos became a vital part of the agricultural economy of California’s fertile San Joaquin Delta. In downtown Stockton, they created Little Manila, a vibrant community of hotels, pool halls, dance halls, restaurants, grocery stores, churches, union halls, and barbershops. It […]
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How one middle-class family made the wrenching decision to leave the Philippines
By Cristina DC Pastor ‘How Sweet the Mango, No? The Journey of a Hispanic Amerasian’ By Matthias Mendezona BookSurge/CreateSpace Publishing May 2009 Much like Forrest Gump, Matthias Mendezona found himself playing cameo roles through various episodes in his country’s history. Like the Tom Hanks character, Mendezona emerged from a series of debacles in his life […]
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Nelson Navarro memoir to launch Jan. 16 at Philippine Center
The international launch of Nelson A. Navarro’s memoir, “The Half-Remembered Past,” will be held at the Philippine Center on Fifth Avenue on January 16th at 7 p.m. Journalist, biographer and TV talk show host Navarro is now based in Manila, but he lived in New York for 17 years as a political exile from the […]
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In literary fundraiser, Filipino American writers recall a love affair with typhoons
By Cristina DC Pastor Jackie Aguilos Duerr from Kinnelon, New Jersey came to a fundraiser organized by Filipino American novelists, poets and journalists. She left the event feeling upbeat rather than downhearted. ‘Kaya natin: We can do this’ was a fundraiser like no other. Discarding the traditional moment of silence in remembering the dead, the […]
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Marie Claire Lim Moore’s book gets positive reviews; PHL launch slated for Dec. 6
The memoir “Don’t Forget the Soap: And Other Reminders from my Fabulous Filipina Mother” by new author Marie Claire Lim Moore, debuted on top of Amazon’s Hot New Releases and has been reaping rave reviews since its September 17th launch at the Philippine Center. Reader Estela Reyes writes on Amazon how the book is an […]
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A Filipina journeys through 2 marriages, 3 books and a life lived fully
By Heidy Ramos At the age of 16, I was a runaway, working in a tailor shop. At that time, I met my first husband Nick in Subic, Zambales, where he was stationed by the U.S. Navy. After getting married, Nick and I were relocated to Vallejo, California. In a naval housing community, we raised […]