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Comfort experience and ‘barkada’ vibes at Tradisyon
By Angelito Cabigao We may have experienced missing our favorite Filipino comfort food as a result of the pandemic. Some of our favorite restaurants have closed down and we ended up getting the ingredients to cook them ourselves. Some restaurants have pivoted to stay open to satisfy our food cravings. One of them is Tradisyon […]
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From 800, it’s now a 10,000 waitlist for Filipino flavor Kora doughnuts
By Lindy Rosales Doughnuts named after her recently departed grandmother, Corazon, and selling for $6.50 apiece. What’s so special about Kora doughnuts that it has woven this legend that 800 people are on a waiting list to buy them? It’s no legend. I found out from a visit to their Fabula Café pop-up event the waiting list is real […]
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TOFA100 to celebrate distinguished FilAms on Oct 31
By Rasmin Diaz A second batch of TOFA100 outstanding Filipinos in the fields of media, business and entrepreneurship, education and research, fashion, culinary and public service was announced last week by The Outstanding Filipinos in America (TOFA) Awards. “Entertainment and public service are among TOFA’s bigger categories because Filipino excellence truly shines through in these fields,” […]
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The Filipino Breakfast and how it usually starts with Tocino, Longanisa
By Maricar CP Hampton & Cristina DC Pastor In 1968, schoolteacher Maria Quesada and her husband Ramon, a pharmacist, arrived in the U.S., curious about opportunities in the country. They settled in San Francisco and opened two businesses – a handicrafts and furniture store and a Filipino grocery – adjacent to each other. Seeing that […]
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AMBOY: Irreverent chef’s book of modern Filipino cuisine
Alvin Cailan’s “AMBOY: Recipes from the Filipino-American Dream” is the debut collection of modern Filipino cuisine from one of America’s most dynamic and innovative chefs and restaurateurs, with interviews from writer and documentarian, Alexandra Cuerdo. Known to diners in Los Angeles and beyond for his unforgettable approach to pushing the limits of traditional Filipino cuisine, […]
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‘Painful discussions need to happen:’ NaFFAA Chair Brendan Flores on Barkada debate
By Cristina DC Pastor NAFFAA National Chairman Brendan Flores was in Mexico when the Barkada controversy blew up in the last few days of July. The Barkada Wine Bar in Washington D.C. opened on July 29, with segments of the Filipino American community accusing the bar owners of ‘cultural appropriation.’ In an instant the community […]
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An ugly brawl over a bar’s name
By Cristina DC Pastor It’s been called an “uprising,” this outcry involving a Washington D.C. wine bar and its name. It began when a local paper announced the opening of Barkada Wine Bar on July 29, pointing out that while it chose to name it after the Filipino word “barkada” — meaning the closeness of […]
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Father Leo Patalinghug: ‘Faith can be as intimate as a meal’
By Lynn Alejandrino-Topel Nobody with a crystal ball could have foreseen a breakdancer and a 3rd degree black belt holder in taekwondo would be a priest someday. Not just any priest, but a “Cooking Priest” at that! Father Leo Patalinghug is all of the above and more! After shedding his martial arts robe, he dons […]
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Brother Andrew: ‘I go to school, pray, serve the poor, and bake’
By Lynn Alejandrino-Topel “The winner of the Great American Baking Show Holiday Edition is…Brother Andrew!” The announcement was made by Emma “Baby Spice” Bunton and was met with squeals and cheers. A brown-frocked seminarian was handed his cake stand trophy made of glass. Brother Andrew Corriente’s parents and sister came around to give him hugs […]