By Cristina DC Pastor With lavish patriotic pride, we declare Filipino food to be the best in taste. But we also wonder: Why hasn’t the Kare Kare crossed over to mainstream American tables the way General Tso’s Chicken has? About 20 restaurant owners and chefs who gathered recently to launch Filipino Restaurant Week — from […]
By Cristina Dc Pastor There are two ways to enjoy cannabis, declared restaurateur and Filipino food innovator Nicole Ponseca: One is to smoke it, the other to make it part of food, which means consuming it as soup, meat entree or dessert. With that eye opener, Nicole explained to The FilAm the novel ways cannabis […]
By Cristina DC Pastor Filipino restaurants in Queens are trying something new: They are adding less salt and less fat to some of their dishes Kalusugan Coalition, a non-profit organization that seeks to improve the health of Filipino Americans in the New York area, has identified at least three restaurants that have committed to promoting […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0snhvyqZArE By Christian Catiis Take one look at Erwan Heussaff and you wouldn’t guess that this Philippine celeb, entrepreneur, and creator of popular food and health blog, The Fat Kid Inside, was nearly 240 pounds just a couple years ago. However, in just a few short years, Erwan has become a recognizable name in the […]
By Cristina DC Pastor This article is being published as a project of the Business Reporting Fellowship of the Center for Community and Ethnic Media at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. “Where’s Elvie?” Carla Cinco is amused. What her mother’s loyal customers are really asking is: Where’s the turo-turo? Elvie’s Turo-Turo, the first Filipino […]
By Wendell Gaa Of the many European countries that I love to read about, no other history has quite compelled me as that of Germany, for I can’t think of any other nation that has had quite the political and economic impact on continental Europe. Yes, Germany has had a troubled past, and that might […]
By Cristina DC Pastor Tito Rad’s Grill has been lording it over that forked corner of Queens Boulevard and Roosevelt Avenue for nine years. And then about two months ago Kabayan restaurant opened next door, prompting some in the FilAm community to wonder how the two eateries are getting along. The situation has been described […]
A bigger Pommes Frites will reopen in Greenwich Village in the Fall after the old store in the East Village was gutted in a fire resulting from a gas explosion, according to a crowdfunding campaign. While the store needs a total of $367,500 to get back on its feet, the Indiegogo campaign ‘Rebuild Pommes Frites’ […]
By Anne Noyes Saini Ruby Gonzalez and Lanna Andrews are celebrating their first birthdays together, with all the usual trappings: balloons, streamers, party favors, and cupcakes. But the real excitement isn’t opening the gifts—it’s the carving of the whole, spit-roasted pig. ‘Lechon’—slowly roasted over indirect heat until the pig’s outer skin is crisp and brown—is […]