On midnight curry, dancing while full, and post-bath meals.
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Questions from the Motherland
“Perhaps when it comes to Filipino food (or any food for that matter), it is everything and nothing all at once, simply meant to be savored, not dissected.”
“Filipino Enough?”: The #FKEDUP Team Questions the Question in Boston
(In this lookback of the first #FKEDUP live collaboration in Boston this past February, Paolo Espanola and Sarahlynn Pablo reflect on the team’s brunch pop-up and participation in a regional conference for Asian-American students.) Part 1 It takes a certain kind of muted masochism to… Read More
Top Filipino Dishes We Ate in 2014 by Filipino Kitchen
To say it was humid that day was an understatement. Having to walk 15 blocks to the supermarket in a polo and jeans, walk back with several bottles of patis and coconut oil, and then proceed to cook in a sweltering kitchen with an industrial size… Read More
SALO Chicago with Yana Gilbuena
(Photo credits: Cassandra Sicre & Eileen Zara, Video by SALO Series.) Cooking in a Filipino kitchen has always been chaotic for me. Oil from the frying short ribs was splattering everywhere, the oven wasn’t heating up fast enough, the person bringing the ice (who was… Read More