Kalsada Coffee’s Long and Winding Road

Kalsada Coffee’s Long and Winding Road

How a 1909 photograph of Filipino coffee merchants in Seattle led to a new company that markets a special Benguet coffee.

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The Happy Home Cook: Calamansi-Lemon Muffins

The Happy Home Cook: Calamansi-Lemon Muffins

I was told there are calamansi muffins much sought after at a café-restaurant in Boracay, a favorite beach destination in the Philippines. Many have written to ask me if I knew the secret recipe. 

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‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ Goes Gaga for a Filipino

‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ Goes Gaga for a Filipino

A U.S. television sitcom has a Filipino American hunk as the love interest.

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Pinoyspotting: Fiji and New Caledonia

Pinoyspotting: Fiji and New Caledonia

Finding Filipinos in the South Pacific

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Soup Tales and Big Breakfasts

Soup Tales and Big Breakfasts

Everything you need to know about Ilocano cuisine.

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The Happy Home Cook: Igado

The Happy Home Cook: Igado

Igado is popular Ilocano delicacy made from pork tenderloin and a pig's innards.

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Mikey Ilagan, Everybody Loves This Geek

Mikey Ilagan, Everybody Loves This Geek

Geek is beautiful.

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Quirino at 125: A Statesman and Survivor

Quirino at 125: A Statesman and Survivor

A kinsman remembers the late Philippine President Elpidio Quirino.

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The Filipino Who Ticked Off the Big, Bad Russian Bear

The Filipino Who Ticked Off the Big, Bad Russian Bear

When a Filipino diplomat made Nikita Khrushchev lose his cool for the world to see.

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Bongbong Tries to Explain VP Run to Mom

Bongbong Tries to Explain VP Run to Mom

The real reason Bongbong Marcos is running only for vice president.

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