The Happy Home Cook: Vegan Dinuguan

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The Happy Home Cook: Vegan Dinuguan

There’s no doubt about it, Dinuguan is one scary-looking dish. It’s all black with mysterious looking ingredients (because they’re covered in thick, black sauce). Also, learning that the sauce is pig’s blood grosses people out. But the reason Filipinos don’t mind its appearance is because the taste makes up for it. It has the perfect balance of savory, sweet, with a touch of tang. It’s rich, creamy, and perfect with starch like steamed rice or steamed rice cake aka puto.

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Washington SyCip, a Remembrance

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Washington SyCip, a Remembrance

Washington SyCip, one of the Philippines' most respected philanthropists, passed away at the age of 96 on October 7, 2017.

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The Untold Story of Nina Thomas: The American Woman who could have been First Lady of the Philippines

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The Untold Story of Nina Thomas: The American Woman who could have been First Lady of the Philippines

The woman Manuel L. Quezon would’ve married had Philippine independence not been in the way.

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Playing the Assimilation Game

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Playing the Assimilation Game

It’s no surprise that transportation secretary Elaine Chao is standing by Donald Trump.

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Book Review: Laurel Fantauzzo’s The First Impulse

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Book Review: Laurel Fantauzzo’s The First Impulse

The murders of two cinephile expatriate lovers inspired Laurel Fantauzzo’s book, which combines elements of mystery, reportage, memoir, biography and elegy.

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[PARTNER] FACINE 24 Celebrates a Century of Filipino Films

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[PARTNER] FACINE 24 Celebrates a Century of Filipino Films

FACINE 24 runs from October 20 to 22, 2017 at Roxie Theater in San Francisco. The longest-running festival of films from the Philippines and the Filipino diaspora, FACINE bestows the Gintong Ani Award (Lifetime Achievement) on Filipino filmmaker,  historian Nick Deocampo; Pre- and post-festival events include Lecture on Secret History of Philippine Cinema by Andrew Leavold (October 18), Short Films Competition (October 19); Trainors Training Workshop by Prof. Deocampo (October 23).

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[PARTNER] Hirabayashi, Yasui, Korematsu Families File Brief in Supreme Court in Opposition to Travel Ban

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[PARTNER] Hirabayashi, Yasui, Korematsu Families File Brief in Supreme Court in Opposition to Travel Ban

The children of Gordon Hirabayashi, Minoru Yasui, and Fred Korematsu today filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court opposing Executive Order No. 13780, the Trump administration’s travel ban on nationals from six Muslim-majority nations, pointing to the unjust incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII as an urgent warning against presidential powers run amok.

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The Happy Home Cook: Calamares a la Trillanes

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The Happy Home Cook: Calamares a la Trillanes

Another recipe from Pulutan: From the Soldiers' Kitchen by Elmer D. Cruz and Emerson R. Rosales. Ellen T. Tordesillas and Yvonne T. Chua, editors (Anvil Publishing, 2007).

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Delicious Sandy Daza

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Delicious Sandy Daza

Man-about-town, TV star and fabulous chef Sandy Daza sometimes meets a dish he’d rather forget; but only sometimes

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The Happy Home Cook: Kare-Kare and Bagoong Alamang Guisado

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The Happy Home Cook: Kare-Kare and Bagoong Alamang Guisado

Chef Sandy Daza shares his recipe for a classic Filipino comfort food.

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