The Happy Home Cook: Buko Fruit Salad

The Happy Home Cook: Buko Fruit Salad

There are many Filipino words relating to coconut, each describing a particular variety or stage of development. Buko is the generic term, and refers to the nut when it is young but ready to eat. The young coconut needed for the salad should be thick but still tender, or malakanin (six- to seven-month green coconut).

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Suicide Among Filipinos

Suicide Among Filipinos

How common is suicide among Filipinos?

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Coming Home in Ballesteros

Coming Home in Ballesteros

An old letter reunites a clan that had dispersed across an ocean, in two countries.

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[PARTNER] A Conversation with Dolores Alforte

[PARTNER] A Conversation with  Dolores Alforte

Philippine International Aid hosts this talk featuring the Executive Director of ECPAT Philippines, Inc. (End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and the Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes) on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. at the Manilatown Heritage Foundation, 868 Kearny Street, San Francisco, CA 94108

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[PARTNER] Giving Hope to the Children 2018

[PARTNER] Giving Hope to the Children 2018

Philippine International Aid features the designs of Albert Andrada, designer of the gown of Miss Universe 2015 Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach | Sunday, November 18, 2018 | Grand Ballroom, Hyatt Embarcadero | 5 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, CA 94111.

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‘I Won the Lottery, Twice’

‘I Won the Lottery, Twice’

A Filipino deportee returns to America on its dime.

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The Happy Home Cook: Vegan Nilaga

The Happy Home Cook: Vegan Nilaga

If I have to name a dish I’ve cooked the most, that would be a Filipino soup called Nilaga.  Often times I want a dish that I can cook fast with ingredients I already have in hand like celery, carrots, cabbage, and squash. When I’m feeling generous, I’ll add quinoa too. And once I put the vegetables to a boil and mashed the squash into the broth, I’ll turn off the heat and enjoy a hot bowl of this nourishing soup. Just like that, it has become my go-to favorite.

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It's Not Pinakbet If There's No Himbaba-o

It's Not Pinakbet If There's No Himbaba-o

You think you know pinakbet? Rochit Tañedo says you’re out of your gourd.

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Weaving Stories of Our Lives

Weaving Stories of Our Lives

Find out about the warp and weft of the Philippines’ textile weaving culture.

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Watch Out World: Raul Matias, Innovative Artisan Chocolatier

Watch Out World: Raul Matias, Innovative Artisan Chocolatier

Chocolatier Raul Matias raises the Philippines chocolate profile.

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