The Happy Home Cook: Mushroom Pusit

The Happy Home Cook: Mushroom Pusit

Ever since I discovered the versatility of mushroom in cooking, I have been using them as alternative to squid, clams, oysters, pork fat, even pork intestines (sadly, pig insides are a common Filipino ingredient).

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Sisig Bangus at Hotel am Brillantengrund

Sisig Bangus at Hotel am Brillantengrund

Fashion, art, culinary diplomacy and Filipino food in Vienna.

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Our Most-read Stories of 2019

Our Most-read Stories of 2019

Always worth another read. The 10 top stories that captivated you most in the year just passed. 

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How to Read Your Stars in 2020

How to Read Your Stars in 2020

What’s in store for 2020? Read the stars.

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The Happy Home Cook: Seitan Bistek from Hotel am Brillantengrund

The Happy Home Cook: Seitan Bistek from Hotel am Brillantengrund

At Hotel am Brillantengrund in Vienna, Chef Frezida Mangalino makes her seitan — a wheat-based meat substitute — in-house. This labor-intensive process involves kneading and washing dough, then simmering it with aromatics for 24 hours. If you don't have that kind of time on your hands, you can make a quick vegan bistek using store-bought seitan.

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Last Christmas

Last Christmas

A father’s advice to her immigrating daughter always gives a warm glow to her Christmases away from home.

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Modern Pilgrims Find Each Other in Northern Spain

Modern Pilgrims Find Each Other in Northern Spain

Seeing Northern Spain with modern tourists from the Philippines.

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The Happy Home Cook: Biko Kulabasa - Rice Coconut Cake with Squash

The Happy Home Cook: Biko Kulabasa - Rice Coconut Cake with Squash

Biko Kulabasa, made with kabocha squash, often appeared at our family’s holiday table during my childhood in the Philippines. There was something appealing about the dark yellow, sticky rice cake, the granules plump and glistening and the entire round delicacy ensconced in a bilao (woven flat basket) lined with banana leaves.

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In Spain, Coro Kudyapi Finds Roots and Home in Music

In Spain, Coro Kudyapi Finds Roots and Home in Music

Meet the Fil-Spanish youth choir that’s becoming an institution in Spain’s Filipino community.

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Pinoy Rigger Keeps Acrobats, Trapeze Artists Safe at Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Amaluna’

Pinoy Rigger Keeps Acrobats, Trapeze Artists Safe at Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Amaluna’

Emille Morales “ran away with the circus” and now professionally rigs Cirque du Soleil’s high-wire and acrobatic acts safe for the performers and the audience.

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