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Patis and bagoong
by Chit U. Juan - August 15, 2026 - 12:00am
One of the habits of Filipinos is to have a dipping sauce when eating almost anything as a viand.
Balut from Pateros
by Chit U. Juan - August 8, 2026 - 12:00am
Where did the name Pateros come from? It may have come from being the land of pato (duck) or sapatero for being shoe and slipper makers.
Do you know our national bird?
by Chit U. Juan - August 1, 2026 - 12:00am
I have always heard about the Philippine Eagle but have never really visited the Philippine Eagle Center despite my numerous trips to Davao.
Tancho Baes, a modern missionary
by Chit U. Juan - July 25, 2026 - 12:00am
I am always struck by people who give up comfortable careers abroad to come home and get their hands dirty – literally – in our soil. Tancho Baes is one of them.
Is it cacao, chocolate or cocoa?
by Chit U. Juan - July 18, 2026 - 12:00am
Do you know the difference between and among these terms? Cacao is the fruit, cocoa is the product and chocolate could be a mix of cocoa butter, milk and other ingredients.
Talk to your body
by Chit U. Juan - July 11, 2026 - 12:00am
Have you come across the word proprioception?
Memories of Malabon
by Chit U. Juan - July 4, 2026 - 12:00am
Growing up in a village in Caloocan and what is now CAMANAVA – Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas and Valenzuela – we always looked to Malabon for food.
No pork imports!
by Chit U. Juan - June 27, 2026 - 12:00am
Yes, Jeju Island of South Korea has successfully kept its borders closed to pork from without, all these years,  to be able to preserve the purity of its prized BLACK pork breed.
Bernard’s Miyawaki forest
by Chit U. Juan - June 20, 2026 - 12:00am
The Miyawaki forest method allows the planting of as many as 64 trees in a small area of land, sometimes just 12 square meters or the size of a parking slot in a building. It involves planting native trees to create...
The garden of perfumed delights
by Chit U. Juan - June 13, 2026 - 12:00am
I always knew her as a journalist, fearless and chasing a story that any journalist would incessantly want to run after. Like her mantra – Never Give Up! – Ces Oreña-Drilon always tried and tried...
Is that a shark in your soup?
by Chit U. Juan - June 6, 2026 - 12:00am
Dr. AA Yaptinchay is a veterinarian but rather than treat dogs and cats, he focused on the marine species sector of living things.
The precious farm
by Chit U. Juan - May 30, 2026 - 12:00am
Sara, daughter of an educator and a journalist, would always go with students on field trips to Mount Makiling but found the area too open, and she felt a bit insecure for teachers to manage campers and young kids...
The architect of soil
by Chit U. Juan - May 23, 2026 - 12:00am
He graduated from an architecture course, but always was curious about the soil.
A reflection for entrepreneurs
by Chit U. Juan - May 16, 2026 - 12:00am
When I was in grade school, I sold chocolates to my classmates. 
Longevity is the new black
by Chit U. Juan - May 9, 2026 - 12:00am
With the advent of new discoveries in medical biotechnology, finding cures for terminal diseases and better products to control cholesterol and obesity, it is looking like people will now live longer.
The Filipino adobo
by Chit U. Juan - May 2, 2026 - 12:00am
She candidly says she’s the self-proclaimed “Adobo Queen,” lest other people ask inquisitively who anointed her as such. And she has been collecting adobo recipes from everyone which will soon be...
Retired and reinvented
by Chit U. Juan - April 25, 2026 - 12:00am
They just wanted to quit the urban jungle and, being sailors, they chose an island to settle in, so they could sail while thinking of what the next chapter might be.
The farmer educator
by Chit U. Juan - April 18, 2026 - 12:00am
Harold could plant and grow eggplants and other vegetables even when he was just in second grade.
Filipino Food Month 2026
by Chit U. Juan - April 11, 2026 - 12:00am
April is now known as Filipino Food Month (FFM) and though we should be celebrating it everyday, a special month centered on local cuisine helps wake people up from dismissing Filipino food as ordinary food, but...
Women of Banahaw
by Chit U. Juan - March 28, 2026 - 12:00am
Many of us know of Mount Banahaw for its mystical beauty and the spiritual awakening people experience when they hike along its many trails.
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