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Philippine history according to Kidlat Tahimik

by Claude Tayag - November 1, 2021 - 12:00am

For what is officially dubbed “Magellan, Marilyn, Mickey & Fr. Dámaso. 500 Years of Conquistador Rockstars,” Filipino National Artist for Film Kidlat Tahimik rewrites Philippine history from the...

Home, the first line of defense

by Claude Tayag - April 16, 2020 - 12:00am

With the quarantine and lockdown being extended till the end of this month, it seems we have to hold out in our foxholes a little while longer.

Ang pagkaing walang kwento, walang kwenta

by Claude Tayag - December 8, 2019 - 12:00am

Pasko! Pasko! Pasko na naman muli. Ang pag-ibig naghahari!” So goes the refrain of one of the most popular Filipino Christmas songs that every Filipino knows by heart.

All is fair at the Frankfurt Book Fair

by Claude Tayag - November 3, 2019 - 12:00am

Sometime early June of this year, I received an email from the National Book Development Board to submit a proposal to talk on Philippine cuisine and a cooking demo at the Philippine booth at the Frankfurt Book...

It’s more fun cooking in Hamburg

by Claude Tayag - October 31, 2019 - 12:00am

fter my talk and cooking demo at the Philippine booth at the Frankfurt Book Fair, I was flown to Hamburg on the early morning of Oct. 18.

Chicharrific: Potion or poison?

by Claude Tayag - September 5, 2019 - 12:00am

What is it with Filipinos and chicharon?

Noche Buena with 12 siblings plus plus

by Claude Tayag - December 20, 2018 - 12:00am

I’ve always been asked how I got into cooking.

Bourdain’s last famous badass words

by Claude Tayag - June 14, 2018 - 12:00am

Paeans have kept pouring in since the shocking news about Anthony Bourdain, America’s most famous and well-loved celebrity chef, bestselling author and award-winning TV host.

Past, present, perfect dinner at Leon Gallery

by Claude Tayag - June 7, 2018 - 12:00am

What happens when you mix extraordinary art, antiques, food and Manila’s top 75 collectors for all things antiquarian? A big blast, that’s what!

That Negrense flair

by Claude Tayag - September 27, 2017 - 4:00pm

If I were to choose one province that could perhaps match my own Pampanga’s opulence (pardon my bias) when it comes to matters of the table and hospitality, I’d say it is Negros Occidental.

Close encounters with Anthony Bourdain

by Claude Tayag - June 10, 2017 - 4:00pm

‘My daughter was raised by a Filipina. She eats regularly at Jollibee in New Jersey,’ says Bourdain.

Bourdain: ‘I’ve got to have lechon & sisig in my New York market’

by Claude Tayag - June 7, 2017 - 4:00pm

With two major food congresses held in Manila this year — Madrid Fusion Manila and the World Street Food Congress — it was highbrow vs. lowbrow, avant-garde vs. traditional, fine dining vs. street f...

Cebu Citizens’ Assembly to hold anti-Marcos rally

by Michael Vencynth H. Braga - November 30, 2016 - 11:59pm

Martial Law victims in Cebu will join other militant groups today in a nationwide protest against the burial of former president Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.

Cebu Citizens’ Assembly to hold anti-Marcos rally

by Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon - November 30, 2016 - 11:59pm

Martial Law victims in Cebu will join other militant groups today in a nationwide protest against the burial of former president Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.

Of tequila + chuba, chips + mahu, cooks + food books

by Claude Tayag - November 24, 2016 - 12:00am

While spud is another British-English word for potato, SPuDs is an acronym of a group of foodies who got together to create a line of premium potato chips or “crisps” as the Brits call them.

‘I Have a Pen...’

by Joey de Leon - November 6, 2016 - 12:00am

Gurang pa sa lolo ko PEN PEN DE SARAPEN

Hong Kong blues

by Claude Tayag - November 3, 2016 - 12:00am

China Blue by Jereme Leung is a hidden treasure of a restaurant located at the brand-new Conrad Hotel

Archdiocese of Manila launches program for drug surrenderees

by Evelyn Macairan - October 24, 2016 - 12:00am

The Archdiocese of Manila yesterday launched a program that will provide drug surrenderees psycho-spiritual rehabilitation for six months in parishes on an outpatient basis.

What do Jamie Oliver, Bill de Blasio, Bob Dylan and William Shakespeare have in common?

by Claude Tayag - October 23, 2016 - 12:00am

The Spaniards are up in arms lately over British chef Jamie Oliver’s incursion into an iconic Spanish domain.

Connecting the culinary dots

by Claude Tayag - October 13, 2016 - 12:00am

Like all the other former Spanish colonies in the Americas, we Filipinos share more common cultural and religious heritage with them than we realize.

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