'Bagoong' an effective rat-killing agent - DA

By Manny Galvez | January 21, 2010 - 12:00am

And why not if officials of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in Central Luzon are to be believed.

Science and Environment

Pakbet, love it or hate it

By Claude Tayag | March 12, 2009 - 12:00am

The Ilocanos’ most popular contribution to Philippine cuisine is perhaps the pakbet (pronounced “pak-butt,” a.k.a. pinakbet), for one can find it anywhere you go in the country.

Food and Leisure

Welcome to the Bagoong Club

Welcome to the Bagoong Club

By Heny Sison | September 11, 2008 - 12:00am

I am the latest recruit to a prestigious society of serious foodies who swear by the taste and drool-inducing aroma of bagoong...

Food and Leisure

A whiff of heaven

By Heny Sison | August 14, 2008 - 12:00am

Hmmm… with my eyes closed I take a whiff and I smile. It smells heavenly! I just could not resist and dipped my finger in the white saucer that contained the edible creamy paste with a lightly brown tint and...

Food and Leisure

Love the Filipino flavors at Bagoong Club

By Joy Angelica Subido | February 14, 2008 - 12:00am

Food writers occasionally reach the point of having too much of a good thing. After a surfeit of meticulously prepared rich food with intricate flavors comes a stage called buffet bloat. The excitement of trying...

Food and Leisure

Firm needed to market ‘bagoong’ cubes

February 4, 2007 - 12:00am

Wanted: someone to market the ‘bagoong cubes’ developed by a researcher of a state university. The novelty product was developed by Dr. Carmencita L. Culasing of the Cagayan State University-College...

TV exposé dips into patis making

By Butch Francisco | July 22, 2006 - 12:00am

Is there anything left that’s clean to eat in this country? A little more than a month ago, I wrote in this column about how dirty ice cream lived up to its name – dirty – as reported by...

Bagoong cubes, anyone?

February 5, 2006 - 12:00am

Here’s another exciting new product: Bagoong cubes. A bagoong cube is a dried product of fish fermentation, one of the oldest technologies in fish preservation. The novelty product, now in the market, especially...

Sharon Cuneta’s food choices

By Bea Ledesma | September 22, 2005 - 12:00am

When dieting, food automatically acquires an almost poetic patina, a mouthwatering gloss that makes a simple grilled sausage otherworldly. Grilled salmon becomes fodder for pre-lunchtime fantasies and foie gras the...

Food and Leisure