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Hot Cross Buns are spiced yeast-leavened round buns that are marked with a cross on top so it is impossible not to associate them with Holy Week.

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It is a simple dish of boiled indigenous vegetables, including squash, eggplant, okra, saluyot, malunggay, ampalaya (bitter gourd), that capitalizes on the freshness of the vegetables.

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Days of abstaining from meat, which is every Friday and especially on Good Friday, do not have to be boring for your palate.

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One of the meatless snacks you can serve this Lent. 

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We have come to the highlight of the 40-day Lenten season: Holy Week.

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Still a flavorful Tinola without the chicken for this Lent. 

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Who says going meatless has to be boring?

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Two years back, both the start of Lent and Valentine’s Day fell on the same date! Notice too that the word or letters LENT are in the middle of the term vaLENTine!

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As the Lenten season and Ramadan approach, the Philippine National Police is stepping up its security efforts by deploying more PNP personnel to public places as well as mosques and churches.

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Multifaceted artist Manuel Baldemor officially opened his "Kuwaresma" solo exhibit running until the end of April in the Manila Hotel.

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                    [Title] => Hot Cross Buns: The Holy Week bread
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Hot Cross Buns are spiced yeast-leavened round buns that are marked with a cross on top so it is impossible not to associate them with Holy Week.

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It is a simple dish of boiled indigenous vegetables, including squash, eggplant, okra, saluyot, malunggay, ampalaya (bitter gourd), that capitalizes on the freshness of the vegetables.

[DatePublished] => 2026-04-02 17:30:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1807666 [AuthorName] => Dolly Dy-Zulueta [SectionName] => Food and Leisure [SectionUrl] => food-and-leisure [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2026/04/02/laswa_2026-04-02_17-49-59368_thumbnail.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2518361 [Title] => Lenten recipe: Kare-Kareng Gulay with Crispy Calamares [Summary] =>

Days of abstaining from meat, which is every Friday and especially on Good Friday, do not have to be boring for your palate.

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One of the meatless snacks you can serve this Lent. 

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We have come to the highlight of the 40-day Lenten season: Holy Week.

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Still a flavorful Tinola without the chicken for this Lent. 

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Who says going meatless has to be boring?

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As the Lenten season and Ramadan approach, the Philippine National Police is stepping up its security efforts by deploying more PNP personnel to public places as well as mosques and churches.

[DatePublished] => 2026-02-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1807689 [AuthorName] => Mark Ernest Villeza [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2026/02/09/ramadan_2026-02-09_21-08-2490_thumbnail.jpg ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2436250 [Title] => Manuel Baldemor’s 'Kuwaresma' solo exhibit running until April 30 [Summary] =>

Multifaceted artist Manuel Baldemor officially opened his "Kuwaresma" solo exhibit running until the end of April in the Manila Hotel.

[DatePublished] => 2025-04-18 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1806731 [AuthorName] => Kristofer Purnell [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2025/04/15/manuel-baldemor-kuwaresma_2025-04-15_15-48-52831_thumbnail.jpg ) ) )
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