Category: Travel
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International Cooking Made Local
A cooking class in Chiang Mai revealed something deeper than recipes. With tanglad, biasong, and siling labuyo from my own garden, I discovered that the line between foreign and familiar is thinner than we think. International cooking, it turns out, is often already local.
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Say Hello to the Japanese Halo-Halo
Shaved ice with red beans and fruits was introduced by Japanese immigrants in Manila before World War II.
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Tasting a Huge Lechon in a Mountain Barangay
A visit to Barangay Adlaon in Cebu showed me that mountain barangays prize the huge lechon baboy or roasted pig more than the smaller pig.
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Paraw Sailing: How Ancient Visayans Travelled
A Must Do in Boracay : Ride a Paraw Every late afternoon, when the weather and the coast guard permit, sailboats called paraws rush out to sea from the island of Boracay in the Philippines. Tourists who ride these paraws enjoy a sunset cruise and, though they may not realize it, they also catch a glimpse at how ancient…