Guests
By franco on 19 November, 2012
“The Times. They are A- Changin.” – Bob Dylan We live in the era of the tablet and the smartphone. While I appreciate the innovations these technologies bring to our daily lives, I can’t help but think that the printed word is quickly coming to an end. Books, magazines and newspapers as we know them …read »
Cornucopia
By franco on 5 October, 2012
Tip your waiter, please The restaurant scene in Manila tends to shadow (not always in a positive way) the American experience – specifically, our growing obsession with the idea of the ‘Celebrity Chef’. This is not necessarily a bad thing. Any marketing expert will tell you, it is important to put a face on your …read »
Interviews
By franco on 20 September, 2012
Chef Sunshine Pengson has been busy lately. Since out last interview (over half a decade ago), she has opened a restaurant, the much acclaimed The Goose Station (with her now husband, Chef Rob Pengson), gotten married and gave birth to a (literally) bouncing baby boy. After a short break, Chef Sunshine has not only returned …read »
Cornucopia
By franco on 4 September, 2012
Freshly baked bread. I try to avoid bringing my professional life into my on-line existence. But in this case, I had to make an exception. I could not help but share the visual experience of these warm, artisanal works of baking art. The pictures were just too deliciously beautiful not to share. Chef Tonyboy Escalante …read »
Guests
By franco on 14 August, 2012
I have done my fair share of interviews. Over the years, this is the one question I always enjoy asking: “I’m a visitor from out of town, where would you suggest I eat? What do you recommend I order?” Besides the obvious attempt to learn about new places to visit or even rediscover dishes once …read »
Interviews
By franco on 14 July, 2012
Chef Sharwin Tee is a personal chef, an instructor and more notably the winner of the Lifestyle Network’s “Clash of the Toque-en Ones” a reality cooking competition. Now, as the host of his own television show called Curiosity Got the Chef, he whips up traditional Filipino dishes with his own personal twists – elevating home cooking …read »