AUF Wows COHREP with Angeleno Hospitality

As Filipinos, we are known for our hospitality. Those of us from Pampanga like to demonstrate this by overfeeding our guests with the best of our cooking. But somehow Kapampangans from the city of Angeles seem to go beyond just serving great food…

Kung Pao Pasta in 12 Minutes

Kiong Hee Huat Tsai! Make your own version of Yellow Cab’s Charlie Chan Chicken Pasta or KFC’s Kung Pao Chicken Pasta Bowl at home, in a jiffy .

Another quickie pasta recipe  sans the food styling — I just dumped it on my bowl, clicked my point-and-shoot and ate away!..

Gastronomic Tours On Request

Custom tour events for certified gastronauts, food & beverage professionals, hospitality students — and anyone who is simply crazy about cuisine — are ready.

Country Escape and Overnight Adventure available to groups upon request.

Family Trip (for parents with kids) coming in Summer!..

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Got travel plans? Let’s start with my hometown, Pampanga…

Lubenas, The Origin of Pampanga’s Giant Christmas Lantern Festival

Every year in December for over a hundred years now, Christmas in the Philippines is at its brightest and most colorful in the province of Pampanga…

Girl Power, 2010’s New Food Writers at IWFS Dinner

There were men, lots of them. But the energy that pervaded the high-ceiling dining hall of the former Le Souffle now called Chef Jessie was decidedly female. Doñas in major coiffure & regal Filipinana blended with everyone else’s version of dress-y code at this recent International Wine & Food Society event…

My Ultimate Pasta Indulgence in 12 Minutes

This is my little secret. Cheap yet flavorful, it’s the kind of pasta meal that makes me feel happy, like a child again. It’s also this sort of cooking that my young nieces and nephews love to wipe out every single time. So the other day I wanted a hearty, satisfying meal before I face a long day in Manila…

Cheesy Tuna Pesto in 6 Minutes

Part of my work as a food writer is creating descriptors on product packaging and other media. This job gets even more fun when I get to play with new product concepts such as these premium pasta sauces, and experiment with possible applications…

Organic Fertilizer for the Practical Pinoy

Two years ago, my high school friend Pinky Paz Halos and her husband Ari Luis Halos introduced me to VITAL N, a bio-fertilizer invented by Ari’s parents, Filipino scientists Dr. Saturnina Halos and Dr. Ponciano Halos as a practical solution to the rising costs of fertilizers…

Calling for Entries to the Doreen Gamboa Fernandez (DGF) Food Writing Award 2010

Passionate about your favorite breakfast food? Join the only food writing award in the country! Invite your family and friends, share this link with your class students. Have a delicious morning!

The Doreen Gamboa Fernandez (DGF) Food Writing Award announces the theme of this year’s competition—breakfast or almusal…