There is so much to look forward to this year. What started as the Cebu Food and Wine Festival will now be held all over the country. The kick-off will be in Ilocos from Jan. 26 to Jan. 29. I cannot ...

Chef Nick Rodriguez of Bistro Candon shares more about his beloved Ilocandia cuisine: Pinakbet. “The word pinakbet comes from the Ilocano word ‘pinakebet’. It means to shrink. “The secret to good ...

Enjoy authentic Ilocano pinakbet with bagbagkung, a traditional comfort food made with fresh vegetables and time honored flavors that celebrate the best of Filipino home cooking. #Pinakbet ...

Enjoy traditional Ilocano pinakbet made with fresh wild ferns and garden vegetables, bringing together authentic Filipino flavors in a hearty homemade dish inspired by countryside cooking.

MANILA, Philippines — Tired of the usual Pinakbet that you’ve been eating all your life? Give it a twist and add another flavor dimension to it by applying a second cooking technique to it. Make it ...

VILLASIS, Pangasinan—Add cupfuls of “bagoong” (fish paste) to 750 kilos of eggplant, 250 kilos of ampalaya, 250 kilos of tomatoes, 4 kilos of okra and 2 kilos of “sili” to produce 21 versions of the ...

Some insist that its essence lies in the bitter clash of ampalaya and the pungent tang of bagoong. Elsewhere, cooks feel free to tinker, adding shrimp paste, squash, or whatever their pantry yields, ...

Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. If in search of good food, go north. This is my new mantra, fresh from an unforgettable three day trip to Ilocos ...

Residents of this eggplant-producing town in eastern Pangasinan province have once again shown the many ways of cooking this popular Ilocano dish. On Friday, the town’s 21 villages sent their best ...

Though he grew up in Manila, Western Sydney chef Omar Ramos considers himself a true-blue Ilocano. His father’s side of the family is from Ilocos Norte and his mother’s family is from La Union. The ...