The Happy Home Cook: Strawberry Champorado

The Happy Home Cook: Strawberry Champorado

What will champorado be like without the chocolate?

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The Happy Home Cook: Binagoongang Adobo (Adobo in Shrimp Paste)

The Happy Home Cook: Binagoongang Adobo (Adobo in Shrimp Paste)

It has never occured to me that I can enjoy two popular Filipino dishes — binagoongan and adobo — fused into what I initially thought was an odd single recipe.

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A Transgender Restroom Incident and Filipino LGBT Rights

A Transgender Restroom Incident and Filipino LGBT Rights

The harsh detention of a Filipina transgender who tried to use the women’s restroom in a Metro Manila shopping mall has revived legislative efforts to protect the country’s LGBT community.

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The Happy Home Cook: Garlic Cloves Adobo With Mushroom

The Happy Home Cook: Garlic Cloves Adobo With Mushroom

If you’re familiar with Filipino cuisine, you sure have heard about and tried the adobo in all its variations: chicken, pork, squid, mushroom, peanuts,  you name it. But an adobo whose main ingredient are garlic cloves? It’s not for the faint of heart but it’s definitely good for the heart.

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Gayang: Igorot Folklore Goes to the Comic Book

Gayang: Igorot Folklore Goes to the Comic Book

You can now learn about mythical Igorot creatures from a comic book

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Pride and Prejudice and the Filipino LGBT Community

Pride and Prejudice and the Filipino LGBT Community

Find out why Filipino LGBTs have a reason to celebrate Pride Month despite the prevalence of homophobia in Philippine society and government.

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Holy Week! Baguio’s Still Worth Your While

Holy Week! Baguio’s Still Worth Your While

Why despite the evident “deterioration” of Baguio’s nostalgic pine-scented, quiet and stress-free atmosphere, the city still beckons.

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The Happy Home Cook: Pork Humba

The Happy Home Cook: Pork Humba

Is it adobo?  Is it pata tim?  No, it’s pork humba. It is a pork dish popular in the Philippines.  It resembles the appearance of pork adobo, but replicates the sweet taste of pata tim.

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The Happy Home Cook: A Vegan, Spaghetti Mien

The Happy Home Cook: A Vegan, Spaghetti Mien

This recipe is basically a chow mien dish, albeit vegetarian, but uses Spaghetti in lieu of rice or egg noodles.

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EDSA’s “Stairway to Heaven”

EDSA’s “Stairway to Heaven”

Why people love to hate the Metro Manila Development Authority

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