It’s Always Fresh at Merla’s Kitchen

It’s Always Fresh at Merla’s Kitchen

Merla’s Kitchen in Chicago is all about Filipino food made from scratch.

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Cakes to Have and Eat, Too

Cakes to Have and Eat, Too

In Chicago’s North Side, you want your baked guilty pleasures to come from Rowie’s Bakery.

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Pinoyspotting: Australia

Pinoyspotting: Australia

Contributor Rey E. de la Cruz finds fellow Filipinos in the land down under.

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Art Is Life, Life Art

Art Is Life, Life Art

Artist Maria Apelo Cruz Jonavonic has also staged parties and made food for celebrities like Andy Warhol, Jackie Onassis and Ann Getty.

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A Karinderiya of Our Very Own in Chicago

A Karinderiya of Our Very Own in Chicago

The chef-owner of Chicagoland’s favorite, Sariling Atin Filipino Restaurant, learned to cook in—of all places—the Middle East.

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Let’s Get Digital

Let’s Get Digital

The City of Pines is now the seat of one of the Philippines’ premier digital arts schools.

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Pinoyspotting: Jamaica

Pinoyspotting: Jamaica

Rey E. de la Cruz easily rubs elbows with kababayans on his travels.

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She Spins in the Air with the Greatest of Ease

She Spins in the Air with the Greatest of Ease

That’s how she hangs. Sarah Angelina Bustillo Johns is a professional aerial dancer.

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Ten Thousand Stories in Chicago’s The Field Museum

Ten Thousand Stories in Chicago’s The Field Museum

The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago subverts the “bad reasons” for its extensive collections of artifacts from other cultures.

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Pinoyspotting: Croatia

Pinoyspotting: Croatia

Rey E. de la Cruz is delighted to spot fellow Filipinos in the former Yugoslavian republic of Croatia.

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