Some folkways endure, even ones that may not be universally endearing. Cockfights is not to everyone’s taste, so being a breeder of gamebirds instead of betting on them is a better way of earning cash, as top breeder Hernani Jimenez or Nani proves (A Breeder, Not a Gambler Be, by Bella Bonner).

Culinary folkways, however, are sure winners. The more obscure, the more tantalizing. Take linagpang or “grilled soup” as intriguing as fried ice cream. Francis Dave Lacson Selorio, a 2021 Doreen G. Fernandez Food Writing Awardee, savors memories of the soup’s grilled fish rendition (Linagpang: A Grilled Soup)

Perhaps one of the most treasured of Filipino manners is the warm solidarity Filipinos show to compatriots they bump into abroad. Ronald Salazar from New Zealand shares how Filipino crew members graced them with extra hospitality aboard the cruise ship Costa Smeralda (Cruising to Six Ports in Three Countries and Still Feeling Quite at Home).

Enjoy.

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