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 ...

Experience the authentic taste of Traditional Ilocano Pinakbet made with foraged wild ferns known as Barambang, freshly gathered from the countryside. This video showcases ancestral Ilocano cooking ...

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 ...

Each region in the Philippines has their own unique variety of dishes For Ilocanos, the most popular dishes are bagnet, pinakbet and pinapaitan With every Ilocano dish served by Chef Omar Ramos, it ...

If in search of good food, go north. This is my new mantra, fresh from an unforgettable three day trip to Ilocos while doing research for a book. Heading toward Ilocos for the first time in my life, I ...

In this healthy Ilocano dish, bitter gourd, brinjal, okra and long beans are simmered in a tasty fish sauce – though some Filipinos prefer sautéed shrimp paste as in the photograph above. I have ...

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 , Philippines – It was a unique barrio fiesta in this town as hundreds of residents yesterday partook of pinakbet, a popular Ilocano dish, cooked by 21 barangays in different ...

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 ...

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 ...

One of my biggest goals as a dietitian is to break the stigma that healthy food is tasteless, boring, expensive or too time consuming to cook. (If you agree with the latter two, I’d suggest reading my ...