Chorizo and Carbon!

Louella Eslao- Alix 09/29/2019

Last Sunday I went to Carbon Market. It’s called Carbon because the huge pile of Carbon or Uling for the old power plant used to be stored in this area. To this day, the Ludo warehouse for…

From Pugapo to Lapu-lapu

Louella Eslao- Alix 09/01/2019

  After going through the debacle  of re-naming the international airport in Mactan to honor Lapu-lapu, the stalwart local chief who vanquished the conquistador Fernando Magallanes, there is now a bill in Congress renaming the Lapu-lapu fish…

Dahon Saging

Louella Eslao- Alix 07/28/2019

Plastic is getting a lot of flack all over the world for polluting our oceans and over-filling our landfills, the world nowadays is awash in plastic. Everything seems to be wrapped or contained in plastic, the worst…

Balanghoy

Louella Eslao- Alix 06/30/2019

  Akong pamahaw balanghoy Akong paniudto, balanghoy nga puto Akong panihapon, balanghoy gihapon! And so the song goes. I hear that when I’m in the farm or when I go around the towns of Cebu province doing…

Mechado

Louella Eslao- Alix 06/16/2019

I caught some young friends talking about the difference between Afritada, Caldereta and Mechado. I am at a certain age when I feel I  have to pass on what I know to younger persons. My prayer is…

A Mothers’ Day Paean for My Grandmother

Louella Eslao- Alix 05/12/2019

  My grandmother Leonila Araneta Tequillo Abao was a Home Economics teacher in the years called “peace time” before World War II. Our Lolo, Jose Pedrosa Abao, was one of the first college graduates from Silliman University.…

BIbingka ug uban pa

Louella Eslao- Alix 04/28/2019

On a recent trip to the southern parishes of Cebu, my colleagues in the Archdiocesan Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church, were the happy recipients of the largesse of the hospitality of all the parish…

Romancing the carenderia

Louella Eslao- Alix 04/14/2019

Before the advent of fast foods , the only refuge for a hungry Filipino who is in need of immediate sustenance that is affordable and ready to eat is the carenderia. A common sight in almost every…

Binignit

Louella Eslao- Alix 11/14/2018

WHO can tell me where the word “Binignit” comes from? It is that sweet and creamy concoction we love to eat for “painit” (warm snack) on a cold rainy day or even on a sweltering afternoon. This…

Budbod ug biko

Louella Eslao- Alix 10/31/2018

RICE is an integral part of our cuisine. It has always been our staple food, along with millet. It was much later when Cebuanos learned to eat corn. There are two basic varieties of rice, the glutinous…

Linusak

Louella Eslao- Alix 10/17/2018

AN OLD Cebuano joke goes, “Of all the bananas in the world, Saging is the best!” Cebuanos—or Filipinos, for that matter—love bananas or “saging,” be it the cooking or eating kind. There are over 1,000 varieties of…

‘Dapugan sa Panahon’

Louella Eslao- Alix 09/26/2018

LAST week, I had the privilege to judge in a cook fest in the town of Argao. A happy confluence of passion and common interest to preserve old recipes, the event was called “Dapugan sa Panahon.” The…

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