Philippines

The Adobo Road Cookbook: A Cookbook Launch Party and Dinner

This Thursday, May 23 is the official launch party for food truck owner, blogger and cookbook author Marvin Gapultos' The Adobo Road, a celebration open to the public through ticket purchase. The cookbook is a collection of recipes he compiled from family and research. It's part of his long-term goa ... More >>

The Spice Table: 99 Essential Restaurants 2013

The Jolly Oyster: Baja Oysters and Clams at the Beach in Ventura

Here's a delicious field trip that combines all the elements of an ideal Southern California picnic. Fresh-from-the sea proteins ready-to-eat. Bring-your-own wine and beer. And dogs are welcome. The Jolly Oyster is a fresh oyster and clam shackette just an hour north of L.A. on the 101. Inspired ... More >>

Fort MacArthur Reenactment Combines Vikings, Nazis, Confederates and Other Armies Through Time

"Bloody hell, men!" Boom. Pop-pop-pop-pop-pop. Boom. Three men in tan uniforms lie inert on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Their remaining comrades radio for help and cower behind their jeep, trying desperately to shoot the Germans hiding in the bushes. The canon sounds again, causin ... More >>

Q & A with Andre Guerrero: Food Neighborhoods, Closet Pastry Chefs Ramen Dreams

Andre Guerrero can't imagine living anywhere other than Los Angeles. Save for his earliest years in the Philippines and a couple spent in San Francisco when his family initially moved to the United States, Guerrero has essentially been a lifelong L.A. resident. Over the course of a 30-plus-year ca ... More >>

Isla Cocina Pilipina: Eagle Rock's Thrilla From Manila

Does Filipino cuisine have a publicity rep? Because if it does, he should be working overtime right now. At every hip gastropub in town -- and certainly there is no shortage of those -- the pig has been elevated to princely levels. It's a mathematical certainty that the menu will feature some kind o ... More >>

The Wednesday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories

You can't replace the feeling of lounging on the couch with a scrunched-up newspaper. But with the web, at least you don't need to worry about getting ink on your hands and bagel. Here's a roundup of some food-related stories from our country's newspapers this week. Lucky for us, it's mostly free. F ... More >>

Cookbook Of The Week: Memories of Philippine Kitchens For Your Weekend Pig's Blood Stew

If you don't happen to have any of your own Memories of Philippine Kitchens -- banana hearts in coconut milk, chicken tinola, hot salabat -- Amy Besa and Romy Dorotan's cookbook by that name will soon be re-released with updated content (the book includes a history of Filipino foods) and recipes. ... More >>

Cupcakes Continue World Domination and Other Lessons from Google's 2011 Zeitgeist

R.E.~/FlickrCupcakes were one of the most Googled terms of 2011​Much to our chagrin, the cupcake is a trend that just won't die: according to Google's 2011 Year-End Zeitgeist, cupcakes were one of the most popular Food and Drink search terms of the year. Other fascinating revelations about ou ... More >>

Peninsula Hotels Will No Longer Serve Shark Fin Soup

Flickr/goosmurfShark fin soup​Following Gov. Jerry Brown's signing in October of an act banning the sale of shark fins in California, the Peninsula Hotel chain has announced they are prohibiting shark fin soup, considered a delicacy in Chinese culture, at all food outlets as of Jan. 1, 2012. ... More >>

Hellbent For Cooking: The Very Metal Companion to All Those Damn Metal Cooking Shows

Bazillion PointsEYEHATEGOD's "bloody" beans and rice.​In May, we wrote about metal cooking shows, noting that playing metal required precision and well-seasoned chops, much like cooking. Today, we're examining the metal-kitchen pipeline further, sorting through a 2009 cookbook we just receive ... More >>

National Geographic's Top 10 National Dishes Guess What Americans Like To Eat

Anne FishbeinBurger Kitchen's breakfast hamburger​Food blogs aren't the only publications with endless lists or pictures of pretty things people like to eat. National Geographic, the magazine many of us fondly remember from grade school science classrooms and dentists' offices, is the latest t ... More >>

Kayamanan Ng Lahi

Spaghetti Slam: Jollibee vs. Angelini Osteria

​ Despite what legions of new restaurants and food trucks would have you think, it takes a little more than just sticking something in a French roll to call it a fusion bánh mì, and throwing Indian food in a tortilla doesn't make it Mexican fusion. It seems like everyone with a pack of gene ... More >>

Q & A With Rodelio Aglibot, Part 2: What Makes a Great Burger, The Question of Arugula, President Obama 7 Courses of Spam

A. Scattergoodchef Rodelio Aglibot at GO Burger​ In the first part of our interview with Rodelio Aglibot, BLT Restaurant Group -- and thus GO Burger -- corporate executive chef, the well-traveled chef discussed Los Angeles sports and the future of Filipino cuisine, among other things. Turn th ... More >>

Ode to the Slimy Hagfish

Battleground Jae Bu Do

Best of Artisanal LA: Pork Rillette & Compound Butter at Villebois Kitchen

Mae Reyes and Frederique Alberti bill themselves simply: as two moms who want to share their love of cooking. But their handmade pâtés, rillettes, compound butters and quiches, sold under the Villebois Kitchen label, suggest otherwise. Attention to detail and respect for traditional foodways wou ... More >>

Brick's Picks: Jazzapino Sounds

Weavers' Stories from Island Southeast Asia

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 6/7-6/11

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "She gets her cow, you can eat as low on the food chain as you'd like, and you all drink hoppy oceans of microbrew - everybody wins!"

Squid Ink Special: Banana Sauce

N. GalutenThe other red ketchup​Ketchup is, obviously, the great American condiment. Jeffrey Steingarten, in fact, wrote an excellent article about it, which can be found in his book The Man Who Ate Everything. But while we here in the states have tomato ketchup, in the Philippines, banana ket ... More >>

Manny Mania

Manny Pacquiao: The Fight of His Life

Boxer goes for his greatest win yet — congressman

Number Of Illegal Immigrants Decreased By One Million Since 2007

​The number of illegal immigrants in the United States was down about 800,000 last year compared to 2008, reportedly as a result of the recession and fewer job opportunities. The decrease from 11.6 million undocumented workers in 2008 to 10.8 million in 2009 was reported by the U.S. Department ... More >>

One Of Four City Hall Phone Lines Paid For But Unused

​It's not too surprising that a city that sends its mayor on a $120,000 trip to Europe during a mega-millions budget crisis isn't too thrifty when it comes to things like its telephone lines. But City Controller Wendy Greuel's latest audit is an eye-opener nonetheless: Among other things it fo ... More >>

5 American Fast Food Items You Can't Get in America

While America may be known around the world as a fast food paradise, there are actually some menu items you can't get stateside. Here are our Top 5 oddities from abroad. 1. McDonald's Spaghetti and Fried Chicken (Philippines) Fried chicken with a side order of spaghetti? Yes, please! McDonald's Ph ... More >>

New Giant Meat-Eating Plant Found in Philippines: Rodents Beware!

via WikipediaGot rats? Yum yum!​ A new giant meat-eating plant has been discovered on a mountain in the Philippines (where the people eat fertilized duck embryos and the plants eat rodents). It is big enough to catch and eat rats. It is one freaky ass plant. The technical term is Nepenthes pit ... More >>

In Like Outfest

Our critics' guide to the best of the fest's closing weekend.

The Unmassacred Churro

Fried-dough dessert is best at its plainest

Among the VuQopolitans: Turning Filipino Moonshine Into Premium Vodka

At the launch party, they were dancing in the movie-set street

Enslaved in Suburbia: Inside the World of Trafficked Indentured Servants and the Visa Violators Who Care for Our Old

Two women, two fractured American dreams

Grammy Grumblings, Jon Hassell, the John Heard Trio and others

Jazz in L.A., February 13-19

Michael Jackson's Thriller on Broadway: Who Wants Werewolves When You Can Have Filipino Prison Dancers?

As we were rolling awake this morning, the radio catching us up on the day's news, a report came on NPR about a new musical that the Nederlander company is producing for Broadway. The producers, who made a bundle off its Mama Mia juggernaut, bought the rights to adapt Michael Jackson's Thriller on ... More >>

Brick's Picks: Champagne Grooves

Jazz in L.A., ’08-’09

Los Angeles Film Festival Guide 2008

Weiss' Muxtapes #3 and #4: The Best Hip-Hop Songs of the Year Thus Far

In case you missed it, Sach O of Oh Word touched down briefly last week, taking a break from trying to find Manuel Noriega in the Philippines (He has a mansion?) to bless the blogosphere with one of his hilariously entertaining rants. If you're too lazy to click over, the gist revolves around th ... More >>

Noel Alumit

At Vroman's and Book Soup

Theater Reviews

Including The Chronicles of Steve: The Bossy Bottom, Defiance and this week's pick, Dogeaters.

Happy Meals

Line-Cutters and Illegals

Recent Penis-Related Activities

Recent Penis-Related Activities

The Voyeur

Holiday Reinhorn on her Big Cats

The Rohrabacher Test

Congressman questions Terry Nichols about Oklahoma City bombing

Saving Dugongs

The U.S. military faces a battle of another kind in Japan

Where to Now?

Coming battles in the War on Terror

Heartland Conspiracy

Unanswered questions about Timothy McVeigh’s and Terry Nichols’ possible links to the Middle East

Righting Wrongs

Filipino-American veterans continue their push for WWII benefits

Hope and Glory

A new beginning for Filipino film?

Vicissitudes of the Victor

Honor, history at stake as Filipino veterans press for recognition