ROME, Italy – The year 2007 saw the United Nations World Food Programme - the world’s frontline hunger agency - battling against the effects of climate change, soaring food prices, and the needs of millions of hungry people across the world.
Thankfully, the growing problem of global hunger has inspired new, creative efforts to galvanize more […]

By Chinkai Rosario
Chef Nobuyuki Matsuhisa, sushi master and owner of Nobu Restaurant in New York, once talked about his fondness for kitchen cutlery. “Knives are extremely important utensils to me—they are like extra fingers or extensions of your arms. Use them correctly and put your mind and heart into them. In my opinion, a mentality […]

By Christine Nunag
Coffee is hotter than ever. It is now the most popular beverage next to water, with demand projected to keep rising in the next coming years. In a single weekend, Manila’s busiest malls, according to Philippine Coffee Board Co-Chairman Nicholas Matti, sell about 120,000 cups of coffee. Sadly, much of the coffee is […]

By Corinna Arcellana Nuqui
Of all the sweets, chocolate attracts some of the most ardent devotees. The different subsets of people who love chocolate are charted, courted and drawn in, catered to by a whole range of purveyors. There is always a place for every thing and a season, and the holiday rush perenially has bakers […]

By Marilen Fontanilla
A menu is defined as a sheet of paper or cardboard on which the names of all dishes available for ordering at a dining establishment is written. Older bills of fare (escriteau) of French towns circa 1600s are a far cry from our current versions, since these earlier menus laid out only the […]

By Rommel Gerodias
Photo by Shaira Luna
Cross-contamination is the transfer of harmful microorganisms, such as viruses and bacteria, from one surface to food. Cross-contamination may occur in several ways: 1) from food to food; 2) from utensil/equipment to food; and 3) from people to food. How does this happen?
When raw foods come into contact with ready-to-eat […]

In seach of budget steaks for P400 or less
By Jason Drilon
Photo by Christian Regis
Admittedly, when it comes to steak, nothing beats a good, thick cut of wagyu or angus-grade beef. But savoring premium meats means you have to pay through the nose. And if you are a semi-frugal foodie like me, shelling out upwards of […]

What better way to commemorate 2007 than by paying tribute to the Philippine culinary team who recently won gold at the Hong Kong Food International Cooking Classic earlier this year. A topnotch team of Filipino chefs dominated this international competition by winning Gold in the Cold Buffet category, and winning the “Best of the Best” […]

By Marilen Fontanilla
“Can we offer you something to drink?”
For most food and beverage outlets, savvy servers distract customers from looking at the menu with this line. By offering up a bevy of special drinks that they have to push, servers find that most customers will either go with the push or more discreetly say “Later,” […]