Presents various aspects of life in the Philippines through interviews with twenty-six people representing different age groups, occupations, and regions. Also includes a section of brief facts about the country and a glossary.

We Live in the Philippines (Living Here)

Gilda Cordero-Fernando

Hodder Wayland

This is the story of fod and how people live in the countryside of Luzon. Food is a measure of one's social position. Landlords ate rich, fattening foods and sauces and suffered from bursitis and heart disease. Peasants grew strong on lowly brownrice and the milk of coconuts planted on land they never hoped to own. It was the provinces with the earliest contact or collaboration with Spain, such as Bulakan, Pampanga and Cavite, that imbibed the art of European cooking best. It colonized the native palate. The foods are what we now call our heirloom recipes.

Philippine food & life

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Anvil Publishing, Inc.

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Books by Gilda Cordero-Fernando

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We Live in the Philippines (Living Here)

Philippine food & life