On a 90-degree afternoon in humid Cebu, a merienda, or afternoon snack, might deliver a sweet surprise: an enormous mug of thick, velvety hot chocolate. In Filipino cuisine, chocolate has a rich, ...

CEBU, Philippines — Chocolate makes us happy. It triggers the happy hormones and stimulates our senses. But for Miguela Lanutan, who took the indulgence a step further, she found sweet success in the ...

CEBU, Philippines — After its successful shift to paper packaging last year, Argao’s famous Guilang Tableya is once again on the move and this time to help revive Argao’s cacao industry back to its ...

In the first installment of our Entre-Pinoy Series in Europe, we featured a new Filipino bakery in the Netherlands which offers the familiar Pinoy favorite pandesal, pan de coco, and Spanish bread. In ...

Puto with sikwate (sweet sticky coconut and ginger rice with hot chocolate Tab-le-ya) Puto-maya is a pre-breakfast meal made from glutinous rice simmered in coconut cream, it has a distinct ginger ...

TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Philippines — Dalareich Polot was introduced to Filipino chocolate as a child growing up in Bohol. Growing up in a poor family, she learned the value of honest living and ...

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