On this episode we chat with Bettina Makalintal, senior reporter with the national team at Eater, one of today’s best-known brands in the global food media space dedicated to all things food and dining. We chat about a range of topics on Filipino food and culture through a diasporic lens, so let’s get to it!

On this episode we chat with Abi Balingit, author of the cookbook Mayumu: Filipino American Desserts Remixed. It landed on the New York Times’ Best Cookbooks list in 2023, winning Abi an Emerging Voice award from the James Beard Foundation the next. I’m a huge fan!

On this episode we chat with Walbert Castillo, Monica Blanco, and Andrew Dizon about the stories behind Istorya, a Las Vegas-based pop-up restaurant that aims to showcase the diversity of cuisines across the Philippines. Earlier this year, we collaborated on the Captain’s Log for Galeon: Part One, a dinner series inspired by the far-reaching influences of the Manila-Acapulco galleon trade. What better way to dive into one of history’s most storied cultural exchanges?