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Exploring Filipino Kitchens

A Podcast On Food Cultures, Traditions And History
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Foodways of Negros - Episode Transcript

August 23, 2025 in Transcripts

This episode we're gonna chat with Reena Gamboa, whose work with Slow Food Negros has been leading up to the Terra Madre Asia Pacific Conference. It's the first of its kind in Asia and it's a landmark event for the city of Bacolod.

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Becoming A Creator - Episode Transcript

July 24, 2025 in Transcripts

On this episode we chat with Abi Marquez, known online as the Lumpia Queen for her wildly popular “What if we wrap this in lumpia wrapper?” series on TikTok. We talk about testing recipes, cooking at home, and all that can happen when you put in the work and believe in what you do.

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Cooking From The Soul - Episode Transcript

June 22, 2025 in Transcripts

Ferdinand or Budgie Montoya is based in the UK and we caught up during his last few weeks in El Nido Palawan. We're talking about a guest chef project that he was working on, and our experiences as balikbayans and the breadth of our cuisine.

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Shifting Tastes and Landscapes - Episode Transcript

April 27, 2025 in Transcripts

My name is Nicole Ponseca and I'm a restaurateur, an author and hospitality consultant, and I'm the founder of two groundbreaking Filipino restaurants named Jeepney and Maharlika in New York City that pushed the national conversation around Filipino food.

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Food At Home and Away - Episode Transcript

March 30, 2025 in Transcripts

Luisa Brimble is a multifaceted storyteller who's based in Sydney, Australia, and her professional work ranges from photography to writing and cooking.

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Writing the Tita Rosie’s Kitchen Mysteries Series - Episode Transcript

February 20, 2025 in Transcripts

I'm Mia P. Manansala. I use she, her pronouns, and I am the author of the Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery Series. And I'm based in Chicago.

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Home, Again - Episode Transcript

December 30, 2024 in Transcripts

It's hard to believe I started the podcast eight years ago. Several jobs have passed since and I've gone on all kinds of adventures, including a really epic one across the Philippines, that I started and put on hold for now.

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A Food Trip In Iloilo And Cooking School In Antique - Episode Transcript

May 19, 2020 in Transcripts

It always amazes how as soon as I get back to the Philippines, I just slip back into talking the exact same way I did when I was 19.

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The Coconut Kitchen - Episode Transcript

May 19, 2020 in Transcripts

I first learned about Regee and her book, called “Coconut Kitchen: Appetizers and Main Dishes”, through the Culinary Historians of the Philippines.

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The New Filipino Kitchen in Toronto - Episode Transcript

May 19, 2020 in Transcripts

June’s been kinda crazy. Besides being the first ever Filipino Heritage Month across Canada - huge in itself - I came back from a one week media workshop with the Thomson Reuters Foundation, in London.

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No Forks Given - Episode Transcript

May 14, 2020 in Transcripts

This episode we’re diving into a book called “No Forks Given” by Yana Gilbuena. It’s a collection of 50 recipes from her 50 US state tour from 2014 to 2015.

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Pulutan - Episode Transcript

May 14, 2020 in Transcripts

The point of having pulutan, for me, is that it’s an integral part of the “inuman” or overall drinking session. The thing that keeps people fed and, by extension, the party pretty much going.

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For The Love Of Cooking - Episode Transcript

May 14, 2020 in Transcripts

Hard to believe it’s been two years since I started the podcast. While it still feels very indie, and there’s a lot I’d like to improve, what really keeps me going is the excitement with everything I wanna share with you all.

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Community Supported Agriculture - Episode Transcript

May 09, 2020 in Transcripts

I’m Charlene Tan of Good Food Community. It’s a social enterprise that runs a community shared agriculture program.

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Making Ulam: The Movie - Episode Transcript

May 09, 2020 in Transcripts

I’m Alexandra Cuerdo. I’m the director and filmmaker behind “Ulam: Main Dish”, which is a labour of love and a feature documentary on Filipino food crossing over to the mainstream, in both L.A. and New York.

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Growing the Carabao Dairy Industry - Episode Transcript

May 09, 2020 in Transcripts

This episode, we’re talking with Marie Cavosora, who leads a team of dairy entrepreneurs in the Philippines, and who founded a company called Calaboo Dairy.

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Food Holidays In The Philippines - Episode Transcript

June 15, 2018 in Transcripts

Today we’re talking with Clang Garcia, who published a book called “Food Holidays Philippines”. We’re gonna be talking about food tourism this episode and I’m literally bouncing in place here. It’s about two of the great things I love - travel and food!

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A New Narrative For Agriculture - Episode Transcript

May 15, 2018 in Transcripts

Today we’re talking with Cherrie Atilano, a young Filipina farmer who started a social enterprise called AGREA - “AGREA” being a combination of the words “agriculture” and “gaea”, for earth.

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American Influence On Filipino Food - Episode Transcript

April 15, 2018 in Transcripts

Our guest today is Rene Alexander Orquiza, a professor based in Rhode Island whose research and teaching interests focus on 20th century American history, Philippine-American history, and immigration history.

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The Regional Cuisine of Cebu - Episode Transcript

February 28, 2018 in Transcripts

This episode, we’re going to the province of Cebu, in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, to talk about a much-beloved way of cooking with Louella Alix - author of a book called “Hikay: The Culinary Heritage of Cebu”.

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