Exploring Filipino Kitchens

Nastasha Alli
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Exploring Filipino Kitchens

Thought-provoking talks on Philippine food history, traditions and culture from the diaspora looking in.

  1. 4 DAYS AGO

    EP 30: Home, Again

    This season, I want to ask: Where do you call home? What's your favourite memory or experience of eating Filipino food? And why does it mean a lot to you?

    14 min

  2. 07/12/2021

    EP 29: Dispatch: Stories from Toronto

    SHOW NOTES 05:25 Food as a cultural marker 10:10 An introduction to land acknowledgements 11:55 "How a new generation is bringing Filipino flavours to Toronto" 18:55 Regional cuisine and the Kusinera pop-up 22:50 A city of neighbourhoods 26:00 On festivals and community spaces 30:20 A world in Nations and pandemic cooking 34:15 Rural Ontario in the 60s 40:55 Trips to the Philippines 45:00 On artistry and hospitality 50:00 We're not "just" having Filipino food 56:20 Jollibees of Toronto 58:55 Touring at local festivals 1:04:15 Betamax on Instagram Live 1:07:00 Delectable desserts (and their makers) 1:11:30 On immigrant support networks 1:13:30 Dad's backyard lechon and camping trips 1:15:00 Making kinilaw 1:20:15 Hamilton in the 90s 1:22:40 On TOYO and the Philippine restaurant scene

    1h 28m

  3. 05/16/2021

    A Few Updates

    Show notes 01:30 Why I started telling stories 03:40 Working at the Culinary Tourism Alliance 06:35 Talking Doreen's "Tikim" with Filipino Food Crawl x VICE 08:50 Joining the Pinoys on Parliament conference 10:20 I'm published in a literary anthology!

    13 min

  4. 01/30/2021

    For the Love of Panaderia and Philippine Bakery Traditions

    Show notes 01:50 A snapshot of Philippine foodways 04:45 Meet Amy and Jenny 08:00 How the book started 11:00 The neighbourhood bakery 13:50 When hot pan de sal arrived 16:50 90s pan de Manila 19:30 An anthropological approach 20:45 Field work: pugon 22:30 "May kilala ka ba?" Do you know anyone? 24:05 Categorizing and identifying breads 25:30 How the project expanded 27:50 Why it made me think about relationships 31:10 More than just a travelogue 35:00 Ensaymadas of Pampanga 37:00 Maestro panadero's measurements 39:35 Laoag's biscocho pasukin, two ways 44:00 Batangas highway bonete 48:00 At the heart of pasalubong culture 49:30 Biscuits of Quezon, Cebu, Iloilo and Baguio 53:30 A visit to El Ideal in Silay, Negros 56:10 Does it have be something we grow up with...in order to survive? 1:02:30 Ube cheese pan de sal: a historical marker 1:06:10 Birthday mocha cakes and unfrosted chiffon with orange soda 1:13:20 Meet Amelia 1:16:10 A visit to TOYO Eatery's panaderia 1:18:45 Making sourdough pan de sal at home 1:21:25 Meet Tina 1:24:40 Making over 200 ensaymadas 1:26:20 All about enriched dough 1:33:05 Maria's classic pan de coco

    1h 36m

  5. 12/15/2020

    On The Antiquity of the Ifugao Rice Terraces with Stephen Acabado

    Show notes 01:15 The kinds of truths that set you free 05:45 About Stephen 07:20 Products of the Philippine educational system 10:35 Change entails unlearning 11:20 On Beyer's "Waves of Migration" theory 14:15 A need to think critically 15:00 2,000 year dating is not based on any scientific data 18:15 (The perils of) clinging to romanticism 20:05 On the centrality of rice 23:45 Terracing is part of a larger system 26:10 Perspectives on "kaingin" in farming 28:40 Implications of the long history model 30:40 Epics of the Philippines: "Hudhud" 33:50 Taro was here 35:40 Rice came with the Spanish 38:45 Not much supports "Out of Taiwan" theory either 39:55 Archaeology tests hypotheses 41:35 Starting the Ifugao Archaeological Project 42:10 The Old Kiyyangan Village 44:10 Terraces are BUILT UP, not dug down 47:20 Cross-section of a terraced field 49:05 90 years by 5 people: Energetics study 50:25 On terracing irrigation systems 53:00 A typical day of excavating artifacts 58:05 How old is this residue? 01:02:20 "Identity is now" 01:04:50 On local reactions 01:06:05 How do we empower the Ifugao community? 01:07:45 Rice, not isolation, prevented Spanish conquest 01:10:55 An indigenous education centre at today’s Kiangan 01:12:10 Takeaways 01:13:50 Future projects

    1h 18m

  6. 10/15/2020

    Writing the Philippine Food, Cooking and Dining Dictionary with Edgie Polistico

    Show notes 01:40 87 entries on adobo 06:25 Growing up in Leyte 07:55 Edgie's high school 10:00 On English instruction and summer vacations 12:40 His first Cebuano-English dictionary 14:50 An "accidental lexicographer" 16:30 Moving to Tacloban 18:50 Starting with source code 20:15 Edgie's digital dictionary, circa 1995 21:25 "It wasn't the time" 22:10 On food and migration patterns 24:00 "Why not promote our food?" 25:50 What would it take to keep millions now home from COVID-19? 28:55 Edgie's digital dictionary, circa 2008 29:45 Trailing writers, libraries, markets 31:30 Embracing our inherent diversity 33:40 "We are regionalized" 34:15 From the highlands, coasts and plains of Luzon 36:00 Eastern and western Visayas 36:40 Tawi-tawi as a microcosm 40:45 Why Edgie goes to markets 41:30 What it takes to make a dictionary 44:15 Using ethnographic research 45:45 On verbal vs. written names 47:55 Pastil and Maranao cuisine 49:30 Culinary homonyms: patis, adobado, aratiles 51:55 "We are of different languages" 52:40 Finding our value/s 56:55 "What's been lost is still here"

  7. 08/30/2020

    On Finding Voices That Speak To You

    Show notes 3:30 On a very tumbled feeling 08:30 Seeing myself in a mirror 11:25 Finding voices that speak to you 13:20 Tiffany on stories that bridge a gap 14:55 On representation 16:00 Finding Cora 16:35 Nathalie on starting Pilipinxpages 17:20 Growing up in Vancouver 18:10 Reading Elaine Castillo 22:25 "Do Filipino kids see themselves as superheroes?" 25:20 Restoring voices lost, through literature 26:00 Joining Podcast.PH 26:50 Meet Mike and Ham from Please Pause Podcast 28:35 Hang out with Jeff and Rhea from Coffee Na Lang Dear 32:05 Trivia with Carl from The Banyo Podcast Reflushed 33:20 Talking sustainability with CK and Jones from Sustainarumble 36:15 Chilling with Joal from Buhay Banda Diaries 39:30 What I'm committing to

    41 min

  8. 11/30/2019

    A Food Trip In Iloilo And Cooking School In Antique

    01:40 Netong's Batchoy at La Paz Public Market 04:00 The language I'm most myself in 06:15 Pancit Molo at Panadería de Molo 09:25 From Iloilo to Antique 11:00 Visiting Alpas Restaurant and Guesthouse 11:25 Meet Ken and Kim 14:00 Sulig and tisa 15:30 "Only the goats eat it" 17:15 Tonight's dinner menu: green salad, grilled fish, spicy beef stomach, roasted sweet potatoes, grilled eggplant, suman with coconut cream and bananas 21:30 A feeling I chase 22:45 Off to the market 24:00 What "Alpas" means 24:40 Our goal for today's market haul 26:20 Cooking school with Ken 28:10 Preparing sulig 29:40 Salad, stuffing and salsa 31:20 The winged bean theory 33:20 Breaking it down 34:25 "How do you normally approach cooking?" 35:35 Rethinking my relationship with vegetables 36:30 The definition of a salad 38:20 Food deserts in the Philippines? 43:00 Applying the bean theory 48:05 Today's lunch: salad of roasted okra, peppers, eggplants, winged beans and sweet potatoes, kangkong-stuffed fish, cucumber and tomato salsa 54:35 Uncovering culinary experiences in the Philippines

    57 min
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Thought-provoking talks on Philippine food history, traditions and culture from the diaspora looking in.

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  • Creator
    Nastasha Alli
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2024
  • Episodes
    30
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Exploring Filipino Kitchens Media
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    Exploring Filipino Kitchens

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