the new filipino kitchen now available for pre-order!

I am pleased to announce that my late father and I have recipes accompanied by essays about cooking, home, and family, in THE NEW FILIPINO KITCHEN, published in the U.S. by Agate Surrey, with a foreword by John Birdsall. This is probably the first Filipino cookbook of its kind, showcasing not only our cuisine but also the very personal stories behind these recipes. My own essay in this book is about how my father expressed his love for his family through his cooking, accompanied by my father's pancit recipe. My father's essay is about how he learned to cook during the early years of Martial Law, which included lessons from a former cook of the Communist New People's Army, and is accompanied by his amazing dinengdeng recipe. Featured too in this anthology/cookbook are former White House chef Cris Comerford and MasterChef New Zealand finalist Leo Fernandez, among other acclaimed Filipino chefs and writers. The book is now available for pre-order from Amazon, and is currently the #1 New Release in Pacific Rim cooking, food and wine! Pre-orders will help boost our sales ranking and drum up publicity for this very important project, so if you can, please pre-order! You can do so here.