Tag: food

Smoke and mirrors mask dire situation surrounding rice prices as elections loom

May 21, 2024 Ramon Ortoll No Comments

Most political analysts describe former President Rodrigo Duterte as a populist but he wasn’t close to being one when it came to economic policies which he left to his finance secretary to set. The Rice Tarrification Law (RTL) was passed to put an end to rice subsidies and corruption at the National Food Authority (NFA)…

Economy

House Speaker Martin Romualdez is the new Mar Roxas

November 29, 2023November 29, 2023 benign0 5 Comments

What else do you call what House Speaker Martin Romualdez is doing touring the palengkes, schmoozing with the little people, and personally doling out food scraps, all before the cameras? Certainly there is something better a Speaker of the House of Representatives could do with official time paid for by Filipino taxpayers. NEWS UPDATE: House…

Media, Politics

The Filipino’s Self-destructive Appetite for Junk

October 25, 2015October 25, 2015 zaxx 102 Comments

The age-old adage “garbage in, garbage out” rings out in every Introductory Computer Programming class across the nation. Yet the Filipino, narrow-minded as he is, is unable to apply the same logic to his very own everyday life. There is a covert conspiracy with the major players of the economy in cahoots to siphon from the common…

Culture, Lifestyle, Media, Society

The 4th of July Captain America and Junk Food

July 4, 2014July 4, 2014 Gogs 9 Comments

I have lots to do today but some mysterious force compels me to spend a few minutes recognizing the 4th of July celebration in the US. I have no problem admitting I was alive when the US turned 200. To this day I was traumatized by how cheesy I found this Twinkie ad. Check out…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle

Does the ‘best before’ date in food cause unnecessary waste?

May 19, 2014 benign0 2 Comments

According to a Reuters report it just may; so much so that the European Union may be mulling scrapping the warning altogether. A use by date is applied if there is a health risk in eating food after that date, whereas a best before date is more about quality – when it expires it does…

Economy, Environment, Lifestyle, Money Talks

Expo 2015 and Filipino Food: An Opportunity Slowly Slipping Away

March 30, 2014March 30, 2014 MidwayHaven 25 Comments

A lot has already been said recently about Filipino food and how the world reacts to it, so I won’t be covering much of that issue here. What matters I suppose is that, in spite of what foreigners think of our local delicacies, we have an opportunity to show the world that our food has…

Culture, Development

Why some foreigners would rather go hungry than eat Filipino food

March 22, 2014March 23, 2014 Ilda 82 Comments

I love Filipino food!!! I never get tired of eating adobo. The taste is so primal because I just think it satisfies every human being’s craving for protein and salt – those two key ingredients that help keep our bodies from malfunctioning. For me, Adobo is one of those dishes that make you want to…

Culture, Lifestyle

Our Food Tells Something About Our Society

March 20, 2014August 27, 2015 ChinoF 112 Comments

Filipino butthurt again raged over an article titled “I would rather go hungry than eat Filipino food again,” where a tourist described her experience trying various types of Filipino food. The tourist’s opinions focused on some negative aspects (of course she would, she got sick), and that invited butthurt reactions from Filipino commenters. Many pointed…

Glitz and Glamour