It's a great year for Rizal gastronomes. Foodscapes have been turning up in the most unlikely places here in our province. We now have the option of driving (or commuting) around the area - without having to endure the teeth-grinding heavy traffic of the Metro.
Before I was anything else, I was - first and foremost - a bibliophile. I've learned to read at an early age so my love affair with books had started long before I had any formal schooling.
Food is like poetry. Every bite is a line; every morsel a verse. It is no wonder, having said those, that I am drawn to gastronomy. Eating, to me, is an adventure all on its own. And last Monday, August 18, a couple of good friends and I headed out to SM City Masinag for an adventure of gastronomic proportions.
Anansi Boys is a tale about two estranged brothers, Fat Charlie and Spider, whose father was a god. When their father dies, the brothers are reunited. And their lives turn into a string of funny, and frightening events.
Ang ating kultura ay maihahalintulad sa isang sapin-sapin: makulay, patung-patong at halu-halo. At tulad ng kakaning ito, sa kabila ng, at dahil na rin, sa kakaibang anyo at samu't saring sangkap ng ating kasaysayan at pagka-Pilipino, ang kultura natin ay hindi maipagkakailang masarap at malinamnam.
10 Summits Before 25
Going Wayward, Discerning Portents, and Meeting Friends at Mount Sembrano, Pililla, Rizal
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Art, in any form, is best enjoyed with someone you love. It is even better when the loved-one is equally interested and as excited as you are.
I know I should not use the Lord's name in vain, but, when I felt a barrage of crispy crackling things all over my half-awake self, "Jesus Christ!" was the first thing I mouthed.