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A tita, adobo and a dog named Longganisa star in this debut mystery novel

Fil-Am writer Mia P. Manansala’s debut novel “Arsenic and Adobo” is equal parts Filipino culinary diaspora and Agatha Christie murder mystery

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The Magellan-Elcano expedition had food for 2 years. A new book lists their feasts in the country when they ran out

The first publication of the National Quincentennial Committee, “Pigafetta’s Philippine Picnic: Culinary Encounters During the First Circumnavigation, 1519-1522” by food historian Felice Prudente Sta. Maria will be released this week in Cebu

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Philippine literature is going global this National Literature Month

Tell all your friends from around the world, because these National Literature Month events might just be the highlight of your summer

Books from Underground is back in business—and now online

Aside from reopening back at the Lagusnilad underpass, the secondhand bookstore is now also “open” online

Here’s a list of required reading—written by women—for National Women’s Month

From the heroines of the Hukbalahap to a ladies in their twilight years, reading these stories about women is the perfect way to celebrate March

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Window displays are a form of art, and this book wants to teach you about it

“The Art of Window, Display and Design” is the latest addition to Vibal Foundation’s “Fifty Shades of Philippine Art” series

Heads up: The Ortigas Foundation Library is moving to Greenhills by May

The library has a collection of 24,000 volumes of books, maps, photographs and documents, including records from the Japanese wartime trials

What’s making this all-around creative happy? Her dogs Calcifer and Stoya—and *lots* of wine

“What’s making us happy” is our weekly list of things we are drooling over or…

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What’s making this ceramic artist happy? Edible and decorative bread lamps and rest as a radical act

“What’s making us happy” is our weekly list of things we are drooling over or…

Good news for bookworms: Books from Underground in Lagusnilad Underpass is back

After nine months of rehabilitation, the Manila City government opened the newly-renovated Lagusnilad Underpass on…