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Farm to table, heart to heart
After a volcano, a pandemic and a lost lease, chefs Jay Jay and Rhea SyCip’s Fatted Calf finds its footing in Tagaytay, one farm-to-table plate at a time.
Mojo risin’: A tale of set meals and endless mojitos
Bottomless mojitos, set meals and a little existential drift: an afternoon at TGI Fridays One Ayala, where P345 buys as many mojitos as the heat demands.
Chef Josh Boutwood’s appetite for evolution
The chef behind Manila’s most restless kitchens on why he never designs a menu until he is standing in the room, and the chapter he is closing now.
Philippine Pavilion’s ‘Structures of Mutual Support’: From the Biennale to Bulacan
From an old armory in Venice to a barangay in Angat, the award-winning community library goes home to the people who helped build it.
Moving in Stereo: Why do audio fools fall in love?
Soundproofing is not acoustic treatment, the way Ryan Adams is not Bryan Adams. The never-ending build of a listening room, failing better.
The empire state of Maria Angelica Tan’s art
A Filipina in her early twenties, a Hudson Square gallery, and leftover adobo before the bus: Maria Angelica Tan distills New York into paint.
Mountain song: PHL Pavilion brings the aura of Banahaw to the Biennale
In the Philippine Pavilion, visitors walk among fabric, fake stones and sound, following the light. Mark Salvatus brings Banahaw to Venice.
Daily grind & morning rituals
Bo’s Coffee spins off Daily, a hand-poured brand born in the pandemic, from 10 cloud stores to 12 cafés built to look like bounce houses.
Shadows fall and I try
Grief tech, Black Mirror bots, and memories of Nanay: she murdered the English language but was Yoda, Obi-Wan, and Darth Maul rolled into one.
A raising of curtains: Senator Loren Legarda & the story of the PHL Pavilion in Venice
Over lunch in Venice, Senator Loren Legarda recounts how she willed the Philippines back to the Biennale after a 51-year absence.
A night of dragon potions and Red Lotus eaters
A dinner of Sichuan Sour and Shanghai Spritz becomes a night of wild print-industry tales, at a resto-bar built for lowering your defenses.
Cecile Licad on concert memories and the loss of a soulmate
It was an emotional moment for Anton Huang when Licad dedicated the Schumann-Liszt piece to Nedy Tantoco. ‘Sad that it was actually my mom’s last concert.’