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Tikim: Essays on Philippine Food and Culture by Doreen G. Fernandez is a groundbreaking work that introduces readers to the wondrous history of Filipino foodways. First published by Anvil in 1994, Tikim explores the local and global nuances of Philippine cuisine through its people, places, feasts, and flavors.
Doreen Gamboa Fernandez (1934-2002) was a cultural historian, professor, author, and columnist. Her food writing educated and inspired generations of chefs and food enthusiasts in the Philippines and throughout the world. This Brill volume honors and preserves Fernandez's legacy with a reprinting of Tikim, a foreword by chef and educator Aileen Suzara, and an editor's preface by historian Catherine Ceniza Choy.
Contents
Foreword
Editor's Preface
Tikim: Just a Taste
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Writing about Food: Savor the Word, Swallow the World
1 Food and Flavors
1 Balut to Barbecue: Philippine Street Food
2 Here's to Spirited Holidays
3 Breaking the Fast
4 Sukang Paombong
5 Balut, Kamaru, Sawa: What Exotica Do You Eat?
6 The Lumpia of Silay
7 Si Sugpo: Prawns in Philippine Lore and Culture
8 Ang Mahiwagang Nilaga
9 The Noodles of Our (Long) Lives
10 The Original Pancit Lucban
11 The Vanishing Scene
12 New Ways with Old Dishes
13 Sa Banwa sang Dulce: the Flavors of Negros
14 A Durian Experience
15 Mangoes and Maytime
16 Salty and Sour, Bitter and Sweet: Philippine Flavorings
2 People and Places
1 Inside Information: a Tribute to Mothers
2 On Unperceived Excellences
3 Men in the Kitchen
4 Alta Cocina Filipina: Has It Arrived?
5 Kinilaw Artistry in Old Sagay
6 She Cuts Pastillas Wrappers
7 The Sweet Taste of Success
8 The Filipino Kitchen
9 Restaurant of Yesteryears
10 The Regional Food Adventure
11 What's Cooking?
3 Books and Other Feasts
1 Food in Philippine Literature
2 A Cookbook and a Billiard Table
3 Pasteleria at Reposteria, 1919
4 Dream Food
5 Mother Cuisine
6 Contrary Thoughts for Valentine's Day
7 My Personal, Communal Christmas
8 Noche Buena
9 The Festive Table
10 Angono, San Clemente, Giants and Water Pistols
11 Silay, Zarzuelas, and Remembering the Revolution
12 A Town Bejewelled: Philippine Food Art
4 Food in Philippine History
1 The Flavors of Mexico in Philippine Food and Culture
2 A Conversation with Fray Juan de Oliver on Drinking and Drunkenness
3 Beyond Sans Rival: Exploring the French Influence on Philippine Gastronomy
4 Colonizing the Cuisine: the Politics of Philippine Foodways
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