Food
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Recreating Food From Shows/Movies
Food plays such an iconic role in our lives, making the shows and movies we watch also include some iconic dishes. Some dishes included in these shows and movies look so appetizing that some people made the effort to recreate them in real life, and they are as delicious as they seem on screen. Here’s a few examples of recreated dishes from iconic films and links to their recipes!
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Fried Rice: Growing Up With Me
The best fried rice recipe. When I was younger, I cooked this fried rice dish everyday after school. I started learning how to cook when I was in middle school because I thought I could cook better than the food I was eating at school for lunch from the school cafeteria. When we visited my relatives in Asia, I would show off, cooking my dish for my grandparents, relatives, and all their friends. If I need a quick bite or a fancy dinner to impress a special someone, this is my go to dish :)
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Traditional Filipino Dishes I Eat During Filipino Parties
As with every culture, there are traditional dishes that you’re likely to find at every party or holiday event that you can always look forward to eating. At Filipino parties and holidays, you’re for sure going to find a few (or maybe even all) of the following dishes on the kitchen table. You may have heard of these dishes before or may even have variations of these dishes in other cultures as well. Here’s a list of a few of my favorite dishes that I look forward to indulging in at every family party, but especially during the holidays!
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Food That Remind Me of Home
Food is really important to me in my household, and after being in college the past couple of years, it really made me realize how much I miss my family, but whenever I feel this way there are some foods that bring me back.
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My “Least Favorite” Filipino Food
Growing up, I was lucky enough to have parents who raised me on authentic Filipino food. From eating tapsilog, bulalo, lumpia, pancit, giniling, and so much more, their cooking was the reason why I was so experimental with food when I was younger. It was always surprising to the adults around me when my brother and I would willingly eat vegetables, or if I would gladly take a bite of something that was notoriously suited for an adult palate. However, there was one food in particular that would make me draw the line: Chicken Tinola.
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Best Food to Throw During a Food Fight
Food fights were always shown in American movies as a rebellious, but thrilling event to happen in school cafeterias. Interestingly enough, this is actually part of Spanish Culture, as they have two very popular annual food fight festivals called La Merenga, where desserts, like meringue, are mainly thrown, and La Tomatina, where tomatoes are thrown, that date back to 1945.1 In the following article, I’ll be listing out five other foods that I think would be the best to throw during a food fight and a few reasons why.
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Food Culture in Asia vs the US
People need to eat to survive, that’s just a basic fact of life. Unless you have some medical condition where you can’t eat, but that’s besides the point. Every country has their own cuisine and culture around food that makes them unique to others. In Indian food you’ll find strong and hot spices. Mexico is known for their bright food made from simple ingredients cooked masterfully. When you think of the US, you think of comfort food that you can always fall back on.
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Asian Food Superstitions
Growing up Filipino-American, I was surrounded by different superstitions at the table. During big dinners and holiday meals, I always heard different symbols from aunts and uncles regarding certain foods or manners. Here are a few superstitions from various Asian cultures that you may have grown up with yourself!
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How Food Became Offerings
The act of food consumption and eating behaviors is a quality that all humans share in order to survive. The act of food offerings goes back to the era of hunters and gatherers as their means of survival. Over time, along with the increased complexity of food that has developed, the act of sharing and offering different food has become a common theme across all cultures—particularly in Asian culture.
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Easy Valentine’s Day Treats
February is considered the month of love, and is when Valentine’s Day is celebrated. Valentine’s Day is the perfect time to show your loved ones how much you love them. My favorite way to express my love to my friends and family is through baking cute, sweet treats! Whether you have a Valentine this year or not, here are three easy Valentine’s Day treats you can make alone or with a special someone.
