FILIPINO BOOKS WIN GOURMAND AWARDS IN LONDON

Filipino books win in London !


For the first time cookbooks from the Philippines win major awards at the Gourmand Awards. In London on April 13, three Filipino books were honoured.

The Governor General Kitchen - Anvil

The book already received the 2006 National Book Award. Now it is one of the two Best Culinary History books in the world for the Gourmand Awards for books 2006-200
The Governor – General Kitchen
Philipines Culinary Vignettes and Period Recipes 1521-1935. In English
Felice Prudente Sta.Maria
Design: Guillermo Ramos, Ige Ramos Design Studio
ISBN: 971 2716961
www.anvil.com.ph
(Anvil)


It won second place with 24 countries competing in this category.


Foodlore and Flavours – Artpostasia

In the category Asian Cuisine Cookbook, the Artpostasia cookbook took third place, with 17 finalists in this category from 17 countries.

Foodlore and Flavors – Inside the South East Asian Kitchen
Tan Su – Lyn
Photos: Neal Oshima
ISBN: 978 971 9317050
(Artpostasia-Philippines)


There are 80 recipes from 10 Southeast Asian nations, by the most respected food writers and experts.


A La Carte – Anvil

There are excellent writers in the Philippines. The book A La Carte took third place, with 22 countries competing in the category Food Literature.

A La Carte: Food and Fiction
Edited by Cecilia Manguera Brainard and Marily Orosa
25 Authors
Illustrations: Ice de Leon
ISBN: 978 9712718779
www.anvilpublishing.com
www.pahlbooks.com
(Anvil)


The collection of 25 stories and recipes reveal Filipino culture in a unique way


The Gourmand Yearbook 2008


Books were received from 107 countries for the Awards. All finalists are now exhibited at the London Book Fair April 14-16 on Stand U800 the Gourmand/LBF Cookbook Corner. They will later be at the Frankfurt Book Fair in October.

All finalists are also listed in the Gourmand Yearbook 2008, with a photo of their front cover and contact details. There are also the international cookbook market sources, with publishers, authors, media, printers, bookstores and much more.

For information:
Edouard Cointreau, President
Gourmand Awards
icr@virtualsw.es
www.cookbookfair.com.
Tel: +34 91541 67 68

BOOKS BY E. SAN JUAN

Newly released books by E. San Juan, Jr:

Racism and Cultural Studies, by E. San Juan Jr., Duke University Press, paperback, 440 pages, ISBN 0-8223-2866-6 - "In Racism and Cultural Studies" E. San Juan Jr. offers a historical-materialist critique of practices in multiculturalism and cultural studies. Rejecting contemporary theories of inclusion as affirmations of the capitalist status quo, San Juan envisions a future of politically equal and economically empowered citizens through the democratization of power and the socialization of property. Calling U.S. nationalism the new 'opium of the masses,' he argues that U.S. nationalism is where racist ideas and practices are formed, refined, and reproduced as common sense and consensus."

Balikbayang Mahal: Passages from Exile, by E. San Juan Jr., Lulu.com, Morrisville, N.C. 2007 - A book of translations, Balikbayang Mahal or Beloved Returnee is about making history in unexpected places.

For more information, contact E. San Juan, Jr. directly at philcsc@sbcglobal.com or philcsc@gmail.com

CALL FOR SUBMISSION - FINDING GOD

This is a call for submissions of creative nonfiction for an anthology tentatively titled, FINDING GOD. The book will be co-edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard and Marily Ysip Orosa and published in the Philippines by Anvil. Contributors will receive copies of the book as compensation for the use of their work.

The manuscript should be approximately 10 pages long, typed, double-spaced (approximately 2,500 words) and should include your contact information on the first page. This can be emailed to cbrainard@gmail.com or to marilyo@yahoo.com.

You may also send it by air mail to:
Cecilia Brainard
c/o PALH
PO Box 5099
Santa Monica, CA 90409
USA

Our vision is to collect essays (creative nonfiction) that describe one’s spiritual journey towards God. We envision the essays to focus on a specific incident that made the writer “find God” or that drew the writer closest to God. We have a preference toward a writing style that uses elements as scene and dialogue. The editors are looking for articles that are lively, specific and visual – articles that address questions such as:
o Have you ever felt abandoned by God or felt your life in shambles, then realized that God was there all along?
o Did you ever have a close encounter with God? How? What circumstances surrounded such an encounter? Describe how such an encounter happened, in specific terms – where, when, how old were you, how did you feel before the encounter, and how did you feel after the encounter? How has your life changed from such an encounter?
o What specific situation was it that made you realize there is a God and that He is close to you?
o Take us on that journey: make us see you and those around you; make us feel what you had felt when you felt abandoned; make us feel what you felt when you discovered God; and make us see how your life has changed after finding God.

Deadline for submission is July 15, 2008. Early submissions are welcome. Please include your bio (approx. 150 words) in people-friendly narrative form, and all contact information (email address, mailing address, telephone number).

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ABOUT THE EDITORS: Cecilia Manguerra Brainard is the author/editor of 14 books; Marily Ysip Orosa is the publisher of historical coffee table books. Both Cecilia and Marily have won numerous awards for their literary work. They have collaborated on two other anthologies: Behind the Walls: Life of Convent Girls, and the award-winning A La Carte: Food & Fiction, both published by Anvil.

Cecilia has a blog at http://cbrainard.blogspot.com.
Marily has a blog at http://marilyo.multiply.com

ERWIN CABUCOS BOOK RELEASED IN AUSTRALIA

New Book: Short Stories on the Philippine-Australian Experience
Topics on Australian identity and migration experiences have perhaps bored many of us in our classroom and dinner discussion, but when they are told in honest and lively ways, with characters from different voices and ages, and with genuine human emotion, reading can become engaging and enjoyable.

Such is the comment of one of the initial readers of Green Blood and Other Stories' Judith Cheyne, Director of E-lucidate Web and Print Editing and Communications based in Brisbane.

She says: ‘I love the “reality” and immediacy of the style, the use of language, and the way a sense of place is created. …the stories are beautifully structured - a real joy to read. Once I started to read, I had to keep going till the end. …so alive, touching and funny.’

Written by an emerging Philippine-Australian author, this book of 15 short stories explores and asks questions: why is being cut essential to being straight in that particular culture? What happens when a terrorist comes to your door for a blessing of the soul of Christian soldiers he had killed? How many times have we cast racist slur over our immigrant neighbour's smelly food? Why am I only accepted as Australian if I can speak English? Isn't Australia a multicultural country, having people from different languages? Why are Caucasian looks more beautifully looking than say, Asians or Africans?

These questions have answers. Plenty and valid they may be, the answers are often sifted, favouring the ideological, the 'common sense' or the 'normal' ones. Many people in our society are happy to settle with what has been normalised, often those that have been represented and perpetuated in the Media. Hence, many of us assume that people who can not speak good English are less intelligent that those who can; that, people who have thick accents are not worth paying dedicated attention to.

The result: the points-of-view of people from different backgrounds are marginalised.

Author Erwin Cabucos wrote Green Blood and Other Stories with awareness that, often, stories and points-of-view of people from non-English speaking background are silenced. In the book, the characters are given voices, emotion, and resolution to their angsts, and yes sometimes, they feel like throwing dried fish scales to those who hate their cultural food.

But Erwin Cabucos is not mean. He trained as a high school teacher in the areas of English and Studies of Society and makes writing his hobby. His passion is transparent in the narratives of his stories.

‘The stories are about relationships: relationships between father and son, mother and daughter, Muslim and Catholic. Erwin deals with some very complex issues in this book and he never tries to paint anything as all black or all white…. funny and tragic at the same time,' says Pippa Kay, Author of Doubt and Conviction: The Kalajzich Inquiry, Sydney.

Coral Hartley, the publishing editor of The Write Angle in Brisbane read 'The Bleached Hills of Cotabato' short story from the collection and comments that it is 'meaty, different and topical'.

Erwin was born and raised in the Southern Philippines and he first came to Australia on a scholarship, then after marrying his Australian wife. He has degrees in Psychology from the Philippines and Communications and Education from Australia. He now lives with his wife and children in Brisbane.

‘What I like most about the stories of Erwin Cabucos are his characters who, even when they are in Australia, are Filipino through and through. They are touching in their simplicity and tenacity to improve their lot. [They] treasure the notion of the Family," comments Cecilia Brainard, author of When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, University of Michigan Press, USA.

‘Cabucos' stories … are well grounded in contemporary history, so that after reading his work, one has a better understanding of the Filipino-Australian experience, and of Filipino experience in Muslim Mindanao.’

The stories are probably not for the younger ones but are definitely stimulating for the young adult and adult readers. The sentences are simple and the plots are lively. The lay-out of the pages are spacious, promising accessibility to fuzzy readers.'

I would like to see this book gain wide coverage in Australia with a place on High School reading lists,' says Joye Alit of Wordit, Australia.Green Blood and Other Stories, Erwin Cabucos, Manila Prints Publishing, Sydney. ISBN 978-0-9804827-0-6. Paperback A5, 219 pages. RRP: AU$22.00 plus P&H.

Copies are available from palhbooks.com.

Erwin Cabucos

UPDATED FILIPINO AMERICAN BIBLIOGRAPHY

courtesy of Barbara Jane Reyes

filipino_american_literature_bibliography
*Disclaimer: this is an attempt at a somewhat comprehensive list, which I originally created in August 2006. Please bear in mind I am limited in my ability to know of every single title out there. That said, I will update this list on a somewhat regular basis, as titles become known to me. Regarding self-published books, I am not yet sure how to include these, given my general difficulty in discerning vanity presses from various, diverse "D.I.Y." publishing projects. I do not include e-publications and CD's. I also do not include graphic novels, but if titles become known to me I will rethink this omission. There are some titles that cross genre, and which I decided to place in one genre over another.*

Novels

Alumit, Noel. Letters to Montgomery Clift. San Francisco: MacAdam/Cage Publishing, 2002.

Alumit, Noel. Talking to the Moon. New York: Carroll and Graf, 2006.

Bacho, Peter. Cebu. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1991.

Bacho, Peter. Nelson’s Run. Holliston, MA: Willowgate Press, 2002.

Bacho, Peter. Entrys. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2005.

Brainard, Cecilia Manguerra. When the Rainbow Goddess Wept. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1999.

Brainard, Cecilia Manguerra. Magdalena. Austin, TX: Plain View Press, 2002.

Bulosan, Carlos. America Is In The Heart. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1974.

Bulosan, Carlos. The Cry and the Dedication. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1995.

Chai, Arlene J. The Last Time I Saw Mother. New York: Ballantine Books, 1997.

de los Santos, Marisa. Love Walked In. New York: Plume, 2006.

Galang, M. Evelina. One Tribe. Kalamazoo, IL: New Issues Poetry and Prose, 2006.

Hagedorn, Jessica. Dogeaters. New York: Penguin Books, 1991.

Hagedorn, Jessica. The Gangster of Love. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996.

Hagedorn, Jessica. Dream Jungle. New York: Viking Press, 2003.

Holthe, Tess Uriza. When The Elephants Dance. New York: Crown, 2002.

Holthe, Tess Uriza. The Five-Forty-Five to Cannes. New York: Crown, 2007.

Linmark, R. Zamora. Rolling The R’s. New York: Kaya Press, 1997.

Murray, Sabina. A Carnivore’s Inquiry. New York: Grove Press, 2004.

Nolledo, Wilfrido D. But for the Lovers. Normal, IL: Dalkey Archive Press, 1994.

Ong, Han. Fixer Chao. New York: Picador, 2002.

Ong, Han. The Disinherited. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Publishers, 2004.

Realuyo, Bino. The Umbrella Country. New York: Ballantine Books, 1999.

Roley, Brian Ascalon. American Son: A Novel. New York: W.W. Norton, 2001.

Rosca, Ninotchka. State of War. New York: W.W. Norton, 1988.

Rosca, Ninotchka. Twice Blessed. New York: W.W. Norton, 1992.

Ty-Casper, Linda. DreamEden. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1997.

Short Story Collections

Apostol, Gina, Eric Gamalinda, and Lara Stapleton. The Thirdest World. Ithaca, NY: Factory School, 2001.

Bacho, Peter. Dark Blue Suit and Other Stories. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1997.

Galang, M. Evelina. Her Wild American Self: Short Stories. Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1996.

Gonzales, N.V.M. The Bread of Salt and Other Stories. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1993.

Murray, Sabina. The Caprices. New York: Mariner Books, 2002.

Peñaranda, Oscar. Seasons by the Bay. San Francisco: T’boli Publishing & Distribution, 2004.

Santos, Bienvenido. Scent of Apples: A Collection of Stories. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1979.

Skinner, Michelle Cruz. Balikbayan: A Filipino Homecoming. Honolulu: Bess Press, 1997.

Stapleton, Lara. The Lowest Blue Flame Before Nothing. San Francisco: Aunt Lute Books, 1998.

Tagatac, Geronimo. The Weight of the Sun. Portland, OR: Ooligan Press, 2006.

Villa, José Garcia. Have Come, Am Here. New York: Viking Press, 1942.

Villanueva, Marianne. Ginseng and Other Tales from Manila. Corvalis, OR: Calyx Books, 1991.

Villanueva, Marianne. Mayor of the Roses. Oxford, OH: Miami University Press, 2005.

Books of Poetry

Barot, Rick. The Darker Fall. Louisville, KY: Sarabande Books, 2002.

Bautista, Michelle. Kali Blade. Saint Helena, CA: Meritage Press, 2006.

Cabalquinto, Luis. Bridgeable Shores. New York: Kaya Press, 2001.

Carbó, Nick. El Grupo McDonalds. Sylmar, CA: Tia Chucha Press, 1995.

Carbó, Nick. Secret Asian Man. Sylmar, CA: Tia Chucha Press, 2001.

Carbó, Nick. Andalusian Dawn. Cincinnati: Cherry Grove Collections, 2004.

Cariaga, Catalina. Cultural Evidence. Honolulu: A’A Arts, 1999.

Cerenio, Virginia. Trespassing Innocence. San Francisco: Kearny Street Workshop Press, 1989.

Corpuz, Veronica, and Michelle Naka Pierce. Tri/Via. Pittsburgh, PA: Erudite Fangs/Pub Lush, 2003.

de la Paz, Oliver. Names Above Houses. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 2001.

de la Paz, Oliver. Furious Lullaby. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 2007.

de los Santos, Marisa. From the Bones Out. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 2000.

Francia, Luis H. Museum of Absences. Saint Helena, CA and Quezon City: Meritage Press and University of the Philippines Press, 2004.

Gamalinda, Eric. Zero Gravity. Farmington, ME: Alice James Books, 1999.

Gamalinda, Eric. Amigo Warfare. Cincinnati: Cherry Grove Collections, 2007.

Gambito, Sarah. Matadora. Farmington, ME: Alice James Books, 2004.

Gloria, Eugene. Drivers at the Short-Time Motel. New York: Penguin Books, 2000.

Gloria, Eugene. Hoodlum Birds. New York: Penguin Books, 2006.

Gotera, Vince. Dragonfly. San Antonio, TX: Pecan Grove Press, 1994.

Hagedorn, Jessica. Danger and Beauty. New York: Penguin Books, 1993.

Igloria, Luisa. Trill and Mordent. Cincinnati: WordTech Editions, 2005.

Jacinto, Jaime. Heaven Is Just Another Country. San Francisco: Kearny Street Workshop Press, 1996.

Javier, Paolo. The Time at the End of this Writing. Ontario, Canada: Ahadada Press, 2004.

Javier, Paolo. 60 lv bo(e)mbs. Oakland, CA: O Books, 2005.

Legaspi, Joseph O. Imago. Fort Lee, NJ: Cavankerry Press, 2007.

Linmark, R. Zamora. Prime Time Apparitions. New York: Hanging Loose Press, 2005.

Nezhukumatathil, Aimee. Miracle Fruit. Dorset, VT: Tupelo Press, 2003.

Nezhukumatathil, Aimee. At the Drive-In Volcano. Dorset, VT: Tupelo Press, 2007.

Peñaranda, Oscar. Full Deck (Jokers Playing). San Francisco: T’boli Publishing & Distribution, 2004.

Pineda, Jon. Birthmark. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 2004.

Realuyo, Bino. The Gods We Worship Live Next Door. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2006.

Reyes, Barbara Jane. Gravities of Center. San Francisco: Arkipelago Books Publishing, 2003.

Reyes, Barbara Jane. Poeta en San Francisco. Kaneohe, HI: Tinfish Press, 2005.

Rivera, Patria. Puti/White. Calgary, Alberta: Frontenac House, 2005.

Robles, Al. Rappin’ With Ten Thousand Carabaos in the Dark: Poems. Los Angeles: UCLA Asian American Studies Center, 1996.

Rosal, Patrick. Uprock, Headspin, Scramble and Dive. New York: Persea Books, 2003.

Rosal, Patrick. My American Kundiman. New York: Persea Books, 2006.

Starnes, Sofia M. A Commerce of Moments. Columbus, OH: Pavement Saw Press, 2003.

Tabios, Eileen R. Reproductions of the Empty Flagpole. East Rockaway, NY: Marsh Hawk Press, 2002.

Tabios, Eileen R. Menage a Trois with the 21st Century. Espoo, Finland: xPress(ed), 2004.

Tabios, Eileen R. I Take Thee, English, for My Beloved. East Rockaway, NY: Marsh Hawk Press, 2005.

Tabios, Eileen R. Secret Lives of Punctuations, Vol. 1. Espoo, Finland: xPress(ed), 2006.

Tabios, Eileen R. Dredging for Atlantis. Rockhampton, Australia: Otoliths, 2006.

Tabios, Eileen R. Silences: The Autobiography of Loss. West Hartford, CT: Blue Lion Books, 2007.

Tagami, Jeff. October Light. San Francisco: Kearny Street Workshop Press, 1987.

Villa, José Garcia. The Anchored Angel. New York: Kaya Press, 1999.

Non-Fiction Essay and Memoir

Francia, Luis H. Eye of the Fish. New York: Kaya Press, 2001.

McReynolds, Patricia Justiniani. Almost Americans: A Quest for Dignity. Santa Fe, NM: Red Crane Books, 1997.

Poblete, Pati Navalta. The Oracles: My Filipino Grandparents in America. Berkeley, CA: Heyday Press, 2006.

San Juan Jr., E., ed. On Becoming Filipino: Selected Writings of Carlos Bulosan. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1995.

Stickmon, Janet. Crushing Soft Rubies. Piedmont, CA: Broken Shackle Press, 2003.

Strobel, Leny Mendoza. A Book of Her Own. San Francisco: T’boli Publishing & Distribution, 2005.

Children’s Books

Gilles, Almira Astudillo. Willie Wins. New York: Lee and Low Books, 2001.

Robles, Anthony D. Lakas and the Manilatown Fish: Si Lakas at Ang Isda Manilatown. San Francisco: Children’s Book Press, 2003.

Robles, Anthony D. Lakas and the Makibaka Hotel: Si Lakas at Ang Makibaka Hotel. San Francisco: Children’s Book Press, 2006.

Plays and Screenplays

Barroga, Jeannie. “Walls.” In Unbroken Thread: An Anthology of Plays by Asian American Women, edited by Roberta Uno. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1993.

Barroga, Jeannie. “Talk Story.” In But Still, Like Air, I'll Rise: New Asian American Plays, edited by Velina Hasu Houston. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1997.

Barroga, Jeannie. “Eye of the Coconut.” In Bold Words: A Century of Asian American Writing, edited by Rajini Srikanth, and Esther Iwanaga. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2001.

Cajayon, Gene, and John Manal Castro. The Debut. Chicago: Tulitos Press, 2001.

Pulido, Rod. The Flipside: A Filipino American Comedy. Chicago: Tulitos Press, 2002.

Tanglao-Aguas, Francis. When the Purple Settles. Manila: Bathala Press, 2006.

Anthologies: Short Stories and Poetry

Bay Area Pilipino American Writers. Without Names: A Collection Of Poems. San Francisco: Kearny Street Workshop Press, 1985.

Brainard, Cecilia Manguerra, ed. Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America. Manila: Anvil Publishing, 1998.

Brainard, Cecilia Manguerra, ed. Growing Up Filipino: Stories for Young Adults. Santa Monica, CA: Philippine American Literary House, 2003.

Cabico, Regie, and Todd Swift, eds. Poetry Nation: The North American Anthology of Fusion Poetry. Montreal: Vehicule Press, 1998.

Cachapero, Emily, Bayani Mariano, and Luis Syquia, eds. Liwanag: Literary and Graphic Expressions by Filipinos in America. San Francisco: Liwanag Publishing Co., 1975.

Carbó, Nick, ed. Returning a Borrowed Tongue: An Anthology of Filipino and Filipino American Poetry. Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1995.

Carbó, Nick, and Denise Duhamel, eds. Sweet Jesus: Poems About the Ultimate Icon. Los Angeles: The Anthology Press, 2002.

Carbó, Nick, and Eileen Tabios, eds. Babaylan: An Anthology of Filipina and Filipina American Writers. San Francisco: Aunt Lute Books, 2000.

Flores, Penelope V., and Allen Gaborro, eds. Whisper of the Bamboo. San Francisco: Philippine American Writers and Artists, Inc., 2004.

Francia, Luis H., ed. Brown River, White Ocean: An Anthology of Twentieth-Century Philippine Literature in English. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1993.

Francia, Luis H., and Eric Gamalinda, eds. Flippin’: Filipinos on America. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1996.

Hagedorn, Jessica, ed. Charlie Chan is Dead: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Fiction. New York: Penguin Books, 1993.

Hagedorn, Jessica, ed. Charlie Chan is Dead 2: At Home in the World. New York: Penguin Books, 2004.

Realuyo, Bino, Rahna Reiko Rizutto, and Kendall Henry, eds. The Nuyorasian Anthology: Asian American Writings About New York City. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2000.

Tan, Joel B., ed. Queer PAPI Porn: Gay Asian Erotica. San Francisco: Cleis Press, 1998.

Tan, Joel B., ed. Best Gay Asian Erotica. San Francisco: Cleis Press, 2004.

Toribio, Helen, ed. Seven Card Stud with Seven Manangs Wild. San Francisco: T’boli Publishing & Distribution, 2002.

Villanueva, Marianne, and Virginia Cerenio, eds. Going Home to a Landscape: Writings by Filipinas. Corvalis, OR: Calyx Books, 2003.

Vengua, Jean, and Mark Young, eds. The First Hay(na)ku Anthology. St. Helena, CA: Meritage Press, 2005.

Non-fiction and Essay: Literary/Cultural Criticism and Theory

Carbó, Nick, ed. PINOY POETICS: A Collection of Autobiographical and Critical Essays on Filipino and Filipino-American Poetics. St. Helena, CA: Meritage Press, 2004.

Davis, Rocío G., Transcultural Reinventions: Asian American and Asian Canadian Short-Story Cycles. Toronto: Tsar Publications, 2003.

Davis, Rocío G., ed. Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States (MELUS) Issue on Filipino American Literature (Spring 2004).

Davis, Rocío G., and Sue-Im Lee, eds. Literary Gestures: The Aesthetic in Asian American Writing. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2005.

Galang, M. Evelina, ed. Screaming Monkeys: Critiques of Asian American Images. Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2003.

Grefalda, Reme A., Lucy M. Burns, Theo Gonzalves, and Anna M. Alvez. Towards a Cultural Community: Identity, Education, and Stewardship in Filipino American Performing Arts. Washington DC: National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NAFFAA), 2003.

Hidalgo, Cristina Pantoja, and Priscelina Patajo-Legasto, eds. Philippine Post-Colonial Studies Essays on Language and Literature. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, 1993.

Hosillos, Lucila V. Philippine-American Literary-Relations, 1898-1941. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, 1969.

Igloria, Luisa, ed. Not Home, But Here: Writing From the Filipino Diaspora. Manila: Anvil Publishing, 2003.

Lumbera, Bienvenido. Revaluation 1997: Essays on Philippine Literature, Cinema and Popular Culture. Manila: University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 1984.

San Juan Jr., E. The Radical Tradition in Philippine Literature. Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Company, 1971.

San Juan Jr., E. History and Form: Selected Essays. Manila: Ateneo De Manila University Press, 1996.

San Juan Jr., E. The Philippine Temptation: Dialectics of Philippine-U.S. Literary Relations. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1996.

Strobel, Leny Mendoza. Coming Full Circle: The Process of Decolonization Among Post – 1965 Filipino Americans. Manila: Giraffe Books, 2001.

Tabios, Eileen, ed. Black Lightning: Poetry in Progress. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1998.

FILIPINO SPANISH RECIPE - Paella by Evelyn Morales Del Rosario

PAELLA

This recipe is for 8 persons.
Broth
Salt and pepper one whole chicken in at least 8 cups water. Add one onion, tops of 2 leeks, 4 chicken bouillon cubes and 10 whole black peppercorns. Boil and simmer at least 1 hour. Drain and reserve broth.
You can take 2 chickens, remove the leg quarters and the breast and wings for the paella recados, and just boil the rest for the broth.
Use the chicken for salad or other purposes.
A paella is only as good as the broth it is cooked in.
Recados
Prawns
Squid
Chicken pieces
Mussles
Optional: crabs, other seafood
Steam mussles open with water, ginger, onion salt and pepper. Drain and keep mussles for decoration. You can add the liquid to add to your broth. this is optional.
Salt and pepper squid, prawns, chicken. Toss in calamansi juice.
Get one slice of bacon preferably as thick as your thumb. Cut into cubes. If only regular bacon is available, use 4 slices cut in strips.
Cooking the Paella
Prepare:
2 Tbsp. crushed garlic
1/4 cup frozen green peas
1 large red bell pepper deseeded and sliced in
strips
1 large green bell pepper deseeded and sliced
in strips
12 baguio beans (stringed but kept whole)
Heat about 1/4 cup olive oil in heavy frying pan.
Fry bacon to render the fat. Saute the chicken until light golden brown. Do not overcook. Remove chicken and bacon.
Saute squid until opaque. Remove.
Saute prawns until color changes. Remove.
Add olive oil to pan. Saute garlic. Add the vegetables and saute. Remove vegetables and set aside. Do NOT allow garlic to get brown!!

Check olive oil and add if necessary to lightly coat pan. Always use same pan with all the drippings. This will add to the flavor of the paella. Add saffron or colorante (you can buy this in a Spanish deli or La Tienda). Of course you can use achuete in your broth but do not tell your guests that.

Saute 6 cups of rice slowly over medium heat. This takes about 10 minutes. Do not hurry this step. Slowly pour in the broth. Stir rice once. Add more broth until rice starts to puff. Do not keep stirring or you will get lugao. When rice seems more than half cooked, bite into the rice to test doneness, and the broth is enough to steam it cooked, decorate top of the paella with the chicken, bacon, seafood and veggies. Do not forget the mussles. Drizzle with virgin olive oil. Cover pan with aluminium foil and seal tight. When you notice steam forming, turn off the pan. Cover foil with at least 4 layers of newspaper to keep in the heat, and let the paella steam to finish cooking the rice.
The amount of water depends on the type of rice you use. Count on at least 1 1/2 cups broth per cup of raw rice. Sometimes you need 2 cups broth to 1 cup uncooked rice. Best rice to use is Calrose.
Remove the foil and serve only when guests are ready to eat. Serve with lemon wedges and virgin olive oil.

I do not use fish because it tends to dry out and fall apart. Do not overcook the chicken because it will lose it flavor and become dry.
Add cubed pork belly if you like. Just season it well and saute it well to render the fat.

This is a very hearty dish. Serve only paella. If you like, you can serve paella with baked or fried fish fillet and a salad and dessert. Paella as part of a buffet is too much. It will overpower everything else you serve.

Remember, your broth is key to a good paella. Make sure it has good robust flavor. This does not mean salty!!

Have fun cooking! ~ Evelyn Morales Del Rosario
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Evelyn Morales Del Rosario is a graduate of St. Theresa's College, Manila, and the University of Connecticut. She has worked in market reserach, the airline indurstry in the Philippines and in Germany. She is also a food author and food stylist. She has extensive managerial, marketing and corporate communications experience. She is currently working in Europe.
Copyright 1007 by palhbooks.com and Evelyn Del Rosario, all rights reserved.

FILIPINO RECIPE - Puchero by Nadine Sarreal

We'll be posting some Philippine recipes from www.palhbooks.com's Favorite Filipino Recipes. The following main dish recipe is from Filipina literary writer, Nadine Sarreal, who writes prose and poetry. Her work has been published in the Philippines, the USA, Hong Kong, Singapor, Finland, and France. She is the founding member of the Writers Coven, a support group in Singapore.


PUCHERO (Stew)

2 lbs of stewing beef, cut into 2" cubes
1 oz chorizo or hot pepperoni, cut into thin slices
4 green onion, cut in 4" length
1 stalk celery, cut in 4" length
2 tsp salt
1 small cabbage, cut into 8
2 medium potatoes, pared and cubed
1/4 lb green beans
2 tbsp cooking oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 medium onion, minced
1/2 c tomato sauce
1 cup canned chickpeas (garbanzos)

Procedure
1. Boil beef in a big pot with just enough water to cover meat. Let simmer until beef is tender, about 2 hours.
2. Remove beef from pot. Boil broth and add potatoes. Boil for 2-3 minutes. Add green beans and cabbage. Let simmer for 5 minutes.
3. In a separate smaller pot, saute garlic and onion in hot oil. Add beef and tomato sauce. Simmer for 5 minutes. Add 3 cups of the broth and bring to a boil. Add the chickpeas. Let simmer for 5 minutes.
4. Place the beef in a deep serving dish. Arrange the vegetables around the meat. Garnish with the chorizo slices. Pour the tomato sauce broth over the entire dish and serve with hot rice.
5. Eggplant salad complements this nicely. Serve it as a side dish.

(Note A: You may substitute 3 lbs of cut-up chicken instead of the beef, or 2 lbs of chicken and 1 lb of lean pork. Cook the pork first for about 1 hour before adding the chicken for another 30 minutes.)

This recipe serves 6-8 people. Nadine R. Sarreal
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