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My Inquirer column today on Noche Buena food. Pls share.http://opinion.inquirer...

My Inquirer column today on Noche Buena food. Pls share.
http://opinion.inquirer.net/81230/memories-of-christmases-past


Memories of Christmases past
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My father came from a family of 10 siblings. His youngest sister married a man who was also the tenth child in his family, and they produced 10 children. Their firstborn son was followed by a succession of six daughters, and they rounded up the number with three more sons. As all the names of their���

Christmas lunch place setting. My favorite today was the mash potato cooked in d...

Christmas lunch place setting. My favorite today was the mash potato cooked in duck lard topped with chicken skin chicharon.

Forgot to load my Christmas column on a folk tradition slowly fading away.http:...

Forgot to load my Christmas column on a folk tradition slowly fading away.
http://opinion.inquirer.net/81188/panunuluyan


���Panunuluyan���
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Traffic in the past week has discouraged me from venturing out on any trip that requires a car. The upside of this situation is that I finally found time to reclaim my desk from clutter, reshelve books, and, most important, sort out papers.

Rizal drew this picture of people admiring a Christmas Tree for his nephews and...

Rizal drew this picture of people admiring a Christmas Tree for his nephews and nieces. It illustrated his Tagalog translation of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Fir Tree." The original manuscript remains unlocated and was believed destroyed during the Battle for Manila in 1945. Pls share.

Work on the Rizal letters continues at the Lopez Museum and I was assisted today...

Work on the Rizal letters continues at the Lopez Museum and I was assisted today by my student Jeremy Clemente who was awed by the Luna and Hidalgo paintings in the background. i't's great to show a new generation how I work.

My Inquirer column today on food as heritage that should be preserved,http://op...

My Inquirer column today on food as heritage that should be preserved,
http://opinion.inquirer.net/81051/cooking-ng-ina-ko


Cooking ���ng ina ko!���
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When I was interviewing cooks in Pampanga for my undergraduate thesis, culinary secrets and shortcuts that I could not understand were shared. For example, old folks would tell me things like ���Nung buri meng palambutan ing carni dinan meng platu.��� (Literal translation: If you want the meat you are c���

My Inquirer column today on necessary fictions.http://opinion.inquirer.net/8100...

My Inquirer column today on necessary fictions.
http://opinion.inquirer.net/81001/bibliographic-ghosts


Bibliographic ghosts
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If we are to go by some university administrators��� fetish for citation indexes and ISI Scopus publications, Jose E. Marco, the subject of my ongoing research, hardly exists. However, Marco���s work has cast a long and enduring shadow over Philippine history that merits closer scrutiny.

This local beer in Kamakura carries the face of the bronze Daibutsu or Great Bud...

This local beer in Kamakura carries the face of the bronze Daibutsu or Great Buddha on its label. This face is on keychains, cookies, lollipops and other souvenirs.

When I was Chair of the Historical Commission, I requested a painting by Nationa...

When I was Chair of the Historical Commission, I requested a painting by National Artist Carlos V. Francisco from storage, it depicts Pio Valenzuela, sent by Andres Bonifacio to Dapitan, asking for Rizal's opinion on the Katipunan plan of revolution. Pls share.


2014

This ink smudge in one of Rizal's letters made me jump. Is it his thumb mark? Bu...

This ink smudge in one of Rizal's letters made me jump. Is it his thumb mark? But its red. Is it someones kiss mark? The plot, or maybe my overactive imagination thickens, or maybe I was tired from hours of work in the Lopez Museum.. Pls share.


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