New Philippine Stamp: Mama Sita’s Birth Centennial
New commemorative stamps featuring the Filipino culinary icon Teresita “Mama Sita” Reyes have been issued by the Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) for the year 2018.
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News Related To Filipino Food: The OMGPeke Scandal Involving Magnolia Ice-Cream USA
Thunder Park Feasts on Filipino Food
Sandara’s brother is in the Philippines feasting on Filipino food with friends!
Chef Tatung’s Presentation of Authentic Philippine Cuisine at Madrid Fusion
Filipino kitchen warriors like Myke “Tatung” Sarthou have for years worked to uplift everything local.
From searching for everything traditional to patronizing and promoting local, heirloom ingredients and dishes, they have looked deeper into our history, visited further into our small towns and have created relationships with the farmers and food producers from all over our archipelago.
U.S. Company Blocks San Miguel From Selling Magnolia Ice-Cream
A company in the United States has been marking their own ice-cream products with the “Magnolia” name, using San Miguel’s iconic oval logo.
That company Ramar has no affiliation with San Miguel Philippines. Even today, many Filipino Americans assume that the Magnolia ice-cream they eat in the USA is related to the Magnolia in the Philippines. It is not.
Chef Jordy Navarra in the SCMP: There’s More to Filipino Food Than Balut
There’s more to Filipino food than balut, chef Jordy Navarra says.
Interview by Andrew Sun in the South China Morning Post.
Filipino Food Movement: Now an OMGpeke Corporation
“The Filipino Food Movement” was formally registered as a corporation by the OMGpeke company in 2015.
Contrary to what casual observers have said about FFM being non-proprietary, it is in fact an owned entity that was founded and is under the stewardship of people representing the same company that pirated at least two food brand names from the Philippines — Magnolia and Pampanga’s Best.
Bangtan Boys With Filipino Food
The Philippines is a huge beachhead for the Hallyu (the “Korean Wave” of pop culture that hit the world like a tsunami), and when BTS mentioned that they ate Filipino food, it was to the delight of literally millions of Philippine fans.