Looking Back

Why Filipinos don’t read

All the nostalgia over books and reading generated by my last column on books and…

History in a hurry

My Holy Week penance this year was unusual, partly because I enjoyed it. This consisted…

‘Pancit’ history

Felice Sta. Maria, doyenne of Philippine culinary history, referenced the Panciteria Antigua, established in 1866,…

Holy Week reading

Historians read differently. While most people start with the so-called “Front Matter” (Title Page, Introduction,…

Identity in recipe books

Concluding at Holy Angel University today is the first international conference on Kapampangan Cuisine and…

Why March is Fire Prevention Month

Travel accounts of the Philippines are bread and butter for historians. Ranging from Antonio Pigafetta’s…

After the Manila Galleons

Attendance at an international conference on the Manila Galleon in Singapore (Not Taylor Swift) made…

Helen Calista Wilson: Wanderlustful spinster

By all counts, Helen Calista Wilson was an extraordinary woman. In a time when women…

From RPS Lapu-lapu to BRP Ang Pangulo

The present Philippine Presidential Yacht has been known under many names since it rolled out…

French under our skin

That Filipinos are separated from their past because of language, is not just about Spanish…