The World Food Summit Menu

In the 2002 Food Summit, they dined on:

Foie gras and toast with kiwi fruit
Lobster in vinaigrette
Fillet of goose with olives
Seasonal vegetables
Compote of fruit with vanilla
Vins multiple fine wines

Now recently they had it toned down
because of decorous hypocrisy :

2008 menu

Vol au vent with sweetcorn and mozzarella
Pasta with cream of pumpkin and shrimps
Veal olives with cherry tomatoes and basil
Fruit salad with vanilla ice cream
Vin Orvieto Classico Poggio Calvelli 2005

In 2014, the menu would have to be:

Soylent Green
Lucky Me Instant Noodles (Pasig River Flavor)
Cardboard siopao
Chocnut
Red Horse Beer

The Dogs of Comiles

The dogs of Comiles. So obedient and bred for suicide. This is a joke, friends. PETA, peace.

Rice in News Trend

Rice news in the Philippines is rising since 2006, as seen in this Google Trend Map. I simply typed "rice" and this is what I got. The "Rice" in the past years was about Condoleeza.

The Pundaquit Cookoff

I can't write. That clam I ate at the Army-Navy Club did it. And the oyster and prawns. Downed with San Miguel. I slept througout the whole trip but still remembered that dinner. Anyway, the Trouble-Frees will be having a cookoff in Zambales at the end of the month. Iron Chef and Survivor Series combined with the music of the Bolipatas. And the secret ingredient is...

Twenty Eats your Cardio Won't

• 20. Saltiest Side Dish
• 19. Saltiest Dessert
• 18. Saltiest Soup
• 17. Saltiest Kids' Food
• 16. Saltiest Burger
• 15. Saltiest "Healthy" Food
• 14. Saltiest Pasta
• 13. Saltiest Chinese Entrée
• 12. Saltiest Breakfast
• 11. Saltiest Beef Entrée
• 10. Saltiest Frozen Dinner
• 9. Saltiest Bread
• 8. Saltiest Sandwich
• 7. Saltiest Pizza
• 6. Saltiest Comfort Food
• 5. Saltiest Salad
• 4. Saltiest Mexican Entrée
• 3. Saltiest Seafood Entrée
• 2. Saltiest Appetizer
• 1. The Saltiest Dish in America

kæb ɪdʒ

Hey, nice underwear

My Sad Republic April 16's Food Tragedies and the Newest Cebu Scandal

Somebody killed the Sisig Queen. A fetus was found in a garbage bin a fastfood outlet in Carriedo. To go.Custom officials held for flour smuggling. They are different from the bread bandits whom the PGMA regime is trying to find kuning kuning. An American boy blew 213 balloons wiht his nose in an hour. From Sunstar Cebu: A 39-year-old homosexual is planning to sue a medical team after he saw in a cellular phone of a friend last Friday a circulated video footage of the operation to extract a perfume canister stuck in his anus during a sexual act.

Patis and Birdman

On Saturday, April 19, 2008 Kusina Salud presents, "Bird-Man: An Earth Day Celebration" .
Bird-Man begins at 3 pm with a talk/open forum by Wild Bird Photographer Romy Ocon, entitled "For the Birds". He will also give a slide-show presentation of the numerous birds he has passionately documented in their natural habitat. This will be followed by the ribbon-cutting of Romy's exhibit in our small gallery. Please visit http://romyocon. blogspot. com for more information.

The second half of our celebration is yet untitled because it is a 15-minute performance art collaborative by multi-awarded poetess Nerisa Guevara, seasoned thespians Nonie and Shamaine Buencamino, inimitable sound designer Malek Lopez, and educator-visual designer Blums Borres. As we speak, we are setting Nerisa's poetry to Malek's music, which will be followed by Nonie and Shamaine's interpretation of the "songs" into movement. Technical Director Mark Lakay and Production Manager Perky Parong will provide the necessary support
system to ensure the seamlessness of this once in a lifetime performance.

Tickets are PHP 500 each which also includes an all-day vegetarian buffet and a raffle of 13 prizes from artists and entrepreneurs: Master Potters John Pettyjohn and Ugu Bigyan, Brass Sculptor Carlito Ortega, Manila Tourguide Carlos Celdran, Mosaic Artist Denise Celdran, Photographer Isa Lorenzo, Chef Billy King, Accessories Designer Anton Pamintuan, Casa San Pablo, Casa Rap, Earthkeepers, Pilar Antiques and Patis Tesoro.

Proceeds from ticket sales will be shared with the Philippine Bird Photography Forum and the Artists Welfare Project. Please reserve now as limited seating is available. Kusina Salud is located in San Pablo, Laguna. Call/text Apple or April at 0921.7726985 or 049.5736155. Please e-mail us at kusinasalud@ gmail.com or kusinasalud. yahoo.com

Cafe by the Ruins Turns 20

Cafe by the Ruins will be celebrating 20 years of Feeding Souls and Pleasing Palates since 1988. From March 26 to 29, there would be food and frenzied performances galore. The opening of the installation and photo exhibit would be on the 26th with Ruel Bimmuyag and friends doing the pattong. The video on Robert Villanueva, one of the founders of the cafe, would be shown at night. The Thanksgiving Canao would be on the 28th featuring performances from Karlo Altomonte and Pinikpikan. Karla Delgado will be holding a food writing workshop in the morning of 29 and at night, the Baguio Writers Group will hold a poetry reading. Nancy Pobanz would be conducting a mixed media collage workshop followed by a performance from Yazon Banal and a jamming concert from Repolyo Republic, Alikabok and Spaceflower Show.

Sarap!

Call for Papers: Foodscapes of Southeast Asia
The York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) and Founder's College, YorkUniversity, Toronto, Canada, will host Foodscapes of Southeast Asia onFriday, February 29, 2008.
This event will explore the relation between food consumption and food production in Southeast Asia. The afternoon consists of two panels ofacademic papers from different disciplinary perspectives with ampletime for discussion. Currently, we expect to have presentations on the natural food revolution in Thailand, street foods of Hanoi, steamed rice cakes as representations of local identities in the Philippines,Women entrepreneurs in the food industry in Southeast Asia and the use of seaweed in the Philippines.
Attention will also be drawn to the multi-sensorial aspects of food.While the academic discourse on food is often text-based, knowledge about food is also coded in taste and vision; and our personal experiences with food reflect the integration of these different approaches to knowledge production. We will have at least one multimedia presentation entitled "Doing Lunch in Salaya."
The afternoon ends with a presentation by photographers and cookbookwriters, Jeff Alford and Naomi Daguid, best-selling authors of Seductions of Rice, Hot Sour Salty Sweet, and Mangoes and CurryLeaves. They will present "Hot Sour Salty Sweet: A Culinary Journey along the Mekong River," followed by a special Southeast Asian meal.
If you would like to present a paper, please send a title and short abstract to ycar@yorku.ca by January 18, 2008. Works in progress by graduate students are particularly welcome. For information about the program, please contact Professor Penny VanEsterik at esterik@yorku. ca, or 77782. If you are interested in attending, please email ycar@yorku.ca for more details.
Alicia Filipowich
Centre Coordinator
York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR)
York University
Ste. 270, York Lanes, 4700 Keele Street
Toronto, ON Canada
M3J 1P3
Telephone: 416 736 2100 ext. 44068
Fax: 416 736 5688
falicia@yorku. ca

Bliss Full of Activities

From Jim, the favorite American biker of Ed, Choy, Chona and Grace Subido:

Shanti and I are just back from an amazing two week stay in Singapore. We attended,along with 3200 others on the Buddhist path, a series of teachings and events of Kadampa Buddhism. We brought back many photos and fond memories which we are happy to share...just ask us when you pop in. Also we are selling this Tibetan sect's book ' Introduction to Buddhism ' hardbound and beautifully produced for 850 pesos only. For every book sold we are donating 350 pesos to the International Temple project of NKT Buddhism.Curious ? Check out the website www.kadampa.org

EXHIBIT OPENING

Saturday 20 October 6-9 pm at BLISS
' BIYAHE '
An exhibit by five female artists from Manila (Ruth Jacob, Jhoan Medrano, Lady Mendoz, Guia Salumbides and Vanessa Tamayo) There will be food and drinks. The exhibit will be for the benefit of the local NGO S.A.V.E. which stands for Stop the Abuse and ViolencE against women which Shanti and I are proud to be founding members. Members of S.A.V.E. and four of the five artists will be on hand to meet with us.

Sunday 21 October 7:30 pm at BLISS

Sunday night ART film
WEAPONS OF MASS DECEPTION. 98 minutes. A documentary produced in 2004 about the media's role in the IRAQ invasion...thought provoking and well produced.

MY VEGGIE DAY PROMO

You have been asking for something AFTER our successful "red rainy rebate" promo we ran from 5/15-8/15 so here it is.

Fact : 85 % of our customers are non vegetarian.
Fact : Many have expressed interest in how to get started.
Conclusion : "My Veggie Day" Program
For : Baguio area residents
Ages : 5 - 95 years old
Those over 95 will be considered on a case by case basis !
Period : Indefinite
So here is how it will work.

* You choose ‘ my veggie day ‘ anytime Monday - Sunday. Sign up with your server…she will give you your ‘ veggie day ‘ card for your future use.
* Every time you dine with us on ‘ your veggie day ‘ you will get a 15 % discount voucher for your bill that day… you can use within a month…any day you like.

What we like about this program ?
Gets you ‘ thinking veggie ‘ at BLISS at least one day a week…that’s good for your body, the environment and the animal kingdom.
And
Means we will be looking for your smiling face at least once a week !
It costs you nothing to sign up AND saves you 15 % on your next visit AND the first time you use it you get a free BLISS patch….