The Governor-General’s Kitchen: Philippine Culinary Vignettes and Period Recipes, 1521–1935

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This book gathers interesting and little-known stories from historical sources about the Philippines’ culinary culture from 1521 to 1935. This book contains the circumnavigators’ first picnic in the Philippines, efforts to stem hunger in a pioneering Spanish colony, carabao-horn spoons to maintain quiet during meals of nuns loyal to a vow of silence, banquets and balls of the well-heeled and the noble, devil’s ice, Christ’s food, seditious plottings at the King’s bakery in Intramuros, the mythical pygmy Dinahon who introduced the kalan and the palayok, the early lumpia, the origins of carinderia, and much more.

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Pages 318
Publisher Anvil Publishing, Inc.
Published 2006
ISBN 10788209
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Felice Prudente Sta. Maria is the author of several novels. Originally from the East Coast, they now live in the Midwest with family. In addition to writing, Felice Prudente Sta. Maria enjoys gardening, cooking, and reading way past bedtime. Their work often explores the complexities of everyday life and human relationships.

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