Lasa ng Republika: dila at bandila : search for the national palate of the Philippines /
Ige Ramos
- English edition
- Mandaluyong : Anvil Publishing, Inc., c2022.
- 120 pages : black and white illustrations ; 18 cm.
Includes bibliographic references.
A new revolution -- The great cultural divide -- What is Filipino food? How does food become Filipino? -- Periods in Philippine history -- Of rumbling stomachs, bloodline, and the clatter of pans -- First encounter -- Terroir: basis for quality standard of culture -- The search search for national food -- Historical vignettes that shaped our food -- Austronesian transmigration and the coconut -- Pigafetta's first banquet -- The making of the crops of oppression -- Valenciana or Bringhe -- The French menu at the Malolos Banquet -- Grammar of food, thesaurus of flavor -- The tongue and national conciousness -- Suman: the symbol of the revolution and solidarity.