The Center for Culinary Arts-Manila, the country’s premier formal culinary school will be conducting a wine course dubbed as Wine Appreciation Workshop, at C3 Events in San Juan on April 21.The event will be handled by no less than wine connoisseur/expert Sherwin Lao.

He will teach the participants how to evaluate wine through the senses of sight, smell, taste and touch. Students will also learn how to judge premium wines and differentiate Old and New World wines and read labels.

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Filipino’s love to eat! And one all-time favorite Pinoy comfort food is a Visayan original recipe, native chicken barbecue or more commonly known as “inasal”. Now, who would have more authority in engaging in inasal business than a Visayan himself, veteran actor Joel Torre’s JT’s Manukan and Grille.

JT’s Manukan and Grille is located along Esguerra St.,in Quezon City just a few blocks away from ABS-CBN and GMA.

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By Valerie Tort

The heat of summer will never escape unless you crave for something cold, whether it is a fun snack or an ice cold drink. Crepes ‘n Cream will never leave you during this hot summer season. A sister company of UCC and DyDo, Crepes ‘n Cream offered ice cream, milkshakes, and a lot more.

Crepes ‘n Cream opened in May 21, 2006 and continued to satisfy their client’s cravings, sweet indulgences, and flavorful food fares up to now.

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Like our counterparts in Asia, Filipinos love to feast on those salivating exotic street food found everywhere in the Philippines.

Wherever there’s a market, a heavily traffic road, schools, church areas, and in obscure street corners, a street food vendor will never lack for customers who crave for isaw, kikiam, fishballs, or those flour breaded chicken skin deep fried in oil.

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By Excel V. Dyquiangco

One of the things the Filipinos are known for is their unique qualities that make up almost anything into something new and unblemished. And, well, food is not an exception. While many nations still prefer dining in or dining out and eating pizzas in a raucous way, Filipinos bring their hunger to the streets for their favorite Pinoy street food.

Everywhere one looks, there is a queue formed to buy some of the most exotic delicacies that vendors could offer – there is the grilled chicken intestines or isaw, fried squid balls, fishballs or kikiam – a type of processed chicken, which are served on a stick. There are also the offal (or better known as betamax, after its rectangular shape, and chicken feet (adidas).

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By Valerie Tort

Pizza, pasta, and passion made Italian cuisine one of the oldest favorite foods in the world. Casa Rialto, one of the many Italian restaurants in the Philippines, managed to retain the authenticity of Italian cooking and brought the best-tasting dishes in the South (of Manila).

Casa Rialto opened in December of last year to acquaint diners with a bona fide Italian fare. With other competitive and established Italian restaurants, why would people choose Casa Rialto?

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By Joel Pinaroc

Taberna Ocho is one of the newest restaurants/bars to set up shop at Maginhawa St. in Quezon City, affirming that the area is slowly but surely becoming an alternative venue for individuals or groups looking for a place to hang out, drink ice cold beer, chat, and listen to good music.

Although the place is a typical watering hole, the bar promises patrons a place that will serve various appetizers not commonly found in most hangout places, aside from the usual “pulutan” fares.

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The Chinese Lunar New Year is coming up. Time to see reds, fireworks, dancing dragons, and of course everyone’s favorite delicacy, tikoy (sticky rice cake) or the Chinese New Year Pudding. This and other Chinese food delights make the Filipino-Chinese celebration of the joyous event unique from its Asian counterparts.

The sweet tikoy is made from grounded rice flour, wheat starch, lard, water, and sugar. The sugar type determines the color of the pudding. That’s why when you go the stores, you have a choice of brown or white tikoy.

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By Valerie Tort

Plain old cereal with full cream milk three times a day plus two in-between snacks for eternity will make us go crazy. At Cerealicious, milk and cereals as meal even at lunch and dinner time is something to look forward to.

Cerealicious provided a modern concept and point of view regarding the all-time favorite breakfast cereals. “Cereals are great alternative for bread, rice, and other carbohydrate-rich foods. It is also a means to stimulate one’s appetite and prevent ourselves from stuffing so much food,” explained Cerealicious regular, Belle, a nursing graduate from the University of Santo Tomas and a self-confessed cereal lover.

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Wondering what to give your special someone this Valentine’s Day? Why not some Valentine dessert goodies?

If you ask me nothing says ‘I love you’ like homemade sweets that you have labored over just so you can make your Valentine gift truly a work of love. One fine suggestion is baking a Valentine chocolate cookie or a delectable Valentine dessert. Follow the old saying that the way to your partner’s heart is through their stomach.

Ponder on these simple yet mouth-waterring Valentine recipes:

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