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Navigating the culinary map of the Southern Tagalog region, particularly the provinces of Quezon and Laguna.

Kulinarya Tagala has been taking guests on gastronomic tours throughout Quezon since the mid-2000s.

Originally named as Kalilayan then later Tayabas, Quezon Province was named in honor of the former governor and the countrys second president, Manuel Quezon. 

MANILA - The town of Lucban, the land of pancit habhab and colorful kiping-decorated houses, has revived the iconic Pahiyas Festival this 2022, two years since the pandemic forced most festivals in the Philippines to go virtual. Every May 15, the agricultural towns of Quezon province celebrate the feast of San Isidro Labrador, the patron saint for good harvest, in various ways -- the Agawan Festival in Sariaya, the Mayahon of Tayabas, and the Pahiyas or officially the San Isidro Pahiyas Festival...

Published May 19, 2021, 10:00 AM When we talk about eggplants (or talong in Tagalog), many Filipinos visualize the long, purple vegetable used to make tortang talong, ensalada, pinakbet, and other favorite local recipes. But eggplants take different forms and varieties besides the prolific one in the Philippines and neighboring countries. One example is the Thai purple ribbed eggplant which is native to Thailand, has thicker flesh, and is less sweet than the local variety. ( Another eggplant va...

1. Create a master plan According to Caballes, 90 percent of Bukid Amara’s revenue comes from foot traffic brought by the number of tourists who visit the farm. But when the COVID-19 pandemic began posing health risks for everyone, he knew that he had to shift his farm’s approach for it to survive this challenge.  Luckily, he had a master plan for Bukid Amara which was separated into four phases. The first one was the creation of an urban farm called Grab&Grow which grows several kinds of ...