Chef Francis Lim didn’t exactly have a five-year plan for the kitchen. While his parents pictured him taking the more familiar corporate route, Lim had a simpler ambition: to see the world. F&B came into the picture almost by accident. With an elder sister already in the industry, Lim found himself drawn toward the Center for Asian Culinary Studies, where…
When Norman King stepped across the graduation stage at the University of the Philippines Manila in 2017 wearing his traditional bahag, it instantly grabbed national…
There’s something encouraging about seeing a cinema lobby fill up for a Filipino film. At this year’s Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival, long lines, packed theaters,…