lugaw, silog, kakanin….” Not all of which are on the slightly larger menu, at the heart of which is the “Pares Overload.” Clearly, some definition of terms is called for. And since the sig ...

MANILA, Philippines — Long before this popular rice porridge was denigrated to the level of nonessentials, lugaw has been a staple breakfast fare and even mid-day snack of Filipinos. A warm bowl ...

What is “essential” in a crisis? Early this week, netizens reacted to a video of a rider who was barred by curfew officers from delivering lugaw. People said—and I’m inclined to agree ...

Like the community pantry for the hungry that Citizen Patricia Non began inauspiciously in her Quezon City neighborhood last April and was immediately duplicated all over the country by inspired ...

JTG’s Lugawan Republic’s Pilugaw—a combination of “sotanghon” and “lugaw” —PHOTOS BY NIÑO JESUS ORBETA JTG’s Lugawan Republic’s Pilugaw—a combination of “sotanghon” and ...

Lugaw is the traditional Filipino rice porridge. As a dish, lugaw has one of the longest documented histories in the Philippines, dating back to 1613. Because of their close similarities, people ...

Weeks ago, “lugaw love” was a hot topic. It was triggered by a video that eventually went viral, showing a lady kagawad from Bulacan accosting a Grab driver who was on his way to pick up an ...

My grandpa should have been alive to see this. Lolo Osing, who died in 1999, always expressed disdain for lugaw. “Pagkain ng may sakit,” he would say, wrinkling his nose in disapproval ...