In this episode (aired on July 23), learn more about the country’s culinary heritage from across the regions of the Philippines, as well as the continuing efforts to document and map out local food to revitalize and sustain the rich culinary heritage in the Philippines.

Listen to culinary heritage experts and advocates, including Ige Ramos, food historian and author of “Republic of Taste: The Untold Stories of Cavite Cuisine”; Chef Margarita Flores, 2016 Asia’s Best Female Chef and owner of several restaurants, including Cibo, Lusso, and Grace Park; Gatchi Gatchalian, President of Davao Tourism Association and owner of Saging Repablik; Rectito Melquiades, Sangguniang Bayan Secretary of Guiuan, Eastern Samar and Coordinator of Guiuan Recovery & Sustainable Development Group; and Arvin Villalon, National Cultural Mapping Facilitator of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA).

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