NORA DAZA: THE PHILIPPINES’ FIRST CULINARY AMBASSADOR

"We need to establish Filipino
restaurants abroad," observers note. "In major cities there is always
a Chinese, Indian, French, Japanese restaurant - but no Filipino
restaurants!" "Filipino food is porky at best," New York Times
critic Seth Mydans once said. "It's brown food," another critic said
insultingly.



Patriotic foodies wonder when we will finally
make Filipino food part of the