As for references, I do not have any relevant cookbooks at the moment. I have seen The Philippine Cookbook cited a few times. The first Amazon review is very informative, though, and leads one to the more recent and authentic Filipino Cuisine: Recipes from the Islands.
The parents of Nathaniel's gymnastics coach were born in the Philippines. Jeramie told me that he eats Filipino food prepared by his grandmother every day, so he may be a convenient source of expertise. I also got a list of popular dishes from a former co-worker of Filipino heritage (How the Flips do it, she called it). And, Seattle has a handful of Filipino restaurants that I could visit.
The interwebulator will no doubt provide most of the information. Here's a collection of likely sources, based on an initial shallow twisting of the dials:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuisine_of_the_Philippines has a great deal of info.
- http://www.globalgourmet.com/destinations/philippines/ has some cultural information and a few recipes.
- Anthony Bourdain did a No Reservations show on Philippines. I should try to track that down. His blog entry places Philippines atop the hierarchy of pork!
- http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Cuisine_of_the_Philippines has recipes.
- http://asiarecipe.com/phifood1.html has a variety of materials, including details of French and Spanish influences.
- http://www.filipinorecipeslink.com/ is an aggregator of all kinds of recipe sites and also has cultural information.
- http://www.filipinofoodrecipes.net/ has recipes.
- http://www.stuartxchange.org/PhilippineCuisine.html is a list of "yucky-but-yummy" dishes that I'm sure we won't be experiencing. http://www.stuartxchange.org/Balut.html covers balut individually. A more academic article is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut_(egg).
- http://www.experiencefestival.com/cuisine_of_the_philippines looks interesting.
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