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• Trying Sapodilla: A Surprisingly Sweet Tropical Fruit
  
  Sapodilla, also known as chico or chikoo, is one of those tropical fruits that doesn't look impressive at first glance but completely changes your ...
  
  
• Why Buying Beef in a Filipino Market Feels So Confusing (At First)
  
  If you're used to Western butchers, walking up to a traditional Filipino beef stall can feel slightly chaotic. Everything is chopped small, bones ...
  
  
• Chicken Intestine Crisps: A Snack You Don't Expect
  
  The Philippines is known for its bold and sometimes surprising street food, and chicken intestine crisps-often labeled as manok isaw chips-fit ...
  
  
• Alkaline water: chemistry vs marketing
  
  pH by itself is a momentary measurement, not a guarantee of chemical behavior. Pure or near-pure bottled drinking water—even if labeled “pH 9”— ...
  
  
• Why 170 kcal per 100 g of Crisps Is Almost Certainly Wrong
  
  While browsing a Philippine supermarket, I came across a packet of crisps that immediately raised a red flag. The nutrition label stated 170 ...
  
  
• Cafe SEMPRE, Lapu-Lapu: When Local Food Makes More Sense
  
  Cafe SEMPRE, Lapu-Lapu: When Local Food Makes More Sense Cafe SEMPRE sits inside Hotel Sempre in Lapu-Lapu, Cebu, and at first glance it looks ...
  
  
• How to Select Beef for Stewing
  
  Understanding Beef Cuts for Stewing A good stew is never about fancy technique. It is about choosing the right cut. Tough muscles from ...
  
  
• Understanding the New Wave of Nutrition Labels on UK Beer Bottles
  
  Across UK supermarkets, beer shelves are slowly changing. What once were simple labels showing only alcohol percentage, allergens and bottle volume ...
  
  
• Inside Abbeydale Brewery: A Conversation With Edd Entwistle
  
  Abbeydale Brewery has been part of Sheffield's beer identity for nearly three decades. To understand how a modern brewery works behind the scenes, I ...
  
  
• How to make Calabash Tree juice
  
  Turning Crescentia cujete Into Traditional Black Juice Discovering a calabash tree in a quiet garden in Liloan, Cebu, feels a bit like finding a ...