Asians grew up eating rice, so it's no wonder that you find it as an ingredient not just for its main meals but also in its desserts, especially using sticky rice or bigas na malagkit. Also known as a kakanin recipe when made into desserts, this rice dessert is ...

No Filipino celebration is complete without a bilao or two of the pudding-like kakanin known as maja or maja blanca. Though it most commonly highlights the pure and creamy taste of coconut milk, we recently spotted a version that takes the dessert ...

The quarantine and the pandemic has made us miss all the little things we used to take for granted: hanging out at cafes, going to our favorite restaurants, and discovering new food items on food tours and out-of-town trips. The restrictions have ...

Christmas is never complete without bibingka and puto bumbong, two buttery rice cakes that are usually enjoyed during the holidays. Although you can’t go wrong with these classics, you can also be a little more adventurous and try a different take on it, like ...

Christmas won't feel the same way this year unless a Christmas miracle comes along and we get hold of the COVID-19 vaccine. But until then, there are ways we can still have a semblance of the holidays at home. If one of your ...

Is the day really complete without delicious merienda? If your favorite afternoon snacks include all-time favorites like kakanin, then you should definitely try a leveled-up version that combines kakanin with other favorites like ube halaya and leche flan. The next time you ask yourself "What should we eat for ...

Tita Lea's black kutsinta are popular for a reason: they are chewy molasses-flavored kutsinta paired with a caramel sauce and toasted coconut. The business began in 2014 when Lea Paez moved to Baguio City from Malabon. She now serves and sells Malabon ...

While kakanin (in all its forms from palitaw to puto to kutsinta) is a classic Pinoy dessert, you can also find some unique twists on the rice-based treats like puto bumbong cake, maja blanca doughnuts, and ube pichi-pichi, just to name a ...

If you love kakanin, there are all kinds of fun twists to the classic Pinoy treat like puto stuffed with ulam, maja blanca doughnuts, flavored palitaw, and even entire platters filled with a variety of rice-based desserts that you can get delivered. Here's another ...

The entrance of the "ber" months in Manila is widely considered the official start of the holiday season in the Capital. Filipinos are notoriously obsessed with Christmas and as early as September, Jose Mari Chan-sung carols start playing on every street corner, Christmas ...

While puto can be the star of your meal when eaten on its own for dessert or merienda, it's also a great side for some of our favorite Pinoy dishes like dinuguan. Puto's lightly sweet taste and sticky, rice-based texture make for ...

We recently showed you this bilao of assorted kakanin you can shop now as well as this huge serving of ube mango sticky rice. If you're looking for more large platters of popular desserts, you need to check out Palitaw Cravings' Assorted Palitaw Bilao!You ...

Doughnuts are a tried-and-true, beloved-for-centuries dessert that have been around since the early 1800s. They have a special place in Filipinos' hearts (and stomachs) thanks to OG favorites like Dunkin's Choco Butternut and Mister Donut's Classic Twist. You can find them in ...

For big fans of any and all kinds of kakanin, pichi-pichi is one that's hard to leave off your list of favorites. The chewy, bite-sized treat made of grated cassava and rolled in coconut flakes or cheese has an addicting quality that makes you ...

We all know that millions of Filipinos have already lost their jobs since the COVID-19 pandemic started. If you want to help displaced workers and the frontliners, you can do so by supporting Spread Happiness. This family-owned food business led by Ton ...