Sarap and Palayok (Clay Slipcase Edition)

Originally Published

1988, 2000

"Join the voyage: we want readers who cook, who like to eat, who enjoy reading about cooking and eating, who are curious about the subtext beneath our food." —Doreen G. Fernandez & Edilberto N. Alegre

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Celebrate the return of two of the greatest voices in Filipino food culture and history: Doreen G. Fernandez and Edilberto N. Alegre. Their landmark food titles, Sarap and Palayok, serves groundbreaking work on Filipino food culture to a new generation. This twin bundle features the new Clay Slipcase Edition with a quote from Doreen G. Fernandez.

SARAP
Sarap: Essays on Philippine Food by Doreen G. Fernandez and Edilberto N. Alegre fortified one of the most formidable collaborations in Philippine literature when it was first published in 1988. The landmark anthology of essays is reintroduced to a new generation of readers in an illustrated edition with a previously unpublished foreword from Clinton Palanca.

PALAYOK
Hailed as “effortlessly elegant” when it was first published in 2000, Palayok: Philippine Food through Time, on Site, in the Pot by Doreen G. Fernandez presents the origins and evolution of Philippine cuisine to the then-present. From her background of cultural research, Fernandez serves not just the meal but also its surrounding context, antecedents, and influences.

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SLIPCASE BUNDLE SPECIFICATIONS:
Format: Paperback
Length, Height, Width: 18 x 25 x 5.4 cm
Weight: 1.4kg

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“Dining with Doreen and Eddy was part of my cultural education. She provided the historical context, he the anthropological, both of them in love with literature and words spoken, heard, written, and read. Food was not just for eating, but a past unearthed from historical sources, an experience tasted and documented, a window into the Filipino soul.”

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Ambeth R. Ocampo, historian

“Somewhere in this book, Doreen writes, ‘Eating is the act of ingesting culture.’ In essay after engaging essay, food is a lens through which to view the world Filipinos live in: a melting pot of flavors and ingredients that reflect a people’s rich environment, cultural diversity, and complicated history.”

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Howie Severino, journalist

“In those days there were very few good Filipino restaurants. But Doreen and Ed were nurturing rather than critical, trying to encourage—and were ultimately successful—in shifting people’s attention to local cuisine.”

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Neal Oshima, photographer

Sarap and Palayok (Clay Slipcase Edition)

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