PFCDD chosen for the next Gourmand World Awards competition

Last week, December 10, 2016, I received an email from Edouard Cointreau, the President of Gourmand Award. I was surprised that my book, the PFCDD, was chosen to vie for the next Gourmand World Awards competition. I just can't believe what's going on.  I checked the internet and found that Gourmand World Awards do exists. ANVIL, my publisher told me they were the ones who submitted the entry for my book.

Here's the email message from Mr.Cointreau:

"Food, Cooking and Dining Dictionnary is part of the next Gourmand  World  Awards competition.You will receive more information within three weeks. The awards events will be May 28, 2017 in Yantai, China. You will find the plan 2017 on page 11 of the attached document, a General Presentation and History of the Gourmand Awards.
  
Best regards"
                                      
Edouard Cointreau
President
Gourmand Awards

I crossed my fingers (and my toes).  

I need prayers for the PFCDD.

Salamat.

The Philippine Food, Cooking, and Dining Dictionary (PFCDD) is available in the Powerbooks and the National Book Store. You can also shop a copy online.

Buy a copy for someone dear and someone special. Of course, gift yourself a copy too. A unique and worthwhile gift you can give this Yuletide. It is the first of its kind - the first Philipine food dictionary printed ever. It is published by the Anvil Publishing. Get to know more about Pinoy food culture with this book.

Know the local and common names of Pinoy food, ingredients, tastes, implements, and other words Filipino used in culinary and related food culture.

The book is ideal for culinary students and teachers, food researchers, food writers and bloggers, foodies, historians, tourists, local travellers, home cook,  those in food business. and those who want to learn new words of the many languages and dialects we have across the archipelago.

Big Bite! the Northern Food Festival 2015

Celebrate Northern Cuisine at MarQuee Mall’s Big Bite!

Food fans gear up for MarQuee Mall’s Big Bite! The Northern Food Festival on October 16, 17 and 18. 

In partnership with Department of Tourism, Department of Trade and Industry, Angeles City Tourism Office, North Luzon Expressway and Lifestyle Network, Big Bite delights festival goers with food markets, "Sisig Festival", cooking demos, culinary cook-offs and live entertainment.

Now on its third year, the gastronomic feast will feature over 100 food merchants from Region I,II, III and the Cordillera Administrative Region with regional delights from condiments, spices to coffee and jams to local favorites such as the Ilocos empanada, bagnet, pastillas and longganisa.

Big Bite's main event highlight is the “Sisig Festival”. Sisig is the quintessential Kapampangan dish, traditionally made of pork parts, mixed with spices, served on a sizzling plate with a side of calamansi and chili peppers. Northern regions take part in the celebration by cooking their own version of sisig such as the bangus sisig from Pangasinan and dinakdakan from Ilocos. The “Sisig Festival” is a culinary spectacle of regional cuisine at its best. 

Boosting tourism in the North, Big Bite reinforces the city’s growing reputation as the culinary capital of the Philippines and is part of Angeles City’s Fiestang Kuliat, a month-long fiesta celebration in the city. 

Visitors will also see culinary masters Chef Sau del Rosario, Lifestyle Network’s “Chef Next Door” Jonas Ng and Center for Asian Culinary Studies founder Chef Gene Gonzales whip up northern favorites in the live cooking demonstrations. 

Competition heats up in the three-day cook-off among top culinary schools from the region. 

So come and celebrate the biggest gastronomical festival in MarQuee Mall’s Big Bite: The Northern Food Festival on October 16-18,2015. 

For more information, contact (045) 304-0110 to 11. Like and follow MarQuee Mall’s social networking sites, Facebook: facebook.com/MarQueeMall, Twitter: @MarQueetweets and instagram: @iloveMarQueemall.

Coffee Appreciation Afternoon at Newport Mall

Experience coffee-making, latte art workshop, and coffee art exhibit at Newport City’s Coffee Creations

Enjoy coffee in delicious new ways as Megaworld Lifestyle Malls and Newport Mall at Resorts World Manila presents Coffee Creations, a one of a kind series of events that will surely delight all coffeeholics around the metro!

Krazy Garlic Affogato Trifle

Mall-goers can enjoy delectable coffee-flavoured dishes through Coffee Infusions, limited edition coffee dishes and desserts available only from July 28, 2014 to Aug. 10, 2014 at participating Newport Mall dining establishments. At Johnny Chow, diners can try the unique Coffee Pork Spareribs with Tapioca, which comes with cuapao bread and kimchi on the side.

Bo’s Coffee Cheesecake and latte Art by Bo’s Coffee

For those with a sweet tooth, mouth-watering coffee desserts are also on the menu. Cake lovers will love the Madrid from Crisostomo, which is a chocolate torte with chunks of choconut candy mixed with a shot of espresso, the Barako Cheesecake from Red Crab, Bo’s Coffee, Cheesecake from Bo’s Coffee, and the Mocha Pound Cake or Mocha Salted Caremel Mini Cake from the R-Bar at Remington Hotel.

Cafe Maxims Coffee Choco Macapuno Bread

Meanwhile, chocoholics can try Villa del Conte’s Praline Ball Black, which is a dark chocolate praline with coffee cream filling or Café Maxim’s Coffee Truffles, a truffle shaped coffee flavored ganache coated with dark chocolate and rolled in coffee and cocoa powder.

Johnny Chow Coffee Pork Spareribs w Tapioca

Guests can also have their coffee paired with cookies – latte lovers can have their coffee with Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf’s Choco Chip cookie or Café Maxim’s Biscotti Cappucino, which has macadami and pistachio nuts. For dessert with local flavor, Café Maxims is also offering a Coffee Choco Macapuno Bread, sweet dough bread filled with coffee flavored custard, bits of chopped dark chocolate & strings of Macapuno

Crisostomo Madrid

Fans of the English Trifle can order the Affogato Trifle from Krazy Garlic, which contains bittersweet layers of coffee jelly, meringue and whipped cream topped with hot espresso shot. Those who want to finish with ice cream can head to Mr. Kurosawa for a Japanese Coffee Jelly Sundae, which is coffee ice cream with coffee jelly cubes, banana fritters, candied walnuts, tempura bits, caramel and crème anglaise

From July 28 – Aug. 10, guests can also check out the Coffee Exhibit at the Ground Floor, Hallway area of Newport Mall where mouthwatering photos of Coffee Infusions and Coffee latte Art from Crisostomo, Bo’s Coffee, and UCC Café Terrace will be on display. Mall-goers can also discover art made from coffee grounds created by Vincent Navarro and even more coffee art from Ella Hipolito. Guests can also check out a collection of mini espresso cups from Allegro Beverage.

On Aug. 1-3, guests can discover the different taste of coffees around the world through the Coffee Fair located at The Plaza, 2/F Newport Mall wherein they can avail coffee products and samples from Bo’s Coffee, Dunkin Donuts, Allegro Beverage, #YKW Roasters, Gourmet Farms, Nescafe, Philippine Coffee Alliance and Aramich / Monk’s Blend.

Then on August 2, coffee enthusiasts will surely enjoy the Coffee Appreciation Afternoon, where they can learn the ins and outs of coffee-making through a fun-filled and informative program.

They can watch Pour Over Demonstration by Bo’s Coffee at 2PM and a Coffee Roasting Demo by #YKW Roasters at 3PM. They can also learn more about the different Varieties of Philippine Coffee by Gourmet Farms at 4PM and attend an informative talk from Yardstick on “What Makes Specialty Coffee So Special?” along with an Alternative Brewing Demo at 5PM. An Espresso Preparation Demo by Allegro Beverage will also be held at 7PM.

Then at 6PM, those who want to learn how to make latte art can watch the 3D Latte Art Demo and Latte Art Portraits by Tristan Destura of Andros and the Latte Art Showdown by #YKW Roasters at 8PM.

For every guests and coffee lovers out there who’s more likely to add oomph and art to their coffee, they can also check out the 3D Latte Art Demo and Latte Art Portraits by Tristan Destura of Andros at 6PM, while Allegro Beverage will also conduct The Art and Science of Espresso Preparation afterwards at 7PM.

For inquiries on Coffee Creations at Newport City, call the Megaworld Lifestyle Malls Concierge at 709-9888, 709-0888, 0917-8380111 or visit www.megaworldlifestylemalls.com.

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Tinay Magtira

Communications Manager

Megaworld Lifestyle Malls

Contact No. 709-1111 loc. 135

kristina@megaworld-commercial.com