MANILA, Philippines — Of all the Kakanins there are in the Philippines, Bibingka and Puto Bumbong are the ones closely associated with the Christmas season. Images of Filipino Christmas traditions ...

MANILA, Philippines — No other kakanin is as closely associated with Christmas as Puto Bumbong. It’s a purple-colored cylindrical rice cake that is steamed two at a time in bamboo tubes and is topped ...

Rice is almost sacramental to Filipinos: not only do we eat it with almost every meal, we've found ways to manipulate the grain into even more delicious forms. And because of this, we’ve managed to ...

Puto with sikwate (sweet sticky coconut and ginger rice with hot chocolate Tab-le-ya) Puto-maya is a pre-breakfast meal made from glutinous rice simmered in coconut cream, it has a distinct ginger ...

Have your tried the not-so-ordinary steamed rice cake called Puto Bao? Puto or steamed rice cake is one of the Filipino classic desserts that is usually served during holidays or eaten during snack or ...