I Am a Filipino by Nicole Ponseca and Miguel Trinidad serves up vinegar-sharp adobos, layered histories, and the kind of food that demands a gloriously crowded table.

Filipino cooking here ranges from traditional home dishes and Filipino-American chef narratives to fusion barbecue built on adobo and lumpia, and pastry-forward baking that folds in flavors like halo halo cake.
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I Am a Filipino by Nicole Ponseca and Miguel Trinidad serves up vinegar-sharp adobos, layered histories, and the kind of food that demands a gloriously crowded table.

Amboy by Alvin Cailan and Alexandra Cuerdo serves up Filipino recipes rooted in the in-between—food that tastes like home, wherever you grew up.

Easy Asian Cookbook skips the delivery app entirely, getting restaurant favorites like Pad Thai, Honey Walnut Shrimp, and Korean Short Ribs on your table in 30 minutes or less, and Kathy Fang makes it happen with 100+ recipes using supermarket staples.

Tony Ramirez's Backyard BBQ with Fire and Spice brings Filipino heat and Cajun soul together on the smoker and grill, proving that the best backyard parties taste like 2 cuisines colliding over open flame.

Baking at République by Margarita Manzke and Betty Hallock teaches you the doughs and tricks that turn your kitchen into the bakery everyone lines up for.


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Updated August 2026