You've heard of Korean kimchi and Indonesian kecap manis, but you've probably never heard of bagoong. However, every Filipino has a jar of it in their kitchen. This condiment is made of fermented fish ...

NAGA CITY, Camarines Sur (PIA) — The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has revitalized the fish processing industry in Balatan, Camarines Sur by providing various services and assistance ...

IBA, Zambales (PIA) — The Department of Agrarian Reform trained about 25 farmers in Subic, Zambales on the process of making bagoong. The attendees were members of the SAPAO Cawag Farmers Association ...

Of late, I have been eating a lot of Indian mangoes. But unlike many of you, I like mine almost ripe. So why do I even bother to eat green mangoes, right? Strange, but I never developed a liking for ...

There are groups or clubs set up for just about everything in life — travel, sports, books, theater, and horticulture; even kids have their own. Well, foodies aren’t left out as they, too, have a ...

Pinoy meals are hardly complete without sawsawan, and bagoong? It's almost as necessary as rice on the table. While there is a limit to how much you can enjoy your sawsawan, there are, thankfully ...

Warning: If you aren’t CHamoru or Filipino, you may need a tutor to get you through this column. At the market the other day, I saw dinanche bagoong for sale. It was under the banner “Local Jerk.” I ...

In the book “Tikim” (Anvil Publishing, 1994), Doreen Gamboa Fernandez wrote that in Guinhalaran, Negros Occidental, bagoong made from tiny fish or shrimps are mashed in salt—right in the fishermen’s ...

This bagoong business's owner earns hundreds of thousands a week. Summer is in full swing and Pinoy snacks, perfect for the hot weather, are in season again. Local delicacies like halo-halo, ice ...