Canned goodness
YOU can’t possibly think you can just get away with serving corned beef and onions seven times a week, can you? We asked for help from restaurateur, cookbook author, and morning show chef Myke “Tatung” Sarthou on how to convert canned goods and pantry staples into dishes that even you can look forward to serving and eating.
International art fairs go online amidst virus outbreak
WHEN COVID-19 started to spread across the globe early this year, big public events in the arts industry were either postponed or canceled. As much of the world went under quarantine, the arts moved online with performers, musicians, theater and entertainment companies offering shows via streaming. This led international art fairs, such as this year’s edition of Art Basel Hong Kong and Art Dubai, to cancel the physical fairs but to push through via their respective virtual viewing platforms.
Kominers’s Conundrums: The Warden Has a Brainteaser
SOME puzzles are solvable in a blink (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SWgSZdSBjc). Others require deeper dives (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-27/eyos-submarine-dive-to-challenger-deep-bottom-mariana-trench). The tale of the prisoners and the light switch is a classic brainteaser that takes several steps to unravel. Are you ready?
PETA launches YouTube channel
THE Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) has launched its YouTube Channel featuring works by and inspired by English poet and playwright William Shakespeare.
TV viewing up 27% under ECQ
Being under quarantine has led Filipinos to watch more TV as global measurement and analytics company Nielsen Media reported that television viewing has increased 27% since the quarantine started.
WFH during the ECQ: DLSU Prof. Nina Tesoro-Poblador
So what is it like to work from home (WFH) when home, for the duration, is paradise?
Stuff to do at home (04/29/20)
THE Philippine Madrigal Singers will serenade netizens once again with Tanghalan Naming Tahanan, with choirmaster Mark Anthony Carpio, on April 30.
How restaurants cope: react quickly, sell inventory, take care of your own, mind your...
EVERYONE has taken a hit during this lockdown. Even the restaurants we once went to to taste something new and to escape from the dreariness of normality have taken some bad blows. In a webinar earlier this month hosted by Bounceback PH, RJ Ledesma of Mercato Centrale interviewed restaurateurs about how they were coping during the pandemic, and how they plan to serve food in the future.
Like Money Heist? Learn more about it through an online lecture
INSTITUTO Cervantes de Manila is holding an online lecture featuring Javier Gómez Santander, the head writer and co-executive producer of the popular Netflix series La Casa de Papel (Money Heist) on April 28, 7 p.m., via Zoom.
Singularly pleasing blend of genres
By Anthony L. Cuaycong
Azur Lane: Crosswave
Sony PlayStation 4/Personal Computer via Steam
CHINESE developers Shanghai Manjuu and Xiamen Yongshi had a hit in their hands when Azur Lane made...
A love letter to mothers
Hi, Bye Mama presents an intriguing concept from the get-go: what if your dead wife returns after five years but you’re already married to someone else? That was how the Netflix series was marketed in its early days before it aired in March, but as a person who bawled through all 16 episodes, the show is much more a love letter to parents (mostly mothers) than a love story.
Christian Bautista, Janine Teñoso pay tribute to frontliners with song
Singers Christian Bautista and Janine Teñoso are paying tribute to the frontliners of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic through a song with an accompanying music video, “Bukas Wala Nang Ulan.”