Gata, or coconut milk, is a foundational Filipino cooking ingredient, lending rich body and subtle sweetness to dishes like ginataan, laing, and Bicol express. Its prevalence in Bicolano cuisine especially reflects the region’s deeply rooted agricultural relationship with coconut as both crop and culinary identity.
Gata
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If gata is a staple item in your pantry, you need to learn how to tell if it's still okay to use!
To truly understand a province, one must begin at the table—because its local food often tells the story of its land, history, traditions, and the people who call it home.
Nina Daza-Puyat looks back on her mother Nora Daza’s pioneering career, from introducing Filipino cuisine to diners in Paris and New York to becoming one of the country’s first television cooking stars.
Dimples Romana takes us grocery shopping while sharing how she feeds a family of five with different cravings—and why supermarket runs have become her favorite form of “me time.”
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