Food/Drink – David Haldane

September 23, 2024

Some American Immigrants Really Do Eat Dogs

By David Haldane Sept. 23, 2024 Ever since the US presidential debate two weeks ago, much has been made of Donal Trump’s unsupported […]

May 19, 2024

The Transformation and Resurrection of Siargao Island

By David Haldane May 19, 2024 It almost seemed like the old days. The days, that is, before Covid and Odette. Tourists from both […]

April 29, 2024

Thai New Year: A Very Wet Welcome

By David Haldane April 29, 2024 The squirting started early. I can’t say we hadn’t been warned. “Don’t be surprised if you get squirted […]

January 22, 2024

Eating Dogs

By David Haldane Jan. 22, 2024 I’ve never tasted it. Those who have say it’s like chicken. And to make it less bland, they […]

December 4, 2023

Roasted Alligator or Fried Rattlesnake?

By David Haldane Dec. 4, 2023 I gave them fair warning. “OK,” I said, facing a bevy of Filipino in-laws, nephews, and nieces, “it’s almost […]

August 3, 2023

Cruelly Tortured (American) Pigs

By David Haldane Aug. 3, 2023 I suppose it was just a matter of time. The day I first heard the anguished squeals of a […]

April 13, 2023

Fishing

By David Haldane April 13, 2023 It wasn’t my first time. As a child, my father used to take me fishing in gurgling mountain […]

February 17, 2023

American Expat Launches Book on Finding Island Home

Cebu Jose Joya Gallery LITERARY TREATS 2023: A TOOTH IN MY POPSICLE BY DAVID HALDANE BOOK LAUNCH APRIL 12th, 15th, and 25th. […]

January 5, 2023

Ubiquitous Ube

By David Haldane January 5, 2023 I have always had a tenuous relationship with Filipino food. A 2019 column entitled “My Life as an Ichthyophobic” […]

December 8, 2022

A Philippine Thanksgiving

By David Haldane Dec. 8, 2022 It was like all the other Thanksgivings I’ve experienced in my life. Except, instead of turkey, a roasted […]

September 22, 2022

My Salad Life

By David Haldane Sept. 22, 2022 Quinoa Salad. That’s what the menu said. I was surprised and flummoxed because I honestly thought I knew […]

November 26, 2020

A C0VID Thanksgiving

By David Haldane Nov. 26, 2020 The timing was perfect. Less than a week before Thanksgiving–the quintessential American holiday during which families and friends gather […]