Food/Drink – David Haldane

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 […]

November 5, 2020