When indulging in hot dogs, french fries or Spam, you might reach for an ever-so-trustworthy bottle of tomato ketchup. But if you want to add a sweet, tangy kick to your food, try one of the ...

MANILA, Philippines — Last Thursday, Feb. 13, marked the 75th death anniversary of Maria Orosa, a food scientist who used her expertise to save lives during World War II but whose life story is seldom ...

The Orosa book compiled and edited by the late Helen del Rosario In British diplomat and famous food author Alan Davidson’s 1990 book, “A Kipper with my Tea,” there’s an artist’s rendition of Maria ...

Unlike Sen. Cynthia Villar, I cannot live without onions, a staple in our daily cooking. My cook complained the other day about the price of onions at P380 a kilo. It is an increase from P200 a kilo ...

The name Maria Ylagan Orosa is not a household name to many Filipinos. But her invention, the quintessential Filipino sauce known as banana ketchup, is in almost every Filipino’s kitchen pantry. Orosa ...

It was Maria Y. Orosa’s 125th birth anniversary on Nov. 29. To celebrate the milestone, her relatives gathered in her hometown of Taal, Batangas, for morning Mass at the Basilica of St. Martin de ...

MANILA, Philippines — A group of archaeologists on Sunday unearthed the grave of Filipino World War II guerilla and scientist Maria Orosa in Manila, nearly 75 years since her martyrdom. The grave was ...

It is not difficult for me to go back in time and read World War 2 stories given the current pandemic situation we are in. I have always been intrigued on the creativity and resourcefulness of those ...