Taste of Control: Food and the Filipino Colonial Mentality Under American Rule
By: R. Alexander D. Orquiza
3.97
Format: 214 pages, Hardcover
Filipino cuisine is a delicious fusion of foreign influences, adopted and transformed into its own …
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4.25
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4.16
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4.04
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14. Taste of Control: Food and the Filipino Colonial Mentality Under American Rule
By: R. Alexander D. Orquiza
3.97
Format: 214 pages, Hardcover
Filipino cuisine is a delicious fusion of foreign influences, adopted and transformed into its own … read more
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