If you're Filipino, you might recognise a dish in Cartoon Network's Steven Universe's upcoming Season 4 finale. In the episode, Lars Barriga — the show's resident high-school slacker and Steven's BFF ...

Make Abi Balingit's strawberry shortcake sapin-sapin (layered rice cake), ube cheesecake bars with a sesame cracker crust and rainbow fruit polvoron (shortbread cookies) You can save this article by ...

Chera Amlag had no idea that her baking hobby would flourish into a full-time profession. But when the Filipina American’s signature ube (Filipino purple yam) cheesecake rose to notoriety, she took a ...

MANILA, Philippines — Chef Jill Sandique, one of today’s most accomplished Filipino chefs, is an advocate of Filipino cuisine. She has collaborated with good friend Chef Myrna Segismundo in many ...

When Abi Balingit was 17, her parents got her a KitchenAid stand mixer for Christmas. When she wasn't volunteering at Key Club events or running her school's Harry Potter fan club, she baked, ...

What is ube? Purple yam is often compared to sweet potato or taro and used in the Philippines. Epic Universe serves a purple ...

I remember it being served for fiestas, birthdays, holidays and other celebrations at my hometown in the Philippines. It was cooked over a fire pit outside my grandparent’s backyard. It easily swirled ...

Cafe 86 has some of the most unique desserts made with purple yam. This cafe makes some of the most Instagrammable desserts-- and they’re all purple! For the past five years, Cafe 86 in Southern ...

A family-run food shop has found a secret weapon in the doughnut wars, which are sure to heat up when East Coast giant Dunkin’ Donuts arrives in Orange County. Behold the ube doughnut. Ube, a deep ...

It’s the color that’ll likely grab your attention first if you’ve never tried a dessert made with ube before. The bright, highly Instagrammable purple of the cakes, pop tarts and other sweets that ...

Vivid and violet, this technicolour tuber is now a popular international ingredient. But for Filipinos, it symbolises their nation's history. The seller pointed to the large canisters sitting on his ...