I would like to thank Tita Nette, Tita Marcia, Tita Ria, and Tita Angie for teaching me to cook their favorite recipes and sharing their deeply personal stories and values. I would also like to thank Uncle Michael for driving me around, my cousin Ashley for being my initial reader, and my mom, for encouraging me to learn Tagalog and connect more with Filipino culture.
Of course, I would also like to thank T Hetzel and the Minor in Writing capstone class of winter 2025 for helping me develop this project and giving helpful feedback. I am additionally thankful to Chris Crowder, who served as my consultant for this project, and Alyssa Paredes, whose book launch I found deeply inspirational. Finally, I would like to thank Ate Irene and the Filipino language program at the University of Michigan for introducing me to the wider Filipino community.
To read more about Filipino recipes, check out Filipinx by Angela Dimayuga and Ligaya Mishan.
To read more about Filipino food culture and the complex systems that underpin it, try Halo-Halo Ecologies, a collection edited by Alyssa Paredes and Marvin Joseph F. Montefrio.