• Chef Nouel shares with us a cassava cake recipe from childhood. The root crop happens to be in abundance all year round in the island of Fiji, where he is now based.
• In Innerview, we talk to GMA7 broadcast journalist and documentarist Howie Severino, who tells us, “I’m proud to be a Filipino because everywhere I go, everyone I meet is really friendly. . . There’s something lovable about Filipinos.”
• Linus Escandor’s “Star-Spangled Blanket” intones the Fourth of July spirit.
• Almost 200 bloggers met up at Taste Asia, SM Mall of Asia, last Tuesday. Google consultant Aileen Apolo, who organized the event, says most of the preparation (rushed in two weeks) was done online as she was in Cebu and Davao for the most part of last week. Imagine the power of the Web!
• A 70-minute film, Philippine Bliss, tells the stories of six modern-day Pinoys who live in a Bliss building. Loss, longing, and despair intersect with the wild and brimming sense of hope.
• Artist Wawi Navarroza’s exhibit, “Santa Frida: 100 Years Between Us,” an homage to Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, opens tonight, July 6, 8 p.m., at the Instituto Cervantes building on T.M. Kalaw.
• Abby Abanes of Pleasure Palate reviews Barrio Fiesta at Eagle Rock in California.

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Finally, best wishes to PinoyCentric’s Philippine Bureau Chief, Karla Maquiling who celebrated her birthday on Monday.

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