Mr. & Ms. in Business - July - August 2007: Entrepreneurship

The Association of Filipino Franchisers, Inc. (AFFI) will launch a compilation on successful entrepreneurs and franchisers called "Introduction to Entrepreneurship" during the 6th Filipino Franchise show dubbed as "AFFI Franchise @ 10", slated at the Megatrade Hall, SM Megamall on July 6-8.

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Cook Magazine -June 2007: The Adobo Book Does it Again

It  is  perhaps  one  of  the  most  traveled  Pinoy  cookbooks in town. In Paris, Oliver Bernardo got hold of a copy and he cooked one of the dishes with his students in English language.

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F&B World - March -April 2007: Intro to Coffee & Barako: The Big Bean

Pacita "Chit" Juan is the formidable woman behind the 100% Filipino-owned chain of specialty coffee shops - Figaro Coffee Company. She is also the Executive Director of the Figaro Foundation Corporation and the Co-Chairperson of the Philippine Coffee Board.

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Philippine Graphic -Apr 16, 2007: Heart in Two Places

What does it really mean to be an immigrant in America? "What's seldom articulated are the inner turmoils that immigrants go through - the homesickness, the loneliness, the ostalgia, the need to connect with kababayans.

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Woman Today Asia -Apr 1-15, 2007: An Introduction to Coffee

IF WE look at the story of Figaro Coffee Company, we will understand what it means for coffee to be a society. From a group of friends who loved to drink coffee together came his large chain of coffee shops serving great coffee in a gracious ambience. Today, Figaro Coffee Company is known for its quality products and fine service as well as its active advocacy for saving the Philippine barako.

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Sunday Inquirer Magazine - April 1, 2007: Various Books

You'll need two vital ingredients before you start devouring this book: a full stomach and a comfortable seat some distance away from a working kitchen and a food court. Because definitely, a hungry reader will be torn between finishing the sumptuous stories and rushing off to try out the recipes offered as appetizer at the start of each chapter.

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Sunday Inquirer Magazine - April 1, 2007: Bad Kings

This is a good primer on politics for kids because misbehaving leaders are well-represented in the four short stories included in it. Though the setting and the tone of the stories are classic in the "Chronicles of Narnia" tradition, the wit and unexpected humor are very modern. Young readers will surely get the joke and laugh along with it.

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Sunday Inquirer Magazine - April 1, 2007: Food Tour

TRAVELERS may visit a new city and appreciate its history, architecture and sites, but they cannot claim to know a people until they have appreciated their cuisine. Food and culture are so intertwined that the characteristics of a people are readily uncovered by the quirks in their eating habits.

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