Global Exchange: Glimpses of an 18th Century Colonial Kitchen in Manila

• Main Author: Javellana, Rene B., SJ
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: Colegio de San José; friars and religious; Hispanic cuisine; Jesuit suppression papers; 18th century foods and dishes
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss24/3; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/1610/viewcontent/_5BKKv00n24_2015_5D_202.2_Article_JavellanaSJ.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

It seems self-evident that Spanish cuisine influenced Philippine cuisine. The similarity in nomenclature, some with toponyms, suggests such connection. To imagine that Spanish- influenced dishes that Filipinos consume in today were exactly the same in the 18th century is to be oblivious of the compl...