El plato dulce (The Sweet course): Culinary travel narratives about postres Filipina, or Spanish-influenced Filipino desserts
Date of Publication
2009
Document Type
Bachelor's Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts in Literature
Subject Categories
Comparative Literature
College
College of Liberal Arts
Department/Unit
Literature
Thesis Adviser
Dinah R. Sianturi
Defense Panel Chair
Ronald Baytan
Defense Panel Member
Shirley O. Lua
Abstract/Summary
A creative non-fiction project, El Plato Dulce (The Sweet Course): Culinary Travel Narratives About Postres Filipina, or Spanish-Influenced Filipino Desserts is a collection of four food travel essays that locate specific Filipino desserts that stem from the Spanish culinary tradition both in the authors remembrances of familial experiences and personal gustatory travels both recent and past, as well as in the Spanish and Filipino geographical and temporal settings in which the sweet dishes originated and developed. The desserts are taken as signs and symbols of the Filipino, and through the authors recollections of personal experiences and culinary travels, they are presented as tropes that represent specific facets of the Filipino cultural identity. The culinary travel essays are preceded by an extended essay that discusses certain aspects of the Spanish and Filipino culinary traditions in order to delineate the similarities and differences between the two cuisines before historical circumstances melded their distinct flavors.
Abstract Format
html
Language
English
Format
Accession Number
TU15491
Shelf Location
Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F, Henry Sy Sr. Hall
Physical Description
105 leaves ; col. ill. ; 28cm.
Keywords
Cookery; Philippine; Cookery; Spanish; Desserts
Recommended Citation
Pickrell, J. (2009). El plato dulce (The Sweet course): Culinary travel narratives about postres Filipina, or Spanish-influenced Filipino desserts. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/2532