Yummy 201612

http://www.yummy.ph 10 December 2016

For this issue, I...photographed

the Weekend Entertaining

section (“Snacks for Santa,”

page 45)

The best part about the

assignment was...working with

editors who have now become

my friends. I always have a good

time talking with them during

shoots then eating afterwards!

One food item that always

makes it to our family’s holiday

table is...Christmas ham. It’s not

Christmas if there’s no ham on

the table.

The blessing that I am most

thankful for this year is...my

seven-month-old son, Dutch.

What makes Christmas extra

special for me is...being around

happy people—I enjoy their

company, and I notice that

everyone is just happier during

the Christmas season!

DAIRY DARILAG

Photographer

For this issue, I...styled the
holiday table setting for “
Days of Christmas” (page 52).
The best part about
the assignment was...
experimenting with creating a
Christmas-themed table setting
without it looking too literal.
Working with the Yummy editors
was a bonus, too!
My favorite Christmas memory
is...playing with my sisters and
cousins after opening our gifts.
Our relatives would give us the
presents right after we staged
some sort of program that
included a dance performance
and a reenactment of the nativity
story. It was a family tradition
when we were kids.
One food item that always
makes it to our family’s holiday
table is...my mom’s fruit salad.
We’d eat it at breakfast, lunch,
dinner, and for a midnight snack!
The food gift I like giving is...
chocolate. You can’t go wrong
with it; everyone loves chocolate!
The blessing that I am most
thankful for this year is...
my sister’s newly opened café,
55Square Café along Katipunan.
We worked so hard to realize
her dream.
What makes Christmas extra
special for me is...that it brings
our entire family together. My
older sisters live in Manila,
my twin sister and I live in
Mandaluyong, and my parents
stay at our family house in
Antipolo, but Christmas gives
us the perfect reason to spend
more time together.

TALA SINGSON
Interior designer and
assistant style editor,
Real Living

For this issue, I...wrote

“Entertain Like a Pro” (page 78).

The best part about the

assignment was...discovering

that party planning doesn’t need

to be daunting, as long as you

pare it down to the basics: good

food and good company!

My favorite Christmas memory

is...celebrating Christmas for

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I now see holiday traditions like

opening gifts and attending

Christmas Eve Mass in a different

light because of her.

The one dish that always

completes my holiday party

spread is...crispy lechon skin!

My dad is always in charge

of buying the lechon for our

Christmas family reunion, and he

makes it a point to set aside the

skin for us to eat for breakfast

the next day.

The food gift I like giving is...

cake. The less mainstream the

baker, the better. It’s always a

welcome treat, and no one can

say no to dessert!

The blessing that I am most

thankful for this year is...my

thriving freelance writing work.

I didn’t think I would survive this

long, much less be able to grow

it into a continuous stream

of projects.

Christmas is made more

special because...people seem

kinder during the holiday season.

And I love cool weather, so that’s

always a big plus!

MAITA DE JESUS

Writer

For this issue, I...wrote the

review on Cazuela for the

Restaurants section (“Spanish

Treasure,” page 91).

The best part about the

assignment was...picking out

which dishes to try from their

Spanish-, Latin American-,

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My favorite Christmas memory

is...getting a Play-Doh Burger

King set from my parents when

I was a kid. It let me serve

“burgers” and “fries” to

my friends.

The one dish that always

completes my holiday party

spread is...fruitcake—it’s a must

for my mom to have one on the

table. Sometimes, I’d wonder if

it’s leftover fruitcake from a year

ago or if it’s brand new. Still, it

tastes good!

The food gift I like giving is...a

basket of fruits. It’s good to have

something healthy after all that

lechon and Christmas ham!

The blessing that I am most

thankful for this year is...a new

guardian angel. My dad passed

away earlier this year, and rather

than feel sadness, I’d like to think

he’s having the best vacation

ever. Miss you lots, Dad!

Christmas is extra special for

me because...it brings a sense

of hope when you realize the

magic of what can happen in the

coming year.

RYAN FERNANDEZ

Writer

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