EP 19: Pulutan With Marvin Gapultos

from Exploring Filipino Kitchens · host Nastasha Alli

This episode, we chat about Filipino drinking food - called "pulutan" in Tagalog - with cookbook author Marvin Gapultos and some friends from the Pluma Writing Collective. I also finally threw the kind of dinner party I wanted - it ain't a real "inuman" session without the right drinking food!

What this episode covers

01:25 On Filipino drinking food 04:45 About Marvin 05:45 What does pulutan mean to you? 06:45 Great Uncle Nick and his buddies 08:50 Doreen's advice 09:50 Papaitan (a bitter Ilocano stew with innards) 11:40 Highlighting flavour profiles 12:20 The Cicerone Program 12:55 How it led to "Pulutan" 13:45 Beyond ties to San Miguel 15:25 Filipino food and a world of beer styles 16:05 "It just clicked" 17:15 Moving up the ladder 18:55 Cooking is a process of discovery 20:15 We all evolve as we grow 21:15 Chicken wings with fish sauce and calamansi 22:25 Mind-blowing vinegar 23:55 What should we take away? 25:45 Dinner party #1! 28:15 One of Jennilee's favourite words 30:20 Eric on sacred pulutan 32:00 Jaisa and connecting through food 33:40 Justine's fam jams and university parties 36:25 Jennilee's pet peeve 37:00 Celebratory vs solitary drinking 38:45 Justine on a certain kind of western freedom 40:20 Why Nastasha loves bars

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