About this episode

Nicole Ponseca discusses her efforts to promote Filipino cuisine in New York City and her accomplishments in the culinary world.

Nicole Ponseca is one of the pioneers of Filipino cuisine in New York City. She's opened 2 highly acclaimed restaurants, Maharlika and Jeepney and recently published a cookbook that was a James Beard Award finalist. She talks about her mission to put Filipino food on the map.

People in this episode

Host: Gaemer Gutierrez

Guest: Nicole Ponseca

Topics covered

• Filipino cuisine
• restaurant industry
• cultural representation
• cookbook publishing
• New York City food scene

Keywords

• Filipino cuisine
• Nicole Ponseca
• Maharlika
• Jeepney
• James Beard Award
• cookbook
• New York City

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Maharlika, Jeepney

Books & works: cookbook

Places: New York City

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