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Over a hot stove: ‘Ube halaya’ and love’s labors
The author with her uncle and grandmother at the latter's apartment in the United States. —CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS
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July 17, 2024July 17, 2024Food, Pinoys Abroad

Over a hot stove: ‘Ube halaya’ and love’s labors

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I was born into a transnational extended family. My father, the eldest among his siblings, married before his brother (younger by only a year), was drafted into the US Navy. As a consequence, slowly, the brother and his parents and seven other siblings eventually came to live in the United States.  We, the family of...