Filipino food...would i find more history (books) on pancit or adobo?

Question

i have to do a family recipe project and im required to cite books. its a 5-7 page essay.

Answer 1

try barnes and noble. :]

or amazon if you`re buying books.

Answer 2

Try:

Memories of Philippine Kitchens

by Amy Besa

Answer 3

The Chinese Influence

From the Chinese we have the whole noodle business: pancit miki, pancit bihon, pancit Canton, pancit sotanghon. But the Filipinos have completely imbued the dishes with their own flair, and now there is a different kind of pancit for almost every region on the Philippines. Other Chinese-inspired dishes, such as lumpia, kikiam, siopao, and siomai, have been absorbed into the Filipino way of life. They are part of Filipino diet, even today.

The Spanish Influence

Three hundred years of preparing dinner for Mother Spain gave us a flair for rich food, the way Europeans prepare it. Stews such as the adobo, cocido and puchero, rice-meat dishes and elaborate desserts such as brazos, and tortas imperiales are generally considered fiesta food, and most often found on the dining tables of the upper classes.