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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Southern California’s latest food fetish: Filipino cuisine

    There are 1.5 million Filipino people in California, but the food of the Philippines doesn't seem nearly as ubiquitous as other Asian cuisines like Chinese, Japanese or Korean food. That might be changing. Filipino dishes have been popping up on restaurant menus across LA.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Apr 19, 2016 • 1 min read

    There are 1.5 million Filipino people in California, but the food of the Philippines doesn't seem nearly as ubiquitous as other Asian cuisines like Chinese, Japanese or Korean food. That might be changing. Filipino dishes have been popping up on restaurant menus across LA.

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    The American Independent Party’s Accidental Popularity
    1. 0:00The Accidental Popularity of the American Independent Party
    2. 9:23California Virtual Academies: A Model of School Choice or Failure?
    3. 19:18Sports Chalet Closes Up Shop
    4. 29:26Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen
    5. 43:39Southern California’s latest food fetish: Filipino cuisineYou’re reading this
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