Parols, Filipino Holiday Stars, Are Perhaps Best Bought
This year, I found a new way to celebrate my heritage through parols, colorful star-shaped lanterns.
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She Survived the Maui Wildfires. She Couldn’t Survive the Year After
Edralina Diezon was working as a janitor and sending money to her family in the Philippines when wildfires destroyed everything she had. The road to rebuilding her life proved to be perilous.
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Cristeta Comerford, White House Chef to 5 Presidents, Retires
Ms. Comerford, known as “Cheffie” and the first woman and person of color to serve as White House executive chef, reflects on three decades of feeding first families.
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Frieze Los Angeles Opens Amid Attention to Asian Artists
Spurred by population growth and new patron support, artists from China, Japan, South Korea and the Philippines are getting more recognition from museums and the market.