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VICKY VELOSO-BARRERA, The Philippine STAR

Vicky Veloso-Barrera (aka Bunny to schoolmates) is a former fashion designer who writes children’s books, composes their theme songs and teaches kids to cook.

Restaurants

Style maverick Cecile Zamora aka Chuvaness  brings you a taste of young Japan

April 3, 2025

Recipes

Where there’s smoke

March 27, 2025

Home Cooks

‘With Love, Meghan’: A most lovely lifestyle show

March 20, 2025

Design

Tips & back stories on Dangwa, Manila’s flower district

March 8, 2025

Art

‘Kundiman’ at Pinto: Antonio Catral Leano’s patriotic love song

February 15, 2025

Restaurants

Chef Robby Goco elevates the olive

February 13, 2025

Travel

Bacolod: The land of sugar, sweetness and smiles

February 8, 2025

Restaurants

Deo Gracias: A feast of thanks

January 30, 2025

Trends

Lifestyle forecasts for 2025: Meaningful & mindful trends

January 12, 2025

Restaurants

What About Coffee is wake-up worthy

January 9, 2025

Art

Baguio’s hidden gems: Kidlat’s wonderful warren, a secret gallery and tales of Atok

January 5, 2025

Restaurants

Limbaga 77: Comfort food in the hood

January 2, 2025

Furniture

The fabled Kenneth Cobonpue

December 13, 2024

Recipes

Spice up your world

December 8, 2024

Travel

How Chiang Mai melted my heart

November 30, 2024

Recipes

Chefs Alfred Santiago & Aaron Isip in rare collab at Waterside

November 21, 2024

Food

Dishing up a better world

November 7, 2024

Art

How a silent film inspired wearable sculptures

September 15, 2024

Food

Breakfast all day

September 5, 2024

Designers

A granddaughter’s story

September 4, 2024

Art

Mactan Cebu International Airport: Coming home to a world-class art destination

August 25, 2024

Recipes

Tapioca vs Sago vs Boba

August 22, 2024

Art

Tiger flying high on sustainability’s wings

August 20, 2024

Design

The beaded dreams of Hannah Kong

August 18, 2024

Food

When stars align: A four-hands dinner with culinary stars

August 15, 2024

Art

Lladró sculpts into the present with Batman and Star Wars

August 5, 2024

Beauty

Beauty remedies from your kitchen

July 30, 2024

History

Almost forgotten: Designer Ann Lowe

July 20, 2024

Restaurants

This is definitely my kind of place

July 18, 2024

Food

Compelling chaos, delectable dishes, or why I love ‘The Bear’

July 4, 2024

Food

The Legazpi Sunday Market revisited

June 27, 2024

Mother's Day

A Mother’s Day lemon tart

May 9, 2024

Travel

DC’s cherry blossoms, museums, monuments, and charming Georgetown

April 20, 2024

Drinks

Coffee is life! 

April 11, 2024

Travel

An everyday japanese homecooked meal

April 4, 2024

Beauty

Florals in fashion

March 27, 2024

Travel

New York for first-timers

March 24, 2024

Fashion

Sleeves make a dramatic statement at The Museum at FIT

March 13, 2024

History

Tales of Malabon

February 25, 2024

Art

Art Fair’s 10 days of Art starts with a walk in the park  

February 14, 2024

History

QC Circle: Walking down tree-lined paths of history

January 13, 2024

Health

Cleansing and healing for 2024

January 9, 2024

Travel

Sagada on my mind

December 28, 2023

Travel

Baguio at its best

December 21, 2023

Christmas

My papier-mâché Christmas wish

December 12, 2023

Recipes

A Christmas repast of times past

December 7, 2023

Events

Every day is Thanksgiving Day  

November 23, 2023

Recipes

Cooking Out of ‘The Covenant of Water’: Oprah’s fave book is a delicious read

November 16, 2023

Health

Distressed? Here’s how I destress

November 11, 2023

DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE

Where love began for me: The Pablo Antonio House

November 5, 2023

Horror/Supernatural

I see dead people—and haunted places

October 22, 2023

Explainer

So who’s afraid of dying?

October 15, 2023

Travel

Tasting Morocco at home

October 12, 2023

On the Road

Vintage finds, formals for rent and turon croissant in the neighborhood

October 3, 2023

Books

For the love of reading: My Manila International Book Fair finds

October 1, 2023

Local design

Weaving threads and dreams

September 30, 2023

Books

Reflections on A Repurposed Fortress and Sun Tzu’s Art of War

September 23, 2023

History

Bahay tsinoy: Our intertwined past, present and future

September 16, 2023

Food

Selena+Chef vs MarkKim+Chef

September 14, 2023

Pets

My belated, begrudging, bemused love of cats

September 12, 2023

Travel

Seeing (Michelin) stars and the movable feast that is Hong Kong

September 7, 2023

Art

Madame Song: A life in art and fashion

August 30, 2023

Health

It's never too late to cook and eat healthy

August 1, 2023

Father's Day

Cooking for your hero

June 22, 2023

Mother's Day

Baking with love: Imperfectly perfect Mother’s Day cakes

May 12, 2023

Design

Fashion comes full circle: My fashion-designing daughter

April 26, 2023

Pets

Our ever-growing menagerie

April 15, 2023

NATURE

Atok: A tale of two flower farms

April 13, 2023

Travel

The mountains in my life

April 1, 2023

Buy local

Sidcor Sunday Market: A feast of food, flowers and fashion

March 30, 2023

On the Road

Getting lucky in Divisoria

February 23, 2023

Designers

Swept away… by fashion, Inabel, and all things cotton 

February 15, 2023

Community

My neighborhood nooks and niches

February 9, 2023

TV/Streaming

My 'Makanai' obsession: Nostalgia, food and music

February 2, 2023

Fashion

My fashion field of dreams

January 25, 2023

Chinese New Year

Like the Chinese and Koreans, the Japanese hold rabbits in a kindly light

January 22, 2023

Books

Why the rabbit keeps hopping into my life

January 11, 2023

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