A Filipino Christmas meal won’t be complete without the ham. Even as early as September, different kinds of ham would start filling up supermarket shelves. With this, expect different tastes, ...

MICHAEL Lopez Teves learned how to carve hams from the masters. Madrid Fusión Manila (MFM) at the SMX Convention Center may have ended a few days ago, but the excitement has yet to wane. Organizers ...

Adapted from Rudy Boquila, chef of Lamesa Filipino Kitchen.

Carving ham, especially the succulent Spanish jamón, is an art by itself. The Lopez brothers, Michael and Mark, of the Maestro Cortador Filipino (MCF), have developed the essential skills of carving ...

It’s like playing the violin,” Michael Lopez Teves says of carving Jamon Iberico. The swing of the elbow, the sawing motion, the seamless moves—like a virtuoso violinist, Lopez employs all these ...