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What’s in this season? Planting native trees, reading up on Filipino food, and wearing local designs

01 Káin Ná!: An Illustrated Guide to Philippine Food

by Felice Prudente Sta. Maria and Bryan Koh

Instagram.com/rpdpublications thekitchenbookstore.com/books/kain-na/

Bryan Koh, the Singaporean food writer behind the Filipino cookbook “Milk Pigs and Violet Gold,” is releasing another book on Philippine cuisine. For “Káin Ná!: An Illustrated Guide to Philippine Food,” Koh has teamed up with food historian Felice Prudente Sta. Maria for a more indepth look at our local cuisine. “Kain Na!” claims to be the country’s first illustrated guide to

Filipino food and eating habits.

02 Di-sastre by Celine Mallari

Kahilom at Hub: Make Lab, First United Building, 413 Escolta St., Binondo, Manila Instagram.com/di.sastre

A pun on “disaster” and “sastre,” Celine Mallari’s sustainable clothing line Di-sastre makes use of natural fibers and dyes that create little to no production waste. The De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde fashion design and merchandising program graduating student draws inspiration from romantic industrialism for her designs.

03 Philippine Native Trees

Instagram.com/philnativetrees

Heads up to all aspiring plant parents: Online store Philippine Native Trees offers endemic seedlings in an effort to promote local flora, with plants such as katmon, kamuning, and toog. They also regularly publish self-titled books featuring different indigenous trees alongside interesting facts about them.

04 Mara Piñon shoes

Creative Hub: 56 Dragon St.,

Brgy. San Roque, Marikina Instagram.com/marapinonph

Stepping into the city’s storied shoemaking heritage, Marikina-based designer Mara Piñon has released a line of shoes with quirky and unique designs billed as “wearable art.” Her first collection “Tropical Baby” that uses materials such as maya-maya fish leather was launched at the Footwear Designer’s Fair 2019 in Chennai, India.