My Filipino Kitchen is a collection of recreated family recipes and cherished stories. Learn how to prepare homestyle Filipino-American classics, from party-favorite lumpia to comforting menudo to silky leche flan. With these recipes, the most novice home cook can create delightful Filipino food, whether it be a buffet for a big celebration or a simple meal for one.

My Filipino Kitchen is a collection of recreated family recipes and cherished stories. Learn how to prepare classic, homestyle Filipino-American dishes, from party-favorite lumpia to comforting menudo to silky leche flan. With these recipes, the most novice home cook can create delightful Filipino food, whether it be a buffet for a big celebration or a simple meal for one. In My Filipino Kitchen, enthusiastic and nostalgic home cook Christina Ygoña Nelson looks back fondly on the Filipino dishes she was raised on and the special places and memories that are tied to them. She hopes her beloved homestyle recipes foster hospitality and togetherness with you and your loved ones.

Christina Ygoña Nelson is a nostalgic home cook and author of My Filipino Kitchen, in which she shares cherished memories and recreated family recipes. Christina deepened her knowledge of Filipino cuisine while eating her way through the Philippines on family trips and during her time there as a Fulbright Scholar. She lives in Bellingham, Washington where she enjoys the great outdoors with her husband.