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MAYA O. CALICA
Food,
glorious
food
RED
by Dia Frampton
The Voice
(NBC)
Season 1 runner-
up Dia Frampton
amazes with
her first full-
length album.
The American singer-songwriter
collaborates with notable producers
and songwriters to come up with
10 exceptional tracks, such as the
upbeat song “Don’t Kick the Chair”,
the guitar-driven “Isabella
”,
the
emotionally charged “I Will
”
and
the electro-pop tune “Billy the Kid
”
.
Available at Astroplus and Odyssey
Music & Video, and at
www.
MyMusicStore.com.ph
JESSICA SANCHEZ:
AMERICAN
IDOL SEASON 11
HIGHLIGHTS
The talented
pint-sized
powerhouse
may not have
snagged the
top spot on
American Idol
Season 11, but we’re
pretty sure we’ll see and hear more
of this petite singing dynamo. This
album, for one, is a collection of
Jessica’s brilliant performances,
including her rendition of Whitney
Houston’s “I Will Always Love You
”
.
Available at Astroplus and Odyssey
Music & Video.
A graphic novel and two
delicious books will get you
thinking (and eating)
Feed your mind with these yummy reads
about a ruthless sushi chef, a girl who could
taste emotions and a group of interesting
personalities at a cooking school
GET JIRO!
By Anthony Bourdain, Joel
Rose and Langdon Foss
Most authors write about what they know.
So it’s no surprise that chef, food writer and
No Reservations
host Anthony Bourdain’s
graphic novel (co-written by Joel Rose and
illustrated by Langdon Foss) has a sushi
chef, Jiro, for a hero. Set in Los Angeles,
Bourdain paints a future where master
chefs rule and a culinary war is brewing
between two camps: the Internationalists
and the Vertical Farm. Both sides want
Jiro on their team — but the ruthless sushi
chef has plans of his own. PHP999,
www.
fullybookedonline.com
THE MONDAY NIGHT
COOKING SCHOOL
By Erica Bauermeister
Every Monday night at The School of
Essential Ingredients, chef Lillian leads an
interesting mix of characters in the art of
cooking. Among them: Claire, a mommy
who can’t tear herself away from her
two kids; Helen and Carl, an old couple
healing from a betrayal in their marriage;
Tom, a man mourning the tragic demise
of his wife; Ian, a singleton who lives on
takeaways; Chloe, an absent-minded
waitress; and Isabelle, a woman whose
memory is slipping. PHP315, available
at Powerbooks.
THE PARTICULAR
SADNESS OF
LEMON CAKE
By Aimee Bender
Rose Edelstein has a gift of tasting
emotions — or could it be a curse? On the
eve of her ninth birthday, after taking a bite
of lemon cake baked by her seemingly
happy mother, she tastes despair. Her
uncanny gift soon exposes her to her
father’s sense of detachment, her mom’s
sins and her brother’s withdrawal from
the rest of the world. How will she deal?
PHP599,
www.fullybookedonline.com
Runners-up rule!