Here are some of my favorite ways to cook bagoong, for anything from your kare-kare to manggang hilaw and ensalada. Enjoy! I buy my alamang at Farmer’s Market fresh—salted but not cooked.

Champorado at tuyo, manggang hilaw at bagoong, peanut butter and jelly. Admit it. You, too, probably have enjoyed some strange food combos that only you would love. Chippy and red wine, anyone ...

I am the latest recruit to a prestigious society of serious foodies who swear by the taste and drool-inducing aroma of bagoong alamang ...

The book “Sangkap 2: Main Philippine Cooking Ingredients” 16 fish. On the list, alongside some fun trivia on each species, are: Hasa-hasa, a short mackerel.