Meet Ligaya Mishan, the New York Times writer telling the world about Filipino food

Nana Ozaeta

<p>Her face may be hidden, but her words resonate as she dines her way through New York City’s culturally diverse food scene for a taste of the city’s many unheralded cuisines, including Filipino. In this interview, the half-Filipino Mishan talks about growing up in Hawaii eating silog, writing about the unsung restaurants, and the first time she encountered crispy pata in New York</p>

Her face may be hidden, but her words resonate as she dines her way through New York City’s culturally diverse food scene for a taste of the city’s many unheralded cuisines, including Filipino. In this interview, the half-Filipino Mishan talks about growing up in Hawaii eating silog, writing about the unsung restaurants, and the first time she encountered crispy pata in New York