“The Pork and Spoon,” the last dinner of MFWF held at Cucina Restaurant in Marco Polo Ortigas was a snout-to-tail Filipino feast from some of the country’s most vibrant chefs.

Pork butt, also referred to as Boston butt, ends up spoon tender and flavorful when cooked slowly -- about 3 1/2 hours -- in the oven. Add a zesty sauce mixed with ketchup, molasses, apple cider ...

Escárcega alludes to Spoon & Pork’s central dish, the pork belly adobo: “The heart of the menu is devoted to pork belly adobo, the meat braised in vinegar and garlic with a stutter of soy.

Mona Holmes is an editor at Eater Southern California/Southwest, a regular contributor at KCRW radio, and a 2022 James Beard Award nominee. Silver Lake’s popular restaurant Spoon and Pork heads ...