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1 week ago | 
insidehook.com | Zoe de Leon |Logan Mahan
Nota bene: All products in this article are independently selected and vetted by InsideHook editors. If you buy something, we may earn an affiliate commission. The best gifts are thoughtfully chosen, pricey enough that we wouldn’t purchase them for ourselves, and… they arrive on time. If Mother’s Day slipped your mind (it’s this weekend, by the way), we’ve got you covered with a selection of last-minute gifts readily available on Amazon Prime.
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2 weeks ago | 
insidehook.com | Zoe de Leon
It’s an exciting time to dine out in America. Concepts like Korean steakhouses, South Indian tasting menus and Filipino bakeries are just a few of the creative new restaurants that are cropping up across the country and introducing the culinary diversity of Asia. Their success is revealing: American diners are hungry for international flavors. Although restaurant menus reflect a wider range of cultures than ever before, global flavors remain underrepresented in home cooking.
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2 months ago | 
insidehook.com | Zoe de Leon
If your Instagram feed has been flooded with reels and photos of Japan lately, you’re not alone — it seems like everyone and their mom is jumping on a 14+ hour flight heading east. In 2024, Japan boasted its highest tourism rate in history, with an all-time high of 36 million travelers entering the country. I was lucky enough to be one of last year’s visitors, marking my 11th time during the course of 10 years.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
insidehook.com | Zoe de Leon
Nota bene: All products in this article are independently selected and vetted by InsideHook editors. If you buy something, we may earn an affiliate commission. Hi there - I'm one of the resident Gen-Zers here at IH, ready to guide you this holiday season on what to buy for the youngin' in your life. Well, young-adult, if you will. To begin - let's settle the dispute on what classifies as Gen-Z versus Millenial versus the infamous Gen-Alpha.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
insidehook.com | Zoe de Leon
No matter where you look in New York City, there's always something to feast your eyes on. Postcard-perfect street corners, sparkling skylines, a sea of the world's best-dressed people. Yet the most fascinating sight, in my opinion, is the tease of a beautiful home from a parlor window. All across the city, townhouses and brownstones parade glowing Noguchis and de Gournay-wallpapered mudrooms.
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May 9, 2024 | 
insidehook.com | Zoe de Leon
Please note: If you buy through the links in this article, we may earn a small share of the profits. I have a confession: I am a gift repeater. It’s not a trait I’m exactly proud of. Most occasions call for carefully thought out, highly personalized gifts: anniversaries with your partner, your best friends’ birthdays. Gifts are meant to symbolize a level of thoughtfulness and insight into the recipient.
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
vogue.ph | Zoe de Leon |Lawrence Sumulong |Carlo Maghirang
For most Filipinos, the storied manananggal needs no introduction. The monster of local legend disguises herself as a beautiful woman in the day and transforms into a nightmarish winged creature of vampiric qualities at night. Some say she eats men. Some others caution pregnant women that her prey of choice is a fresh fetus. Most notably, a manananggal is unique in her ability to detach her upper torso from her lower half. Severed, she flies away to hunt for prey.
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Feb 5, 2024 | 
insidehook.com | Zoe de Leon
Considering the atrocious quality of contemporary fast fashion (let’s be FFR, you’ll never give quiet luxury vibes in Zara), it’s no wonder that thrifting has evolved from a fringe activity to a major industry. Beyond the praise you’ll receive from your retro clothes (“This ol’ thing? I thrifted it!”), vintage shopping as a hobby is thrilling. What better way to spend a weekend afternoon than rummaging through bins and racks in the hopes of striking gold?
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Dec 13, 2023 | 
vogue.ph | Zoe de Leon
When talking about food, Chef Eric Valdez is an avid storyteller. His encyclopedic knowledge on regional Filipino ingredients, and their relevance to his own life, comes out in effortless interjections. In the last hour, he introduced me to a salt called tibuok— commonly referred to as dinosaur salt—that is native to the site of his childhood summers, Ilocos. He spoke with fondness about bas oy, a blood soup from the Visayan region he and his longtime friend would enjoy at home.
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Dec 5, 2023 | 
insidehook.com | Zoe de Leon
Nota bene: If you buy through the links in this article, we may earn a small share of the profits. There are only so many ways to revolutionize activewear. Alo Yoga and Lululemon designed the influencer uniform. Outdoor Voices had us #doingthings. Vuori created some of the best athletic shorts we’ve ever tested. Many of their contemporaries have come and gone, with their trendy cuts and PE funding, in attempts to disrupt the athletic apparel landscape.
