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The Cultural Cartographer

Dispatches on food, drink, and the people behind them. Paulina Regine Miranda — storyteller, artist, researcher, and educator.

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September 2026
Dominion Cellar, Makati
Essay

They Must Not Thirst

Food and Drink People Places

Common Ground at Dominion Cellar — two chefs, five wines, and one notebook that gave up somewhere around the lamb.

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Chef Rhea Rizzo and Chef Carlos Garcia working side by side in the kitchen.

Dispatches

Live Review

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This Was Supposed to Be an Interview

Chef Rhea Rizzo on memory, Asia, and what happens when the questions can wait.

Food and Drink People
Chef Rhea Rizzo, mid-motion, at the Common Ground dinner.
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Sept 2026

Notes

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Kyō To

Dish-by-dish notes from a favorite table.

Food and Drink Places
The iridescent mother-of-pearl interior of an abalone shell.
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Late 2025
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ITO

ITO × Chef Yujung Kim, notes taken as the meal unfolded.

Food and Drink People Places
Chef Yujung Kim laughing behind the counter at ITO.
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Sept 2026

Essays

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We Thought We Were Having Champagne

A Saicho sparkling tea pairing dinner at Dominion Cellar, Makati.

Food and Drink Places
The Saicho Sparkling Tea menu card on a silver charger plate.
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Jan 2025
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Hospitality in the Age of Relational Intelligence

Isabelle Hau's relational intelligence, a four-hands dinner, and what a table teaches that a chatbot can't.

Food and Drink People
A hand holding up a glass at an old-school Spanish bar, rows of coffee grinders and siphons behind the counter.
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Sept 2026
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They Must Not Thirst

Common Ground at Dominion Cellar — two chefs, five wines, and one notebook that gave up somewhere around the lamb.

Food and Drink People Places
Chef Rhea Rizzo and Chef Carlos Garcia working side by side in the kitchen.
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Sept 2026

Founder’s Profiles

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Glenn Razon at 45

A portrait and visual story.

People
Portrait of Glenn Razon, smiling, in a red polo shirt.
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Postcards and Letters

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Strolling Along EDSA

On dream dates, memory, and the feeling of home.

Places
An elderly man's hands peeling an apple with a small knife, an orange resting nearby on a wooden bench.
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May 2018
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Mommy Doc

On pasta, grandmothers, and cooking from memory.

Food and Drink People
A black-and-white studio portrait of a young woman, smiling, from the 1960s.
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Aug 2018

Field Sketches

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Book of Happy

Illustrated notes from a mano × Manam's Crispy Sisig Pizza collaboration.

Food and Drink Places
A hand-drawn illustration of a sliced Crispy Sisig Pizza in marker, on a yellow page.
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Portrait of Paulina Regine Miranda

About

Paulina Regine Miranda is an independent storyteller and creator of The Cultural Cartographer, a body of creative nonfiction on food, drink, hospitality, and the people behind them. She writes as both researcher and creative writer. She is a Licensed Professional Teacher and lecturer at the University of the Philippines Diliman.

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