New cookbook by Australian-Filipino author Yasmin Newman highlights Philippine regional dishes

Key Points

• Speaking to SBS Filipino, Yasmin Newman shared that living in Siargao inspired her to write “Under Coconut Skies”.
• Aside from the book launch, a forum and networking were held for Filipino restaurateurs and food business owners in Victoria.
• One of the speakers, Consul Commercial Alma Argayoso Philippine Trade and Investment Centre Sydney mentioned that Philippine food exports to Australia rose by 17% amid the pandemic.
• Consul General Maria Lourdes Salcedo of the Philippine Consulate General in Melbourne welcomed the mushrooming of different Filipino-owned and Filipino-inspired businesses in Victoria.