In Liliw, Laguna, Nanay Lourdes has spent decades selling kakanin to support her family. Among the dishes she continues to make is puto palabok–a labor-intensive delicacy that has quietly become part of the town’s food identity.
In this episode of 82 Provinces, we follow Nanay Lourdes and her family as they prepare puto palabok using traditional equipment, inherited techniques, and years of lived experience. But beyond the dish itself is a deeper story about quiet labor, memory, grief, and the desire to pass something on before it disappears.
