He was a singer in a band when he won a cooking competition. That led to a career shift not just to culinary arts but to hosting a food show that highlights the full variety in native cuisine, from flowers to bats.<br /><br />JR Royol talks to Howie Severino about his travels, planting rice in his ancestral village in the Cordillera, the sex life of kalabasa, and other offbeat topics.
