I am writing this because, as historian Ken Albala says, “the history of cooking methods, recipes and food customs can help us become more responsible consumers who get greater pleasure from what we eat.”

In Felice Prudente Sta. Maria's book I found out that the last poem penned by Rizal, called Mi Ultimo Adios, was stashed away into the millimetre-thin wick holder of a metal food warmer, originally sent by Rizal's family because of a concern that the food sent to his prison chambers arrived cold. History provides amusing facts!