SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, April 30 -- The rich food preparations in Antique could be the ticket for its inclusion in the country's food heritage map.

"Antique has not only an intact ecology, with pristine water and environment, but the food preparation is also rich," said National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) Commissioner Arvin Manuel Villalon on Tuesday.

NCCA chose Antique as the venue for the April 28-30 closing ceremony of the Filipino Food Month, mandated under Proclamation Order 469.

He said hosting the ceremony was already a springboard for the inclusion of the province in the country's food heritage map.

They learned that Antique has a rich culinary heritage, like the "pinindang" or the unsalted dried fish fry liste...