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= Nicole Ponseca =

Nicole Ponseca (born 1977) is an author and restauranteur based in New York City. Ponseca's restaurants have focused on raising the profile of Filipino food in the American culinary scene. Alongside business partner and chef Miguel Trinidad, Ponseca has founded two successful Filipino restaurants, Maharlika Filipino Moderno and Jeepneyin the East Village in New York City, New York.

Ponseca and her business partner/executive chef Miguel Trinidad married in 2018. Together, they published a cookbook entitled I Am A Filipino: And This is How We Cook in 2018. The cookbook features Filipino recipes as well as biographical vignettes of both Ponseca and Trinidad's personal lives and their journies with Filipino food.

Early Life
Ponseca was born and raised in San Diego, California.

Media
Both Ponseca and Trinidad appeared in Alexandra Cuerdo's documentary Ulam: Main Dish.

Links

 * http://www.jeepneynyc.com
 * http://maharlikanyc.com