"Tortas are modest in appearance — they resemble flattish cupcakes with minimal adornment — but they taste like breakfast at grandma's to many homesick Filipinas.
"And tortas are a common bond between Nora Galleros, Jeanette Uy and Khaterine Gadingan — Khaty, to her friends. Nora, Jeanette and Khaty grew up in the Southern Philippines, on theisland of Mindanao, and think back fondly to the food of their home city, Gingoog (Hee-ngo-og).
"In 2004, Jeanette remembers, the 'first stop when I came to New York' was to visit her high
school friend Nora, who had arrived in 1990 and was running her own business. Jeanette, who
loves baking so much that she 'could forget time' while in the kitchen, brought Nora a little
something to accompany her morning kape, or coffee. Tortas, of course." Read more on Culinary Backstreets.