Maria Orosa Freedom Fighter: Scientist and Inventor from the Philippines

Maria Orosa is a pioneering food scientist who reduced the Philippines' dependence on imported food by pioneering new ways to use local products. She is celebrated for her daring war exploits and scientific inventions, such as sneaking food into internment camps, working as an undercover agent, and developing new ways to preserve seasonal products. She also transformed vitamin-rich rice bran into tasty disease-preventing desserts and organized rural-improvement clubs.

Format: Hardback
Length: 32 pages
Publication date: 02 May 2023
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

As a food scientist, she sought to reduce the Philippines' dependence on imported food, pioneering new ways to use local products. And that was before she became a war hero.

This delightful children's book follows the life of Maria Orosa, a pioneering woman scientist who studied food science in the United States then returned to a war-torn Philippines and created super-nutritious foods to help her nation in a time of crisis.

A champion of native products from her homeland, Orosa is celebrated for her daring war exploits as well as her scientific inventions. Today, she is honored and remembered for:

Sneaking food into World War II internment camps concealed in hollow tubes of bamboo.

Working as an undercover agent in the underground forces fighting the Japanese occupation.

Developing new ways to preserve seasonal products in a time of grave food shortages, including making vinegar from pineapples, flour from cassava, and ketchup from bananas—all now staples on Filipino tables.

Transforming vitamin-rich rice bran, previously a waste product, into tasty disease-preventing desserts.

Organizing rural-improvement clubs, inventing the palayok or clay oven, and developing delicious recipes for coconuts, soybeans, and a range of native plants, vegetables, and herbs.

This book celebrates the life and achievements of a daring daughter of the Philippines, war heroine, culinary scientist, and bold freedom fighter who helped to feed the nation!

Weight: 482g
Dimension: 279 x 216 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780804855327