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Hood Famous Cafe + Bar will soon open in the International District.

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Amlag fi rst sold the ube cheesecakes at Asian stores like Uwajimaya after they proved popular during a Filipino pop-up series, Food & Sh*t. With growing demand, Amlag quit her full-time job at Highline College and opened Hood Famous Bakeshop with Quibuyen. That store will soon be joined by Hood Famous Cafe + Bar, another location in the International District serving desserts and savory pastries stuff ed with Filipino ingredients.

“That little purple cheesecake defi nitely changed the trajectory of my life and career,” says Amlag. Despite the faster pace of life that has come with their success, the couple keeps their kids involved with their network of friends, many of whom are Filipino.

“We try to make it a point to teach “We try to make it a point to teach my oldest son how to cook dishes like my oldest son how to cook dishes like adobo,” says Quibuyen. “I inject a bit adobo,” says Quibuyen. “I inject a bit of family history, Filipino histoof family history, Filipino history, and the limited Filipino ry, and the limited Filipino vocabulary that I have.” vocabulary that I have.”

Filipinos initially Filipinos initially came to Seattle in came to Seattle in the late 1800s to the late 1800s to work in canwork in canneries around neries around Puget Sound. Puget Sound. By the 1990s, By the 1990s, Seattle’s Filipino Seattle’s Filipino population had population had grown to more grown to more than 30,000. than 30,000. While rising rents While rising rents have led to closures have led to closures of established Filipino of established Filipino restaurants like Inay’s and restaurants like Inay’s and

Kusina Filipina, Amlag and Quibuyen are hopeful for the next generation of Filipino food businesses.

“There are a lot of Filipinos in the industry,” says Quibuyen. “I think it’s the seed of something greater.”

Hood Famous is now part of a coalition of Filipino-owned food and beverage businesses in the Pacifi c Northwest called ILAW.

“We organically formed this network of people who are Filipino, trying to promote Filipino culture,” adds Amlag. “It’s really important for us to tell our own story.” q Hood Famous Bakeshop: 2325½ NW Market St., hoodfamousbakeshop.com

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Claudia Castro Luna, Washington State Poet Laureate “When my three kids were little, I was always on the lookout for children’s books in Spanish. Elliott Bay Books has now invested in bilingual books. For art supplies and plush animals, we went to Northwest Art and Frame. I once took my son there to pick whatever stuffed animal made him feel better; he was heartbroken over his haircut.”

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Chanel Reynolds and her son Gabi know what matters most.

A guide to ‘just in case’

Local author offers friendly and practical advice for getting your family affairs in order — right now

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Chanel Reynolds can’t stop life’s inevitable tragedies from striking your family.

But she can at least help make some parts easier to endure.

If the Madrona parent’s name sounds familiar, it’s probably from Get Your Shit Together, the viral website Reynolds founded after her husband’s sudden death in 2009, when their son was only 5 years old. She galvanized people to write wills, buy life insurance, and handle other practicalities before it was too late.

Now she’s written a broader book, What Matters Most: The Get Your Sh*t Together Guide To Wills, Money, Insurance, and Life’s “What-Ifs.”

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