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Guests dig in to Filipino dishes at a potluck hosted by the poet J. Mae Barizo, in New York, Feb. 24, 2018. Though other Asian cuisines have been part of the American landscape for decades, Filipino dishes are only now gaining recognition outside immigrant communities; the flavors still have the power to startle. (Dina Litovsky/The New York Times)