Cal State Fullerton students sent an invite to me for their Pilipino Culture Night on Saturday, April 9, 2011. This year's PCN features "the Filipino woman. “Lola’s Kitchen” (Grandma’s Kitchen) is a generation-to-generation story that centers on the two characteristics that every Filipino or Filipino-American can identify themselves with: food and family. In the middle of it all is Gabriela Galang – de la Cruz, the protagonist of the play. While still in the Philippines in the 1950s, she inherits a secret recipe that has only been passed down to the women of her family from her very own mother Gloria. Once in America, Gabriela and her husband Eddie introduce Filipino cuisine to their community by opening up their own restaurant called Aming Kocina (Our Kitchen), and by doing so, share the Filipino culture to those unfamiliar with it. Life is not always so simple, though, especially for Gabriela who must find the courage in her to support her family. The play also shifts