Mama Sita’s Cecilia Pacheco Morais highlights the importance of Filipino cuisine at Isang Kusina  To close out Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, Istorya LV, along with Title Sponsor, Mama Sita’s, presented Isang Kusina 2026 at the Keep Memory Alive Event Center, in America's most popular city, Las Vegas, Nevada.  Held last May, Isang Kusina is a profound cultural event that mapped more than four centuries of Filipino- American history onto an eight-course tasting menu.   Each dish served as an edible monument to the migrant workers, pioneers, and families who shaped the American landscape. “Filipino cuisine is more than food: it is memory, family, history, and home,” noted special guest speaker Cecilia Pacheco Morais, granddaughter of the legendary culinary icon Teresita “Mama Sita” Reyes. Alaskero Salmon by Rachel Carrillo Barril The historical storytelling was palpable throughout the night. Chef Rachel Carrillo Barril (In Bocca Al Lupo, ...