Republic of Taste: The Untold Stories of Cavite Cuisine First Editionby Ige Ramos (Out of Print) Foreword by Ambeth R. Ocampo Cavite is usually studied through historical or written records that document the establishment of towns, the highs and lows of population and demography, the catalog of revolts and revolution that figure in the birth of nation. It is even possible to see its heroes and its villains. Ige Ramos has chosen to trace Cavites past through its food and the process found a history rooted in its food: