MANILA, Philippines — In a few days, most Filipino households would be celebrating Noche Buena. It is about time to plan for that yearly spread, and so how about experimenting on festive recipes?

At town fiestas in their native Pampanga, a Philippine province, now-husband-and-wife Ramon Go and Grace De Ausen-Go learned how to cook traditional foods. Most of all, they learned how to cook lechon ...