The Sassy Lawyer & Pinoy Cook on food, family and home.
First of all, I apologize for the disappearance of Home Cooking Rocks! from 8.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. today, Manila time. I exceeded my bandwidth allocation and I did not find out until late in the afternoon. I had to do the house chores before turning on my computer. Bad decision especially considering that I ... (more)
If you use the keyword parenting in a Google News search, the list of results almost always include articles about parenting classes. It sounds a bit weird. Sessions where parents can share and learn from each other’s experiences sounds good but I can’t imagine a “classroom” where “teachers” teach students how to become good or ... (more)
In the Philippines, this dish of grilled skewered pork marinated in … »»
Dinner doesn't have to be labor intensive -- a sandwich can be filling, … »»
Got overripe fruits? Make the easiest dessert ever. Top with whipped cream … »»
And so we take a break from the sweets and the meats and all those rich … »»
So, I mentioned the other day that I made a huge pot of broth by simmering … »»
I've been dreaming of making this for weeks. But since we started making … »»
If I had access to kale, I'd have used a bunch in lieu of white cabbage. If … »»
In a post I published four and a half years ago, I mentioned that everyone … »»
There are two earlier version of this recipe for steamed fish with tausi … »»
Casa is Spanish for house. CASA is also an acronym for Connie, Antonio, Sam and Alex. We are all surnamed Veneracion. We all love to take photos -- of anything that catches our fancy. It's a family obsession.
This is a journal of how we live, eat, learn, play and have fun. Work? Work is part of playing and having fun. Seriously.
In 2003, a time when I hadn't heard of the term "blog", I started a recipe website at cooking.houseonahill.net using a now defunct content management system that ran on ASP. Ok, never mind the geek talk, I'm sure you're not interested in that. The contents easily multiplied and, in 2004, I moved the food site to pinoycook.net. Always unhappy with the fact that the dot com versions of houseonahill and pinoycook weren't … (click here to read all »)
Okra has a bad reputation in our house. So bad a reputation that I'm the … (more...)
When I first came across this spinach recipe in The New York Times health … (more...)
This is an updated version of a recipe originally published on September … (more...)
In the Philippines, melon usually refers to the cantaloupe or rockmelon. … (more...)
A one-pot dish that's a breeze to prepare. The sausage meat makes the broth … (more...)
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