The Sassy Lawyer & Pinoy Cook on food, family and home.
This is probably the first real dish that I cooked in days. The bug I caught left me with very little appetite and when I don’t feel hungry, trust me when I say that anything I cook will reflect the way I feel. So, I didn’t even bother to make an attempt. We had a ... (more)
I caught a bug. First, an annoying ache just below the back of my neck that spread to the shoulders. Then, a persistent stomach ache. Then, fever. Yep, some kind of flu. But, these days, because the flu virus has mutated in so many ways, it was hard to tell at first. Or, maybe — ... (more)
An updated version of an entry originally published in July 26, 2003. … »»
Chocolate and mangoes do go well together. And I probably wouldn't have … »»
While I finish resizing and digitally signing the photos for the custard … »»
From the moment he saw the recipe and visual guide for making a cowboy's … »»
I can't resist a good recipe when I come across one. I was browsing food … »»
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 … »»
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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