My sister-in-law, Bing. She has a talent for getting kids organized when they get unruly.
The Sassy Lawyer & Pinoy Cook on food, family and home.
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Chicken afritada, a colonial legacy
After three and a half centuries of Spanish colonization, it is not … »»
Pinatisang bangus (milkfish soup with fish sauce)
My fifteen-minute fish soup made with boneless bangus belly fillets, … »»
Barbecue, an exotic street food
In a country where over ninety per cent of the population live below the … »»
More cooking, wining & dining
Slow cooker recipe: Bacon, cheese and potato casserole
Still experimenting with alternative methods of cooking, after using the … »»
Tequila cranberry cocktail
If you're looking for the easiest cocktail drink recipe ever, you just … »»
Pasta with crumbled Hungarian sausage and yogurt
A simple, easy and very tasty pasta dish that you can cook in one pan. … »»
Chinese-style braised beef
I can't resist a good recipe when I come across one. I was browsing food … »»
Cooking with bits and pieces
So, I mentioned the other day that I made a huge pot of broth by simmering … »»
About CASA Veneracion
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.
The kitchen staff
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 »)
Recently digested
Melon cocktail with grape syrup
If you Google "melon cocktail", you'll find that there are two categories. … (more...)
Agedashi tofu
According to Tastefully Done, age means deep fried and dashi, of course, is … (more...)
Fried breaded okra
Okra has a bad reputation in our house. So bad a reputation that I'm the … (more...)
Oshitashi or goma-ae? Whatever. It’s spinach salad with roasted sesame dressing
When I first came across this spinach recipe in The New York Times health … (more...)
Pancit Molo (or is it Molo soup?)
This is an updated version of a recipe originally published on September … (more...)
Ay pangarap naming magkabahay jan! We try to check out the place everytime we go to Batangas. Ganda ng view no? One side overlooks Batangas and the other side overlooks Laguna de Bay. So breathtaking. Parang ang sarap gumising tuwing umaga just to see the view…