The Sassy Lawyer & Pinoy Cook on food, family and home.
It doesn’t have the prettiest name in the world. Even from the auditory standards of a native Filipino speaker like me, saluyot conjures images of something dark and musty and… Okay, maybe, I’m biased because saluyot sounds similar to kuyukot and I can’t shake off the association, even if only imaginary. The first time I ... (more)
If you follow health and medical research news, you might be interested in findings that drinking coffee regularly can lower the risk of depression among Asian women. It has to do with the effect of caffeine on the level of estrogen.
Speedy grew up with five siblings. He’s the third from the youngest, the age difference between him and the oldest is, I think, seven years. He still recalls how they’d all scramble over “choice cuts” during meals. The bangus belly, for instance. Agawan, as he put it. One of the perks of being one of ... (more)
A couple of weeks ago, news broke out about “new scientific studies suggesting that poultry on factory farms are routinely fed caffeine, active ingredients of Tylenol and Benadryl, banned antibiotics and even arsenic.” I read half a dozen reports on the subject and wondered if I should write something about it. It is food related ... (more)
The mango is my favorite fruit in the whole wide world. There isn’t even a close second. Mango is the only fruit that I can eat by itself without feeling that it could be better. There is simply nothing like the soft, sweet luscious flesh that is refreshing, comforting and exhilarating all at once. Perhaps, ... (more)
I’ve heard and read the argument before. In fact, I’ve heard and read so many different arguments so many times already about why non-stick cookware are dangerous and why we should not stay away from them. And I’m still as skeptical as the day I heard (or, maybe, read) the first argument. PFOA, or perfluorooctanoic ... (more)
My nose is still stuffy as I write this, I’ve been nursing a cold for days and I figured I’d read about the common cold and find out why it is often associated with Vitamin C deficiency. The reading started by revisiting something I wrote five years ago about some fantastic theories on what causes ... (more)
What gives coffee its rich flavor and deep color? It’s the roasting, right? Without roasting the beans, coffee is not coffee as we know it. Without roasting the beans, they stay green and make a bitter brew. The news, however, is that the bitter brew from unroasted coffee beans may be the key to inexpensive ... (more)
I thought I read and heard about them all. South Beach diet, Mediterranean diet, Macrobiotic diet, cabbage soup diet, 3-day diet, 4-day diet… even a 3-hour diet! Seems not. The “contemporary” Paleolithic diet is almost 40 years old and I never heard of it until I read recently that the Dooce has been on it ... (more)
Suman is a rice cake and there are as many varieties as there are towns and … »»
Adobong pusit is a familiar dish, popular and rather common Filipino dish. … »»
Last Thursday, Speedy and I were at the market. There was one stall selling … »»
After a quick trip to the market, Speedy checked his Facebook account, … »»
Still experimenting with alternative methods of cooking, after using the … »»
If you're looking for the easiest cocktail drink recipe ever, you just … »»
A simple, easy and very tasty pasta dish that you can cook in one pan. … »»
I can't resist a good recipe when I come across one. I was browsing food … »»
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 »)
It has a graham cracker crust and it is baked but at a lower temperature … (more...)
If you Google "melon cocktail", you'll find that there are two categories. … (more...)
According to Tastefully Done, age means deep fried and dashi, of course, is … (more...)
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...)
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