The Sassy Lawyer & Pinoy Cook on food, family and home.
Grass is slippery when it rains and I don’t bring out my camera unless it’s safe. The one morning early this week that it wasn’t raining when I got out of bed to fix the kids’ school lunch, there was this lavender gumamela (hibiscus) that was just starting to open. No longer a bud but not yet in full bloom. Too irresistible. I simple had to freeze the moment.
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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 ยป)
The avocado was supposed to go into sushi but I cooked all the Japanese rice we had to make oyakudon. Sam looked at the … (more...)
Sam likes buying those frozen seafood balls in the grocery -- fish balls, squid balls, shrimp balls, prawn balls, crab balls, … (more...)
It has a graham cracker crust and it is baked but at a lower temperature and without the baine marie. It has all the … (more...)
If you Google "melon cocktail", you'll find that there are two categories. The first is an alcoholic drink; the second is a … (more...)
According to Tastefully Done, age means deep fried and dashi, of course, is the stock made with bonito flakes and kelp. … (more...)
It's so common in the Philippines, we often take it for granted. I think it's one of the most beautiful flowers in the world. Complete too with both male and female parts.
Wow. I seldom see a purple hibiscus. If not for the stigma, I would have thought that it is a morning glory!
Hey Connie! I saw you on TV over the weekend and didn't realize that you have metamorphosed into a famous columnist and blogger.
We worked together in a law firm in Makati while I was a struggling law student. Shortly before and after you were married. Good to see you again!
Sam
Samiiiii!!!!!!!! How are you? Gotta see your blog.