Still working with geometric patterns, I photographed the twin windows in our bathroom. Repetitive shapes work well in black and white photography too.
The Sassy Lawyer & Pinoy Cook on food, family and home.
May is Filipino fiesta month
The sugar for diabetics, organic food lovers and South Beach dieters
When we ordered coffee after our delicious lunch at Gourmet's Cafe last … »»
Lumpiang ubod (heart of palm spring rolls)
The last time I made lumpiang ubod, my firstborn (now 15) was still a baby … »»
Steamed whole tilapia with ginger and soy sauce
The dish that launched this blog. Literally. More than seven years ago, I … »»
Suman (rice cake) with three dips: dulce de leche, Nutella and fruit jam
Some five days ago, craving for something sweet past midnight, Speedy … »»
Chicken afritada, a colonial legacy
After three and a half centuries of Spanish colonization, it is not … »»
More cooking, wining & dining
For St. Patrick’s Day: after dinner mint
After a quick trip to the market, Speedy checked his Facebook account, … »»
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 … »»
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
Mango cheese pie: something between a cheesecake and a custard
It has a graham cracker crust and it is baked but at a lower temperature … (more...)
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...)