My daughter bought half a dozen of these feathery bird ballpens to give away to friends last Christmas. As far as I know, the ballpens never reached their recipients.
The Sassy Lawyer & Pinoy Cook on food, family and home.
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Humba (braised pork belly)
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Humba and home cooked cua pao
The food item we call cua pao does not seem to appear in the Chinese … »»
Chicken afritada, a colonial legacy
After three and a half centuries of Spanish colonization, it is not … »»
Sinigang na baboy (pork and vegetables in tamarind broth)
"Pork and vegetables in tamarind broth" is not the literal translation of … »»
Congee is rice porridge is arroz caldo
Last Thursday, Speedy and I were at the market. There was one stall selling … »»
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For St. Patrick’s Day: after dinner mint
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Slow cooker recipe: Bacon, cheese and potato casserole
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Tequila cranberry cocktail
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Pasta with crumbled Hungarian sausage and yogurt
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Chinese-style braised beef
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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
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Melon cocktail with grape syrup
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Agedashi tofu
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Fried breaded okra
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omg~! i have a ton of those in my living room! i love those..!
LOL they are cute.
I'll probably fill my body with those as my halloween costume this coming October.
LOL I hope you're not ticklish. hehehe
cute!
yeah, my daughter thinks so too.
magkano ba yang pen?
3 for 100 pesos, if i remember correctly.