A few feet from the kaffir lime tree, we replanted the lemon tree. This one we had to dig out of the back garden of the old house. No way I was going to leave it behind.
The Sassy Lawyer & Pinoy Cook on food, family and home.
May is Filipino fiesta month
Humba and home cooked cua pao
The food item we call cua pao does not seem to appear in the Chinese … »»
In Vigan, coffee is sweetened with balicucha
Last month, I discovered an alternative natural coffee sweetener -- coco … »»
Pancit bihon (rice sticks with chicken and vegetables)
Surprisingly, there is no pancit bihon recipe in my archives. There is a … »»
Catfish and miso sour soup
This recipe would have been posted a lot sooner had I been able to find … »»
More cooking, wining & dining
Is batotoy a local name for Anadara granosa (blood cockles)?
The last time I heard the word batotoy, I was buying longganisa (native … »»
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. … »»
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
Lobster balls and long beans stir fry
Sam likes buying those frozen seafood balls in the grocery -- fish balls, … (more...)
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...)
Hi there!
If I may ask, what variety of basil is in the picture? What other varieties do you have? Lastly, where did you also buy those rectangular pots? What do you call them? I cannot find those kind here in our area. Sorry for the ignorant questions.
I have Thai basil. It’s the only one that’s still alive right now. Used to have sweet basil too but the rains drenched the plants. The rectangular things… Bought them in a DIY store. Forgot already which one.
I bought Thai basil and mint in Mahogany Market, Tagaytay when my husband craved for Bulalo last week. I plan to purchase sweet basil and lemon tree when we go back there. What other herbs do you suggest? TIA.
Tarragon, rosemary, oregano, lemongrass…