When I opened the Christmas gift from my sister-in-law, Ava, and saw the four white coffee cups inside, I gushed and told Speedy, “Ooooh, they’re sexy… like a woman with her hand on her hip and sassing everyone.”
The Sassy Lawyer & Pinoy Cook on food, family and home.
May is Filipino fiesta month
Textbook achara (atsara)
Achara, or atsara, means pickled green papaya. I had an earlier recipe for … »»
The sugar for diabetics, organic food lovers and South Beach dieters
When we ordered coffee after our delicious lunch at Gourmet's Cafe last … »»
Pancit Molo (or is it Molo soup?)
This is an updated version of a recipe originally published on September … »»
Nilagang baboy (boiled pork ribs with vegetables)
Every culture has its version of boiled meat and vegetables. So I said in … »»
Suman: rice cake in a tube. In three flavors.
To say that the English translation for suman is rice cake is a bit … »»
More cooking, wining & dining
Pressure cooker salay-ginto (yellowstripe scad) with coconut milk
The most serious reason I missed my pressure cooker was because I love, … »»
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 … »»
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...)
Talaga naman, Connie, you bring life to everything! What a funny comment!
Me, I was thinking, ‘oooh, is that Corelle?’
Nah, made in China.