The Sassy Lawyer & Pinoy Cook on food, family and home.
Last Sunday, Speedy’s cooking day, we had sandwiches for brunch that illustrate why, sometimes, BAD IS GOOD. Chicken thigh fillets topped with crisp bacon topped with gooey cheese stuffed in mustard-smothered hamburger buns. It wasn’t enough for Alex to simply squeeze the mustard on the bottom half of her bun. She had to make a smiley on the top half too. Too cute not to take a photo of.
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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.
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