The Sassy Lawyer & Pinoy Cook on food, family and home.
A science teacher once quipped that any color that an artist can mix on his palette, nature has already created before him. Nature is the ultimate artist, really, capable of creating never ending hues, perfect circles and perfect symmetries. These ripples were formed by early morning raindrops falling on the mountain spring pool in Albay.
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Terms can be confusing. When one says "goto" in the Philippines, he can be … »»
Fried whole fish served with pickled vegetables. That's what escabeche is … »»
Note: This is an updated version of a previously published recipe. Adobo … »»
It's not like I don't have a chicharon entry in this blog. I do. An old one … »»
The most serious reason I missed my pressure cooker was because I love, … »»
The last time I heard the word batotoy, I was buying longganisa (native … »»
After a quick trip to the market, Speedy checked his Facebook account, … »»
Still experimenting with alternative methods of cooking, after using the … »»
If you're looking for the easiest cocktail drink recipe ever, you just … »»
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.
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 »)
Sam likes buying those frozen seafood balls in the grocery -- fish balls, … (more...)
It has a graham cracker crust and it is baked but at a lower temperature … (more...)
If you Google "melon cocktail", you'll find that there are two categories. … (more...)
According to Tastefully Done, age means deep fried and dashi, of course, is … (more...)
Okra has a bad reputation in our house. So bad a reputation that I'm the … (more...)
Wonderful!
Perfect Miksang moment.
Love this snapshot of time!