http://casaveneracion.com The Sassy Lawyer & Pinoy Cook on food, family and home. Sat, 26 May 2012 08:52:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://casaveneracion.com/the-animal-that-makes-the-worlds-most-expensive-coffee/ http://casaveneracion.com/the-animal-that-makes-the-worlds-most-expensive-coffee/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:45:29 +0000 Connie Veneracion http://houseonahill.net/?p=9417 The Asian palm civet, also known as the toddy cat, is a nocturnal omnivore found in Southeast Asia and China. It feeds on small animals as well as fruits and coffee berries. When it eats coffee berries, the beans remain undigested. These undigested beans are picked from its drippings, cleaned, washed, dried and made into coffee...]]> http://casaveneracion.com/the-animal-that-makes-the-worlds-most-expensive-coffee/feed/ 3 http://casaveneracion.com/volcanic-rock/ http://casaveneracion.com/volcanic-rock/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:28:25 +0000 Connie Veneracion http://houseonahill.net/?p=9190 It was tempting to describe this volcanic rock as HUGE but it is only huge compared to the smaller ones that you see on the background. This volcanic rock is small compared to some of those we saw on the road between Legazpi City and Tabaco City. The really huge ones are larger than houses. ]]> http://casaveneracion.com/volcanic-rock/feed/ 8 http://casaveneracion.com/cagsawa-cagsaua-more-ruins-than-i-thought/ http://casaveneracion.com/cagsawa-cagsaua-more-ruins-than-i-thought/#comments Sat, 06 Jun 2009 13:53:08 +0000 Connie Veneracion http://houseonahill.net/?p=9052 All these years, I was under the impression that the bell tower was the only structure that remained of Cagsawa Church after the town was buried when Mayon Volcano erupted in February 1, 1814. That was what most textbooks said. That was what most people said. But even Wikipedia is wrong when it says that "only the bell tower of the town's church remained above the new surface." ]]> http://casaveneracion.com/cagsawa-cagsaua-more-ruins-than-i-thought/feed/ 7