
The original plan was to drive up to Baguio, spend a couple of nights there, drive north to Vigan, spend a night there, drive north to Laoag, spend a night there, drive south … [Read more...]
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The original plan was to drive up to Baguio, spend a couple of nights there, drive north to Vigan, spend a night there, drive north to Laoag, spend a night there, drive south … [Read more...]

Last Saturday, we were having coffee at the Aristocrat Restaurant on Roxas Boulevard when I saw this puppet peddler through the glass window. Sam loves those puppets. When she … [Read more...]
Doc Emer wrote about the relation of lice with the immune system and Batjay posted a rejoinder about an elevator experience in Singapore with a woman with head lice. That … [Read more...]
My school chum, Lisa, known in the blogging world as the Baguio Insider, writes that strawberry picking in the La Trinidad farms in Benguet is a few months late this season. … [Read more...]

Speedy wanted to know if I would like to upload some of the photos he took during their company's four-day conference in Baguio last week. I said, "Of course!" He handed me … [Read more...]

That's me in the photo putting my camera and telephoto lens to good use. We were in Baguio over the weekend -- Speedy, on business; me, for pleasure... and work too, I … [Read more...]
I wish the darn guy in front of the float would move... but he wouldn't -- probably felt he was the main attraction. … [Read more...]
Baguio City, popularly known as the summer capital of the Philippines, rests on a plateau in the Mountain province, about five hours by land from Metro Manila. There are local … [Read more...]

You can prepare this drink in two ways -- as a cocktail drink or as a non-alcoholic iced beverage. If course, the non-alcoholic version won’t be a anything similar to a mojito and you can … »»

Need to get dinner on the table in 15 minutes? No problem. Season some ground meat, form into patties, throw into the skillet and cook until nicely browned. Cook sliced mushrooms in the … »»

One of the most widely known Chinese dishes outside of Asia is General Tso’s chicken -- floured bite-size chicken pieces fried until crisp then tossed in sweet-salty sauce. This is the … »»

It's tempting to simply ask that you Google "Connie Veneracion" or "Sassy Lawyer" or "Pinoy Cook" and have this page done with. But that might give you the wrong idea about me. A third of what's been written about me is true, a third is half-true and the rest consists of drug-induced hallucinations. I suppose I'd better let me, rather than them, tell you about me. I'm … »

*This article was last updated on October 2, 2011. 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 … »






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