
Two things: First, I often submit photos to Photo Friday's weekly challenges. Been doing so for the past several months. Not always. But often. Second, Alex is taking up … [Read more...]
Family, food, photography

Two things: First, I often submit photos to Photo Friday's weekly challenges. Been doing so for the past several months. Not always. But often. Second, Alex is taking up … [Read more...]
In July, 2005, my first opinion column was published in Manila Standard Today. Because it was an offshoot of A sassy lawyer in Philippine suburbia blog, the name "Sassy … [Read more...]
Most people who read my blogs know that I work from home. If you're not among them, well, I do. Work from home. Or work at home. Whichever the more grammatically correct … [Read more...]

[Republished from yesterday's op-ed column] Early in February, on the way to a UP College of Law reunion, my friend, fellow law alumnus and fellow Antipolo resident Eric … [Read more...]
[Note: The following article was published in Code Red magazine. I wrote it a couple of months ago and I wasn't really planning on republishing it here, but I am in the midst … [Read more...]

Women dye their hair for different reasons -- to hide the gray, as part of a costume or for fashion. Among Asian women, it's all the rage to have light brown hair with golden … [Read more...]

Below is a screen shot of the index page of Pinoy Cook (Home cooking rocks!) as it appears today. If the text is too small, you can click here to read the entry. If you … [Read more...]

Starting today, I am obliging myself to take at least a dozen photos everyday of various subjects and using different photography techniques. My writing career is taking … [Read more...]

Speedy likes to tell people that he and the girls are my guinea pigs. I like experimenting in the kitchen and they are the ones who decide which make it to the food blog. Not … [Read more...]
I woke up late, had coffee and breakfast with Speedy (he still has to go to work today and it's their company's Christmas party tonight), then started checking my e-mail. I … [Read more...]

I was browsing through the incoming links to this blog a few days ago and there was one (naturally, I can't find it anymore) discussing pro-blogging and how many bloggers have … [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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