
If you're a fan of the movie Tomb Raider, as everyone in my family is, you'd be familiar with this symbol -- the All-Seeing Eye. This sculpture is on the front door of the … [Read more...]
Family, food, photography

If you're a fan of the movie Tomb Raider, as everyone in my family is, you'd be familiar with this symbol -- the All-Seeing Eye. This sculpture is on the front door of the … [Read more...]
My server overloaded six times today and I had to reboot each and every time. I was wondering what was causing the spike in traffic until my editor sent a text message … [Read more...]

Editor-in-chief Beting Laygo Dolor admits that the no-frontal-nudity policy is in deference to the Catholic Church which, he believes, if angered can start a snowball of howls … [Read more...]
From the Financial Times: The Philippines' poverty rate has risen for the first time since the Asian financial crisis, according to a new government report that deals a blow … [Read more...]
Executive officials are no longer barred from testifying in legislative inquiries. Opposition Sen. Jamby Madrigal said President Arroyo abolished the controversial order for … [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 … »






Except for quotes, all text & photos © Connie Veneracion. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No reproduction without prior written permission.
Conversations