
I envy him. On scorching summer days, he could enjoy the rain all day long with just the flick of a switch. Me? I keep wishing for the rain to come. It did. For about ten … [Read more...]
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I envy him. On scorching summer days, he could enjoy the rain all day long with just the flick of a switch. Me? I keep wishing for the rain to come. It did. For about ten … [Read more...]

A fruit stall in Tagaytay City. … [Read more...]

Asian images of Buddha and a dragon at the entrance of Gourmet's Cafe. The Buddha figure is common enough but the metal sculpture of the dragon is truly a work of art. … [Read more...]

A couple of weekends ago, we visited two farms in Cavite -- the Ilog Maria Honeybee Farm and Gourmet Cafe's herb and vegetable farm. The cow photos were taken at neither … [Read more...]
The photo was taken a couple of months ago at Balay Indang. I took the photo because I have a thing about hammocks. Or, at least, I used to. Years ago, long before I met … [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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