The Sassy Lawyer & Pinoy Cook on food, family and home.
Last night, I wrote about the dishes that I cooked for the girls to bring back to the condo. You know, the reheatable meals. But even before I was able to post that article, I got a call from my younger daughter, Alex, saying she was running a fever (she already had a bad cold ... (more)
There are a lot of beliefs associated with a hot drink first thing in the morning. Some say it warms up the body and conditions it for physical activity. Others say a hot drink prevents the formation of unwanted acids. I don’t know how much of it is superstition and how much is fact. Personally, ... (more)
We used to buy oatmeal in large packs and cook the porridge by the pot. Lately, however, we’ve been buying oatmeal in single-serve packs. They are more practical and less wasteful because there are no leftovers. Instant oatmeal is one of my two emergency breakfast fares (the other being cereals). When there’s little time to ... (more)
Casa is Spanish for house. CASA is also an acronym for Connie, Antonio, Sam and Alex. We are all surnamed Veneracion. We all love to take photos -- of anything that catches our fancy. It's a family obsession.
This is a journal of how we live, eat, learn, play and have fun. Work? Work is part of playing and having fun. Seriously.
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 pinoycook.net. Always unhappy with the fact that the dot com … »»
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