The Sassy Lawyer & Pinoy Cook on food, family and home.
One night earlier this week, way after midnight, my brain cells still too hyped up after viewing some gorgeous architectural designs, I was scanning the channels for anything that was boring enough to dull my senses and extinguish my brain activities for the night. Instead, I landed on the Surreal Gourmet show, got glued, noted ... (more)
With the scorching heat of summer, I often feel that life sucks in a huge way. But when I get up in the morning and there’s a delicious brunch waiting on the table and I didn’t even have to lift a finger to get it there, life is suddenly wonderful. Speedy cooked this asparagus and ... (more)
Just like with fried rice, the Chinese make good use of leftover meat, seafood and vegetables by adding them to beaten eggs and making an omelet called egg foo yong. It appears, however, that if the omelet contains crab meat, it is more of a kanitama or Japanese omelet with crab meat. Whatever its name, ... (more)
Perhaps, I ought to declare this week as I Love Eggs! Week. After posting the Thai egg strips recipe, I remembered that I had this old recipe for omelet cooked as cupcakes but published (yes, probably mis-filed) in my other blog (and I’m pretty sure you’ve never seen it). So, I thought I’d move the ... (more)
How many ways can you make an omelet? Many, many ways, right? Folded, stirred, flat, with vegetables, with seafood, with meat or even in a pie shell. Here’s another way. Thai egg strips — rolled omelet cut into strips and served with fried crisp onion slices. Nothing hard. Just stir the “filling” ingredients with the ... (more)
A frittata is an Italian omelet that is partially cooked on the stove top then broiled in the oven. Why? Because the frittata is served open-faced and you want it evenly cooked with both the topside and the underside uniformly browned as much as possible. If an omelet is served open-faced but was not even ... (more)
…one of our favorite snacks is fried eggs, sunny side up, with bread… We enjoy torta (omelet) too. When time constraints prevent me from spending hours in the kitchen, a quick torta is always a life saver. And I’m not talking about the signature torta from two or three generations ago with ground pork and potatoes. There are so many ways of making an omelet and some are nothing short of gourmet stuff. Try this omelet for 2 to 4 persons.
Tortang talong or eggplant omelet (or frittata, if you prefer to cook it a bit differently), is one of those Filipino classics that is considered by many to be the ultimate comfort food. It’s easy to prepare, it’s inexpensive and cooking it doesn’t require any special tools and equipment. The traditional tortang talong is either ... (more)
By necessity, because I’m catching up with work after last week’s out-of-town trip, lunch today was simple. But that doesn’t mean I didn’t turn it into a learning experience. I’m very much into Italian cooking and I’m learning Italian ingredients and cooking techniques. I do want to be able to go beyond the pasta and ... (more)
When the Lenten season sets in, I always get asked for meatless dishes. Last year, I chose 18 of my favorite meatless recipes from the archive and posted them as my recommendations. Well, I’ve cooked a lot more meatless dishes between then and now so here is another list of recommended meatless dishes. This list does NOT include all of the meatless recipes I’ve posted over the past 12 months… but these are among my favorites. For meatless Asian dishes, check out the recipe archive of Feast Asia.
At the Shih Lin night market in Taiwan, single serve oyster omelets were cooked side by side on large round skillets. This delectable egg and seafood dish that originated in China is also a popular street food in Singapore and Malaysia. The secret to this simple dish is proportion. Too many oysters and too little ... (more)
We know it as torta; it is called omelet in the West. I simmer the fish, flake the flesh, mix it with vegetables and eggs, then cook the mixture in a little oil. The 800 grams of fish, mixed with two potatoes, a carrot, an onion, a few cloves of garlic and six eggs resulted in two large frittatas. We ate one for dinner a few nights ago; we ate the second one for lunch the following day. How’s that for cooking on a budget?
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.
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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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