The Sassy Lawyer & Pinoy Cook on food, family and home.
A couple of weeks ago, news broke out about “new scientific studies suggesting that poultry on factory farms are routinely fed caffeine, active ingredients of Tylenol and Benadryl, banned antibiotics and even arsenic.” I read half a dozen reports on the subject and wondered if I should write something about it. It is food related ... (more)
After a long weekend of hearing and reading nothing but remembering the dead, I found myself musing about the concept of death itself – its significance in culture, law and religion. Among all human experiences, nothing can be more steeped in mystery than death and what we associate with it range from the hilarious to ... (more)
In the late 1980s, I suffered from undiagnosed bleeding that four gynecologists concluded was caused by hormonal imbalance. One of those four doctors prescribed Premarin, a Wyeth manufactured hormone pill that has been in use since the 1940s. I took Premarin three times a day. Within a few months of regularly taking the medication, I ... (more)
A couple of weeks ago, my husband saw a special on Discovery Channel about a group of scientists who had been studying glaciers in the North Pole. Part of the study was a comparison of the position and appearance of the glaciers decades ago with their location and condition today. My husband said it was ... (more)
People are different. And it shows in every aspect of life. How we dress, how we choose our friends, what kind of work we like to do… Even as early as grade school, differences between pupils are apparent. Some enjoy language and literature; others, science and math. It might have a lot to do with ... (more)
The death of John Travolta’s teenaged son, Jett, sparked speculations that Jett was autistic and that his death could have been prevented had his parents allowed conventional medical treatment for the seizures the boy suffered from for most of his life based on the teachings of the Church of Scientology to which they belong. Jett’s ... (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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