The Sassy Lawyer & Pinoy Cook on food, family and home.
Finally, the Christmas tree is up. A white twig tree that I wanted last year but didn’t know where to buy. Then, we heard from Speedy’s brother that we could get them from roadside stalls along Roxas Boulevard so off we went. To our pleasant surprise, we learned that we could order a tree customized ... (more)
Over at the Food Talk Community, member Lois posted this message: “If you’re a fan of Noritake, there’s a warehouse-type sale until June 13. Saw the sign near the MRT North Avenue station. I think they have a shop there.” I’m not sure if there is a shop in the North Avenue area but I ... (more)
The other weekend, after enjoying “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”, my daughters and I entered Gourdo’s for baking and cooking supplies. I picked out a new pastry brush, a mandolin and a meat mallet, and I was about to pay for my purchases when Alex discovered a box of fortune cookies on a pile ... (more)
For Alex and her classmates, Senior Prom means a dinner-dance on January 16 at a semi -private restaurant in Antipolo. Originally built as a house, the restaurant is gated with a large veranda in front that offers a panoramic view of the night lights of Metro Manila. We gave gone through the usual dress and ... (more)
We were having lunch at Brothers Burger along Diosdado Macapagal Avenue in Pasay City yesterday and wondering how we’d spend the afternoon until it was time to bring Sam back to the dorm. Sam wanted to go to the World Bazaar at the World Trade Center and we tried to after lunch except that parking ... (more)
Foreword: For those who read this blog for the photo tips, all photos in this entry were taken with an aperture value of 2.2 to create the bokeh effect. I love jade. But there’s the ultra expensive jade and the less expensive jadeite. When I saw these handpainted jade (jadeite, I’m sure) eggs in Singapore, ... (more)
UPDATE on November 10, 2009 For those who have been asking for updates, there will be a sale of Pyrex, Corelle, Visions and Corningware items from November 12 to 15 at the Kitchenworld Showroom, 3rd floor, Eastwood Mall. This is the same company that held the sale mentioned in the original entry — they just ... (more)
It weirds me out when people lay the tablecloth on the dining table then cover it with a glass top. It’s like a policy in redundancy and a misunderstanding about the function of a tablecloth. It weirds me out even more why a dining table has to be topped with glass. When we bought our ... (more)
When I’m out shopping for household items, I normally don’t give coasters a second glance. In fact, until yesterday, I don’t remember having bought coasters in my entire life. The only coasters I own are gifts. It’s funny, really, since I detest the sight of water rings especially on glass tops. Back when I was ... (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 … »»
I guess no one wanted to diss me so Speedy and Alex continued to go through the motion of dipping bread in the cheese fondue. But I could see the expression on their faces and Alex, especially, looked like she would rather spit the thing out. 
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