I wish I knew what’s they’re called. Can you name these flowers?
The Sassy Lawyer & Pinoy Cook on food, family and home.
May is Filipino fiesta month
Banana and M&M’s spring rolls
Question: What's worse than finding a worm in your apple? Oh, I'm sure you … »»
Humba (braised pork belly)
*UPDATE: Click here for a better recipe for humba and how to serve it as … »»
Labahita (surgeonfish) with spicy coconut cream sauce
Filipino and Thai cooking intersect in many ways as we share a lot of … »»
Ensaladang Pipino (Cucumber Salad)
There first time I served this salad at a dinner party, my friends were a … »»
More cooking, wining & dining
If you’ve heard of P.F. Chang’s Mongolian beef, this is the pork version
No, I've never been to P.F. Chang's although I read that the U.S. food … »»
Pressure cooker salay-ginto (yellowstripe scad) with coconut milk
The most serious reason I missed my pressure cooker was because I love, … »»
Is batotoy a local name for Anadara granosa (blood cockles)?
The last time I heard the word batotoy, I was buying longganisa (native … »»
For St. Patrick’s Day: after dinner mint
After a quick trip to the market, Speedy checked his Facebook account, … »»
Slow cooker recipe: Bacon, cheese and potato casserole
Still experimenting with alternative methods of cooking, after using the … »»
About CASA Veneracion
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.
The kitchen staff
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 versions of houseonahill and pinoycook weren't … (click here to read all »)
Recently digested
Avocado, tomato and onion salad
The avocado was supposed to go into sushi but I cooked all the Japanese … (more...)
Lobster balls and long beans stir fry
Sam likes buying those frozen seafood balls in the grocery -- fish balls, … (more...)
Mango cheese pie: something between a cheesecake and a custard
It has a graham cracker crust and it is baked but at a lower temperature … (more...)
Melon cocktail with grape syrup
If you Google "melon cocktail", you'll find that there are two categories. … (more...)
Agedashi tofu
According to Tastefully Done, age means deep fried and dashi, of course, is … (more...)
too late for a comment… this one i guess is from family of thunbergia
The name of this vine is “Garlic Vine” , if you crush the leaves on your hand, it will smell like garlic.
It look’s like a violet bell.
We have a plant in our garden and Mr. Valencia is right about it that it smells like garlic. I also would want to know its scientific name . Thanks for the picture and the other info.