Did you know that the gumamela (hibiscus) flower is used to shine shoes in India?
All photos were taken by Sam at Balay Indang.
The Sassy Lawyer & Pinoy Cook on food, family and home.
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Biko (sticky rice cake)
My grandmother used to buy biko whenever she went to the market. As soon as … »»
Chicharon, chicharon… where art thou?
It's not like I don't have a chicharon entry in this blog. I do. An old one … »»
Mixed vegetables with coconut cream
An updated version of a recipe in the archive. Now includes additional … »»
Tapsilog and the accidental tapa
I don't buy marinated tapa. What I do is buy sukiyaki or yakiniku cut beef, … »»
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If you’ve heard of P.F. Chang’s Mongolian beef, this is the pork version
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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
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Slow cooker recipe: Bacon, cheese and potato casserole
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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
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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...)
All very nice shots!
charrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Really? How interesting!
Great shots!
how nice shot………………………………………
beautiful flowers! where can i buy latest rare gumamela in the philippines?
gre@t!! its pretty @nd i like the color, its beautiful…@nd not only th@t its @ medicin@l pl@nt in the philippines.how nice..^^ i like it..
Wow! i really love gumamelas… and i do collect varieties.
Can you spare me a little branch of your yellow orange gumamela PLEASE???