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Involve your kids in holiday cooking by using fancy pasta shapes for this delectable mac and cheese with gouda, provolone and mozzarella. It’s fun!
A family affair. My two daughters and I cooked lunch. Spicy pot roast seasoned with Asian spices was served with a citrusy salad and kimchi rice.
Popping handcrafted chocolate candy into your mouth and relishing its flavor and texture is a beautiful experience. Hard to go back to factory-made candies.
Sam's homemade cough drops are made with fresh ginger, grated cinnamon, cloves, lemon juice, honey and sugar syrup. Effective and delicious!
You might have seen revel bars at Starbucks or some other cafe, you might have thought they were just another form of brownies or you might...
April is rice month at About Southeast Asian Food. After posting my recipe for Vietnamese pandan sticky rice balls, I’m following it up with a non-Asian...
Some days are so warm and humid it's like summer all year 'round. And nothing beats the heat than a cold drink.
A lovely dessert that doesn’t require an oven. Make the crepes on the stove, spread with custard and stack one on top of the other. Then...
The immortal Asian spring rolls with a classic Mexican filling — whole chilies stuffed with cheese. And, yes, it is ovo-lacto vegetarian. These spring rolls were...
My daughters have this habit of cooking something — anything — when they’re stressed out. It’s final exams week and moods are volatile. On Saturday evening,...
With Sam’s signature lychee smoothie as base, rum (Bacardi Gold) and fresh lemon juice were added to make this wonderful cocktail drink. The recipe was born...
I introduced my daughter Sam to Pinterest and she now treats it as a “menu” — she repins all the food pics that she likes (and...
This mocha and almond trifle is made with chopped cookies and almonds layered with two kinds of custard — one with amaretto liqueur; the other with...
Have I mentioned that when my daughters are bored, they go into the kitchen to make something? Not a case of food craving since Speedy and...
In 2003, I posted a recipe for picadillo that was such a far cry from the traditional. Instead of ground beef, I hand cut stewing beef...
I'm Connie Veneracion, retired lawyer and columnist, wife for 28 years and mom of two.
CASA means house, but it is also an acronym for the first names of the Veneracion family.
What is this blog about? Well, blogs, actually, because there are five that live in this domain.
Take your pick, have a nice time during your visit, bookmark the blogs and check in regularly because there's always something new in them.