Jason's Birthday

It had to be an important date. I cooked and cooked and ate so much this past week testing recipes but I finally managed to cook something edible from beginning to end!
The menu: horchata, sopa de tortilla & a birthday cake. I'm so proud.
Welcome my new baby, Breadstick Kitchens Inc.

Culinary Mexicanisms

My first flour tortillas ever. I cheated a little because mom sent some help, but it was still a success.
I think I'm a real Mexican now. Ajúa!

Cooking

On Wednesday I learned by myself (by mental calculations of quantities) how to make a flawless Iced Coffee!
I know it sounds ridiculous, and for living in the land of Starbucks it even sounds incomprehensible, but it's a huge step for La Cocina Del Breadstick to create something good the first time without reading about it first.

Also, I just discovered that baking powder IS important to do stuff. And that yolks do not have what I horribly thought was an umbilical cord. That was disturbing, I felt like in "If These Walls Could Talk".

The Baker

I'm really nice, I consider an artist pretty much anyone who can do anything I can't/admire.
Therefore, I consider baking an art. And bakers, artists.

So as you know, I've been experimenting with many many things lately like snow, horror movies aaand baking so today I spent 3 hours making cookies, brownies, red velvet cake, red velvet muffins and red velvet cupcakes (if they are the same thing, they do not look the same) and here is the result. I also didn't burn anything (not skin, not pans, not cookies) and they taste good. I'm proud.
I'm also posting pics from the Empanadas Adventures and the Enmoladas Adventures. I confess, I'm a little scared, am I a housewife now?

Anyway, tomorrow, the famous Auto Show pics for all the boys. Maybe Friday. It depends on how VDay works out but since Jason just insulted my baking + wrapping abilities, it seems favorable for the Saab Aero X.