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I haven't been around here much lately, babe, but happened to wander by today. I'm glad I did, so I could catch your birthday! Hope it is a happy one - you deserve it!

Here in Mexico, tortillas are a "delivery system" for lots of different foods, and are then called a "taco." Similar to sandwiches in the US. Just a few popular and widely available fillings are chicken tinga (shredded chicken with spices), lingua (thinly sliced tongue), many varieties of pork...

I heartily recommend the Outlander series by Diana Galbaldon. They are all l-o-n-g books and cover a fairly brief period of history, starting in 1743 Scotland and ending about the time of the American Revolutionary War. The wrinkle is that the main character is an involuntary time-traveler - a...

Made my usual Sunday cinnamon rolls (which I put in the freezer before baking and sell to a local coffee shop), but saved out three for our breakfast (we had a friend over). Expat girl, let us know how the spatchcock chicken turns out. I tried it a few months ago and wasn't impressed - it dried...

Oh yum, those ribs and potatoes sound good! Our soup was tasty, too - and the biscuits were high, light and fluffy. DH said they were even better than his mom used to make - high praise.

It's a little cool today (low 70s), so a good day to enjoy soup. Vegetable beef simmering on the stove, full of vegetables. Every week, Ricardo our vegetable guy brings me a big bag of chopped vegetables that include carrots, green beans, zucchini, cabbage, chayote, nopal and corn. Added some...

I'm listening to a Lee Child/Jack Reacher book called Gone Tomorrow on my iPod and reading Darkness, Take My Hand by Dennis Lehane. But not at the same time.

Those do look scrumptious! The recipe is similar to the one I use: Cinnamon Rolls, How To Make Cinnamon Rolls, Harvest Cinnamon Rolls, Cinnamon Rolls Recipe, Bread Machine Cinnamon Rolls Recipe, Bread Machine Recipe I actually make these every Sunday and sell them to a local...

Still trying to watch most of the Oscar-nominated movies. Watched "Precious" tonight. A heartbreaker.

The Hurt Locker. Tough movie to watch but very very good.

In preparation for the Oscars next week, I've been trying to watch the movies nominated for best picture (10!) In the last few days I've watched Avatar, Inglourious Basterds and (part of) District 9. Loved the first two, but just couldn't get into District 9. Way too bleak, and you just know it...

My solution would be to slather some nice whipped cream on top and no one would see the cracks! And it would be yummy.

Here in Mexico, fideo is classified as a sopa seca (dry soup), which is actually a sort of casserole. We were in Michoacan a few weeks ago and stopped at a little storefront place in Uruapan for comida corrida, which is the mid-day meal, and usually includes a sopa, a main dish, a dessert and a...

You must be very proud of your son, LT. He is a handsome guy, too! May he stay safe and sound.