BREAKFAST MAGAZINE'S 1ST YEAR ANNIVERSARY

Last Friday, I went to the Anniversary party of BREAKFAST MAGAZINE.  My friend Angelo Comsti invited me to come along with him.  The party started late but it was fun.  They had games and gave away a lot of prizes...I felt like I was at a children's party.  Actually, it really is the first birthday of their precious baby...fruit of their love and lots of hard labor....so for that,  I congratulate the makers of Breakfast Magazine! I wish you more success!!!

I was lucky too that I won a 1 year subscription! I am looking forward to receiving my issues in the mail :-)

Lunch was served in between the games.  We had Caesar Salad, 

Rice,

Vegetable Lasagna

Roasted Chicken

Porchetta

For dessert, we had some bars...carrot cake,

Lemon bars

Congratulations again and looking forward to what they have in store this year!!!

AN AFTERNOON WITH THE FILIPINA HOMEBAKERS ONLINE

Last Saturday,  Angelo Comsti and I went to the Maya Kitchen to meet the Filipina Homebakers Online. It was their anniversary and they invited us to do a demo.  We were also fortunate to have National Bookstore set up a booth there to sell our books... Home Cafe and Homemade for the Holidays.

Here are the girls of National Bookstore posing beside our books at the Maya Kitchen.

Here are some of the items that were baked for the demo and were later served for tasting. These are muffins made using the pancake mix of Maya with some coffee flavor by Rory Subida.

Baklava made by Angelo...it was then cut up into smaller pieces so everyone could try it.

Here's what I made...Fallen Cake, a recipe from Home Cafe book. It's a souffle type cake, almost flourless so it's rich and moist.

Here's a carrot cake made from using the carrot cake mix by Maya, dusted with powdered sugar.

Here's the carrot cake with streusel...same recipe was used, this time, topped with streusel for an added crunch.

I'm assuming these are fried dough. Also served during the event.

Here we are...photo with the group.

It was such a fun afternoon. It was nice to meet the members of the Filipina Homebakers Online! Thanks for inviting us. It was a pleasure meeting all of you! :-)

HOMEMADE FOR THE HOLIDAYS BOOK LAUNCH

Here are the photos from the book launch last November 9. To our family, good friends and sponsors, thanks so much for your support!