Hi everyone. I've been around for a while. Finally signed up in November. And am finally doing my profile. i'm 30 years old from new mexico. i grew up learning to cook new mexican food, but i love all kinds of food and like to try new things and exotic recipes. I now live with an Italian from New York and i've also been inspired by that world. I love to cook spicy food. I put chile in just about everything and will figure out a way to spice up any dish. I like to try new things, new ingredients. I try to cook healthy, but don't give too much concern to numbers and all that, nor do i give concern to measurements. It's all "a little of this, a little of that!" Tortillas, tamales, menudo and posole, juevos rancheros... there's nothing greater than a family coming together for the day to make dozens of tamales. I cook pasta perfectly. I have a method for every kind of pasta. I make a great carne adovada that is easy to prepare and you leave it in the oven over night and let it cook as you sleep. i'll post the recipe sometime... sopa's. i have a hard time with them. I'm a beginner at baking. Mostly because I forget things are in the oven ;)!