Monique Miranda
Here For: Learning new recipes!
Want to Learn How: More recipes!
Schools: CSUF
Degree(s): BFA-Graphic Design
Baking/Cooking Training: I have learned from mom and Food Network!
Favorite Food: Chile Rellenos! *salivates*
Favoriate Restaurant: Auntie Em's Kitchen...among others...can't have just one.
Favorite Chef: MY MOM, Alton Brown (Good Eats is my favorite Food Network Show),
Interests: Graphic Design, art deco, art nouveau, arts and crafts movement, printmaking, collage, art shows, museums, Nucleus Gallery, silent films, 1920's, victorian era, corsets, cheshire cat, horror, fantasy, reading, books, sketching, drawing, painting, crafts, knitting, cooking, animals, Schnauzers, owls, seahorses, antiques, vintage...everything, thrift stores, Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, Auntie Em's Kitchen, Dulce de Leche, strawberries, herbs, silver jewelry, shawls, scarves, makeup (especially eyeliner...cleopatra style!), Macintosh computers, M.A.C. cosmetics, Anna Sui, Blue Q, halloween, paranormal activity and research, classic cars, red, purple, black, elvira, Harmony Kingdom, Wonder Woman (Amazonia), Slave Labor Graphics (Bear Comics), commercials by Bruno Aveillan ~Artists~, Erte, Alphonse Mucha, Arthur Rackham, Klimt, Dave Mckean, Charles Rennie Macintosh, Brom, Edward Gorey, Gil Elvgren, Varga, Rolf Armstrong, Olivia, Aubrey Beardsley, Alastair, Mark Ryden, Tim Biskup, Christian Montenegro, Shag
Books: Art books, Craft books, Stephen King (The Dark Tower books kick major booty), Sandra Cisneros, Neil Gaiman, Wicked by Gregory Maguire (the other books were so-so), The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner by David Bach, The Bible ::Magazines
Real Simple, Mary Englebreit, ShopSmart;)
Music: The Cure, The Glove, Siouxsie, Morrissey, The Smiths, Bauhaus, Depeche Mode, David Bowie, Cocteau Twins, Kate Bush, Billy Idol, Rasputina, Xmal Deutschland, The Dresden Dolls, Dead Can Dance, This Mortal Coil, Faith and the Muse, Bikini Kill, L7, 7 Year Bitch, Babes in Toyland, Duran Duran, Peter Murphy, The Presets, Ladytron, Bjork, B 52's, Garbage, Janet Klein, Helen Kane, The Ditty Bops, Qntal, Bel Canto, Project Pitchfork, Radiohead, Fad Gadget, Wolfsheim, VNV Nation, Covenant, Seabound, Suicide Commando, Joy Division, The Chameleons, The Names, And One, Die Form, Funker Vogt, Wumpscut, Franz Ferdinand, U2, Nirvana, Miss Kittin, Felix da Housecat, She Wants Revenge, The Doors, Fischerspooner, System of a Down, NIN, Skinny Puppy, Love and Rockets, Cyndi Lauper, Camouflage, Goldfrapp, Book of Love, Ghostland Observatory, Lush, The Cranes, Juleita Venegas, Maldita Vecindad, Visage, Nitzer Ebb, Ministry, Echo and the Bunnymen, Electrocute, Black Rose Cinema, Ohgr, Helium Vola, Hakim, Saad
TV/Movies: The Shining, The Devil's Backbone, Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice, Frida, Clash of the Titans, Legend, IT (clara bow), Diary of a Lost Girl, Chicago, Neverending Story, The Plastic Age, Alice in Wonderland, Hellboy, Amelie, Chocolat, Little Shop of Horrors, Snow White:A Tale of Terror, Nightmare on Elmstreet, The Great Gatspy, Lord of the Rings, Signs, Ghostbusters, The Life Aquatic, Shaun of the Dead, Harry Potter (all of them...but especially the 3rd), Nacho Libre, Pan's Labyrinth, The Orphanage
