Why does Andrea equal AWESOME? She's sweet, patient enough to deal with slews of tots on a daily basis, and she makes some KILLER drinks. So, for her birthday, Rhino decided to salute her sangria making skills and superb character with a TND. Andrea wanted entrees with lots of veggies with a little meat in the mix, so Rhino made the Bidens' (yes, those Bidens) caprese salad and a crab and avocado salad also from Food Network Magazine. Sorry, Biden family, though your recipe yielded lots of food, it lacked a certain amount of flavor. Luckily, the crab and avocado salad made up for the pasta salad's deficit. The astute Andrea quickly assimilated the salads for ultimate texture and flavor. Yes, she's a smart cookie too. 
Of course, a birthday dinner isn't a birthday dinner without a cake, so I made a fancy schancy strawberry dream cake with strawberry cream cheese frosting for dessert. Given my flooded tres leches cake catastrophe and the brown velvet oopsie, the strawberry dream seemed rather nebulous. However, I nailed the strawberry syrup step, aced the baking and, most importantly, read the directions in advance. My friends and I all agreed that I broke the cake curse at last. Hurrah!! And an even bigger hurrah to Andrea for being her kick ass self ( :
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