Move over Huffington Post, I'm now a bonafide member of the archives of one of Qatar's local newspapers,
Gulf Times. Imagine my surprise this morning when
@avkumar rolls across my tweetdeck...
Huh? I've never even been contacted by the Gulf Times?! I clicked on his link and sure enough, there it was
"American expat invents car-baked cookies!". I headed to the
gym, picked up a hard copy of the newspaper, and there it was, again, in black and white on page 28 with a huge picture. Afterward, I even notice that there was a teaser pic of the Tahoe on the top of the front page. Did you catch that,
FRONT PAGE!
Making the newspaper for my culinary skills is quite the stretch. I'm the product of a mom that would pour out a can of Chef Boyardee spaghetti
over rice and ring the dinner bell. I mean, a gourmet meal was mixing peanut butter and syrup and making a sandwich with it. Shoot, I'm getting hungry just thinking about it. So, mom, I dedicate my ten minutes of fame to you.
*****
The rest of the story...Let's be clear, even though I'm flattered, I did NOT invent these cookies. I found the recipe via a link to
Bakingbites.com that
@dohanews tweeted. Special thanks to Shabina (@dohanews) for originally getting this post circulated through the
Huffington Post.
Link to
pdf version of article ~ click on page 28
My original post ~
So, How Hot is Qatar?
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Our five year adventure in Doha, Qatar ended June 1, 2012, but the memories will always remain. It's back to Texas where I have decided...Qatar isn't cornering the market on "quirky", as I once believed. Thanks for opening my eyes to the world, Doha!
gym, picked up a hard copy of the newspaper, and there it was, again, in black and white on page 28 with a huge picture. Afterward, I even notice that there was a teaser pic of the Tahoe on the top of the front page. Did you catch that, FRONT PAGE!
over rice and ring the dinner bell. I mean, a gourmet meal was mixing peanut butter and syrup and making a sandwich with it. Shoot, I'm getting hungry just thinking about it. So, mom, I dedicate my ten minutes of fame to you.
Envisioning the scene from Home Alone, that's what I wanted to tell the cashier this morning. I'll take the pack of gum or would I rather the candy bar, instead? Better yet, if I head to the pharmacy, I might just score a pill for change. I'm not kidding you. I've already blogged about all this for you, but after three years, it still humors me and sometimes reruns are better than the first go around. This clerk was a little confused when I asked if I could take a picture of his cash drawer. Of course, I felt a little silly, but sometimes my self control takes a back seat. After explaining that I wanted to photograph the gum in the tray, he just laughed. I did a quick scan around the store, pulled out my bazooka of a camera and snapped as quickly as I could and made my getaway. I had my pic, that was worth way more than the change in the drawer.
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