tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796364358595442186Sat, 31 Aug 2024 15:16:34 +0000foodrecipesDailyrantlifeBunLORTPBBSartbookschocolateeidjames martinsaleseiyuutipshttp://americano-please.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Mai)Blogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796364358595442186.post-7236949955326807447Wed, 18 Sep 2013 04:18:00 +00002013-09-18T08:18:18.513+04:00foodrecipes I love pumpkin season, although I live in the desert and we don't celebrate thanks giving. But my home town is known for its heavy use of pumpkins, so I think it might be my DNA acting up (chuckle ). Pumpkin scones makes 6  Ingredients: 2 cup flour 3/4 cup sugar 1 tbsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp powdered cinnamon 1/4 tsp powdered  nutmeg 1/4http://americano-please.blogspot.com/2013/09/pumkin-scones.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mai)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796364358595442186.post-8725998785016348087Wed, 07 Aug 2013 16:33:00 +00002013-08-07T20:33:52.771+04:00eidتقبل الله منا و منكم صالح الاعمال، عيدكم مبارك http://americano-please.blogspot.com/2013/08/blog-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mai)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796364358595442186.post-2919437082249010931Tue, 06 Aug 2013 06:01:00 +00002013-08-08T02:11:37.187+04:00foodrecipes Every Ramadan my mother will announce that she "at last" found the perfect recipe for Um Ali. While she still searches for the perfect recipe I found mine, when it comes to cooking I follow the motto " if it ain't broken , don't fix it", if it tastes good I stop my search. The only change I made is that I don't use raisins, I never have been a fan of them as a child and I still don't like http://americano-please.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-bread-budding-of-arabs-um-ali.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mai)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796364358595442186.post-5016216488161799834Mon, 05 Aug 2013 11:08:00 +00002013-08-06T15:54:20.320+04:00foodrecipes  For a long time my family always have had paratha plain and only accompanying keema, sometimes we will be "adventurous" and eat it with some egg and cheese. But it was always plain unfilled, and never homemade. when I graduated from the university I was unemployed , so I started exploring cooking and world cuisine, and started learning more about types of bread and cheese etc. And there http://americano-please.blogspot.com/2013/08/potato-filled-flat-bread-aloo-paratha.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mai)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796364358595442186.post-8709041847627724903Thu, 23 May 2013 06:51:00 +00002013-06-07T17:16:57.914+04:00food Not to long ago something amazing happened in my city, the first proper Japanese bakery opened. Four years ago I had my first taste of a Japanese cake, it was a bite of a vanilla roll cake, but it changed the way I think of cakes; it was fluffy and airy while the cream was so light , the whole thing melted away in my mouth like a piece of cotton candy. The choices were overwhelming, http://americano-please.blogspot.com/2013/05/yamanote-atelier.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mai)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796364358595442186.post-7800685234926605975Fri, 03 May 2013 13:29:00 +00002013-05-03T17:29:43.358+04:00Daily Boy how time moves so fast, or as put by the brilliant Hugh Laurie : "time...where  did you go?" . few things happened since I last updated this blog, I'm not sure anyone will notice; I got married , moved 100 Km away from my hometown (To Dubai) and now one year later I became a mother to a little bunny who takes up most of my time. so, eh ...what's new? not much. http://americano-please.blogspot.com/2013/05/new-start.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mai)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796364358595442186.post-3168528146234193610Sat, 20 Nov 2010 09:17:00 +00002010-11-20T19:47:26.567+04:00foodlifeFinally I managed to get again in the kitchen and cook something, although it wasn't very intense session, all I did was to bake few biscuits for the holiday ( Happy Eid al Ad'dha), but I feel so satisfied and productive.(continue reading to see what all I made)After what it seems like ages of research for which biscuits to put into my list, then finding the recipes, reading them, organize them http://americano-please.blogspot.com/2010/11/holiday-baking.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mai)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796364358595442186.post-5024507965656626417Sun, 31 Oct 2010 18:34:00 +00002010-10-31T22:40:47.355+04:00too much candy?http://americano-please.blogspot.com/2010/10/halloween.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mai)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796364358595442186.post-1764836344233157846Sat, 16 Oct 2010 05:19:00 +00002010-10-16T09:28:06.846+04:00DailyrantThese days no matter how much sleep I get every night I can't help but feel sleepy during the day. I tried everything, I even went back to drinking coffee -I discovered that I was allergic to caffeine- but nothing seem to work.http://americano-please.blogspot.com/2010/10/sleepy-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mai)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796364358595442186.post-3355880663681481737Sun, 10 Oct 2010 12:44:00 +00002010-10-10T16:53:47.580+04:00BunI'm sick and tired of my laziness, it gos for days and days and my list of things to do get longer and longer. I make up my mind to cook in the morning, buy the ingredients and by noon I just lost interest in cooking and just sit and watch the food I bought root away in my pantry T_T.oh ,and I again picked a new hobby: photography. http://americano-please.blogspot.com/2010/10/slow-down.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mai)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796364358595442186.post-3900373161815552936Wed, 22 Sep 2010 05:31:00 +00002010-09-22T09:31:31.862+04:00DailyThis is my pet bunny George, I got him two months ago and so far our relationship is going ok, that's what I think at least. Published with Blogger-droid v1.5.9http://americano-please.blogspot.com/2010/09/curious-george.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mai)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796364358595442186.post-6536384542310961343Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:30:00 +00002010-09-21T17:30:12.489+04:00So, I almost had forgotten about this blog, I know no one was reading, but I used to enjoy writing about my hobbies and silly fandoms.Published with Blogger-droid v1.5.9http://americano-please.blogspot.com/2010/09/trying-to-be-more-active.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mai)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796364358595442186.post-2185788904148260378Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:27:00 +00002008-01-04T18:31:00.610+04:00please follow this linkthank you ^o^http://americano-please.blogspot.com/2008/01/yes-i-moved.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mai)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796364358595442186.post-6589774418203654466Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:58:00 +00002007-11-14T11:33:14.755+04:00bookssale This Sunday I went for business in Dubai, and since the Magrudy's were having a clearance sale we decided to check it out. Ah, it was a bookworm heavn, mountains of books... tons and tons, all starting from 5 AED~. Took me an hour to pick 4 books, and the total cost was 60 AED! I got Sharpe's Fury, the one I was lusting after since forever, for 15 AED; that's 90 AED less!, it's like it was free;http://americano-please.blogspot.com/2007/11/bookworm-is-happy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mai)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796364358595442186.post-1749069590429988816Mon, 05 Nov 2007 07:15:00 +00002007-11-05T11:47:05.884+04:00foodrecipesEver since I started cooking, my golden rule was "never handle meat", the mere thought of cooking meat scared me, I always had this feeling that cooking meat needs some talent and experience, once I see a recipe that calls for meat I sigh and flip the page. One day I was craving beef burgers and my mum was out, so I had to summon my courage and make my own burgers; after flipping in some http://americano-please.blogspot.com/2007/11/how-big-is-your-mouth.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mai)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796364358595442186.post-2252136291854688354Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:10:00 +00002007-10-29T18:21:42.486+04:00foodtips Hah, remember that choux pastry I made ages ago, I finally took it out of the freezer today to bake it, and for some reason *cough*cocky-mai*cough* I managed to under-bake 50% of the patch, and there was nothing I could do to save them, in the end I had to throw them :'(, note to self : never freeze stuff unless you become a pastry chef, and leave you stupid ego out of the kitchen next timeI http://americano-please.blogspot.com/2007/10/ego-is-dangerous-thing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mai)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796364358595442186.post-1210635201277196794Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:26:00 +00002007-10-24T14:30:41.088+04:00food Today cooking lunch was on me, so after a minute of thinking I decided to go for Thai+ Vietnamese with a bit of Indonesian cuisine thrown in, I made my list that had : rice noodles, bean sprouts and many other ingredients... after preparing every thing I was craving some chili, and so I made a lime-chili dressing to drizzle on my bowl of noodles, since none in my family like spicy food I made a http://americano-please.blogspot.com/2007/10/i-love-chili.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mai)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796364358595442186.post-7585783634552155963Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:29:00 +00002007-10-16T19:51:43.576+04:00PBBSrantseiyuu I thought once eid is over I'll be busy doing things, but *sigh* I couldn't even wake up when I was supposed to, I feel so drained because I had so few sleeping hours in ramadan - that's 3 hours each day- and now, no matter how long I sleep I never wake up refreshed and energetic... and I have a manga contest deadline (arugh) guess I'll pass and try next time, I won't be able to make it in time http://americano-please.blogspot.com/2007/10/slow-days.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mai)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796364358595442186.post-4989912457543609279Sun, 07 Oct 2007 19:09:00 +00002007-10-07T23:38:52.175+04:00foodlife Lately I have received some small injuries, and every time I didn't feel pain (yes yes, I didn't even feel a thing). Maybe I got stronger, or maybe I'm just too busy to feel anything. Yesterday I was dressing up to go out, and while I was fighting with a hairpin to put my hair up the forsaken thing sliced my thump open, five minutes passed and I didn't feel anything until I was applying mascara,http://americano-please.blogspot.com/2007/10/battle-wounds.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mai)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796364358595442186.post-690685749362051948Sat, 06 Oct 2007 19:33:00 +00002007-10-07T00:40:41.438+04:00chocolatefoodNot long ago I ordered number of cooking books as a very late graduation gift for myself - I needed a reason to justify the splurge-, and to me the highlight of the package was the amazing chocolate desserts book by Pierre Hermé; just flipping through the book and looking at the pictures is satisfying as eating chocolate. It didn't take long until I tried a recipe, and since I'm a big tart-lover http://americano-please.blogspot.com/2007/10/pierre-herme-eclares.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mai)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796364358595442186.post-6622483052152347402Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:01:00 +00002007-03-21T16:24:43.319+04:00foodjames martinToday I was glued in front of the T.V, four episodes of different shows that feature Chef James Martin were aired back-to-back, a bit too much you say...I don't think so. And I was inspired to try one of the recipes *damned if I didn't*, I chose scones for this task, because I never had them before. Making them was very easy, and I mimicked every move he did, the scones turned out superb. The http://americano-please.blogspot.com/2007/03/to-be-brit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mai)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796364358595442186.post-3939560611037618613Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:33:00 +00002007-02-12T18:47:53.202+04:00artLORTrantIt is known that one can't always have whatever one wants, I started this blog to be my food-blog, but the painful truth hit me : I have no good-enough camera... actually no one in my home has one. So, my food-blogging plans went out of the window T_T ( at times like this I miss my photographer cousin, a Hi goes to you wherever you are).now that I explained my situation, let's start normal http://americano-please.blogspot.com/2007/02/pure.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mai)2