Recipes and food adventures with Adam Roberts

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September 2004

  • A Scary, Posh, Sporty, Gingery Lunch at Spice Market, Baby

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    I love manipulating my parents. Originally, we were going to dine uptown at Fresco’s for lunch. “Maybe we’ll see Katy Couric again,” said my dad eagerly. Since I knew celebrities were the draw, and since I was less than impressed on our last outing to Fresco’s I said: “You’ll see twice the celebrities at Spice…

  • Anticipating the Tumbleweed

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    I had my Tisch orientation yesterday and another function tonight and I loved every minute of it. This is going to be a phenomenal program. However, I must tell you that our instructors have made it very clear that the program is rigorous, that we must invest ourselves fully in our concentration, and that our…

  • We Built This City (Bakery)

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    I can be very tentative when it comes to spending money on lunch. I don’t shirk from an expensive sandwich if I’m confident I will enjoy it (see: ‘Wichcraft.) But I will shirk from an expensive salad bar that charges $10 a pound when I know that I have a tendency to load up my…

  • The Greatest Resource Ever

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    Did you know there’s a gigantic archive of Julia Child’s Master Class series on the PBS website? If I had watched these videos of Nancy Silverton making bread before I attempted her recipe for sourdough, life would have been so much easier. As it happens, I plan to be spending many an hour sifting through…

  • Gourmet Survivor 2004: The First Challenge–Don’t Know Much About History

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    Attention Gourmet Survivor Contestants:Here is your first challenge.You must find a historical recipe and then cook said recipe. You may take pictures of the process (but you don’t have to) and if you do you must upload them, once again, to Flickr. You must write about your experience and tell us all about the historical…

  • In New York, Papaya Means Hot Dog

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    Seriously.If you see “papaya” in the name of a store, that means they sell hot dogs there. This may be obvious to locals, but to foreigners it can be extremely confusing.”Finally, Boris, a store that sells papya! Little Popette can get the nutrients she needs to live!”Sorry, Popette. If the lack of real papaya doesn’t…