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Adam Roberts
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Secrets of the Theater District: Dinner at Katsu-Hama
Meeting Patty for dinner in the theater district (something that’s happened at least once before) inevitably involves me bringing along Robert Sietsema’s “Food Lover’s Guide to the Best Ethnic Eating in New York City.” This book is the perfect pocket-sized carry along guide for young, adventurous eaters who want something cheap but exciting to nosh…
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A Post in Which Our Hero, Adam “Amateur Gourmet,” Makes Heidi “101 Cookbooks”‘s Apple Butter And Then, Somewhat Astonishingly, Creates His Own Ice Cream USING That Apple Butter. You will be astonished.
Lame “stay at home” Friday nights are some of my favorite Friday nights. A night out drinking and painting the town can’t compare to a night of watching Netflix movies by yourself and making caramel corn or chocolate chip cookies or, in the case of this post, apple butter. I have no shame in telling…
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Color, Light and Indian Food at Milon (aka “The Upper Left”)
Mark and I stood, last week, facing the building you see in the blurry picture below: We were on 1st Ave. and Mark sang the praises of a meal he’d consumed in this very building a few weeks earlier. “I just can’t remember which restaurant it was,” he said. “The upper left or the lower…
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![If I Had A Sunday Supper Club, It Might Look Like This [Featuring: Fried Zucchini, Kalamata Olive Dip and Fancy French Laundry Lasagna]](https://amateurgourmet.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/115097300_67c30c04eb-1.jpg)
If I Had A Sunday Supper Club, It Might Look Like This [Featuring: Fried Zucchini, Kalamata Olive Dip and Fancy French Laundry Lasagna]
Kiss kiss, darling, let me take your coat. It is dreadful outside, isn’t it? Did you have trouble finding the place? Did Carl give you trouble downstairs? Really, good help is so hard to find these days. Welcome to my black-and-white dream world, a world of drink and jazz and good old-fashioned New York glamour.…
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At The Noodle Bar
Andrea Strong has the market on New York restaurant openings and closings and I defer to her frequently when I want to read up on New York restaurant gossip. It was on her site, in fact, that I first read about Noodle Bar. She wrote: “Quentin Dante, who opened and closed Yumcha with enough drama…
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Len Jenkin’s “N Judah”
Spring break is here (my last spring break, ever, since this is the last step of my education–unless, as I tease my parents, I go to medical school next) and on my night stand is a tower of books that I want to read before the week is out. At the top of this tower…
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Sopranos Saucery: Rigatoni with Sausage & Tomato Sauce
I don’t work for HBO but I wish I did. They produce some of the best television out there–better, in fact, than most of the movies that get released these days. I think “The Sopranos” is the best show in the history of television, and I’ve been watching TV a long time. Not only is…
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How Long Would You Wait for a Cupcake on a Lovely Spring Day?
Listen for the man in the van at the end. His statement is pretty dead-on. [And for the record, we didn’t wait. We still have our pride.]
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Three Authorities Agree: Taim is the “Best Falafel in New York”
After posting my TasteEverything award (see below), it suddenly dawned on me that I had another award to give: “Best Food Magazine That’s Not A Food Magazine.” This I would dole out to New York Magazine which has become a personal Bible, in its way, of where to eat in this Apple we call Big.…
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Top Chef
Bravo markets “Top Chef” with such fervor you can’t tell if they’re really really nervous or really really proud. After watching the first episode, I think they should be both. They should be proud for landing a genuine food personality as their judge (Tom Collichio, of Craft fame) and for assembling a “motley crew” (as…
