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Adam Roberts
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The Sandwiches are Popular at The Grey Dog’s Coffee
On Friday, I met Kirk for lunch. We met down by Bleecker street. On the subway ride over I pondered, ever so slightly, where it was that we’d eat when I arrived. A few days earlier I’d taken Patty and Dan to Shopsin’s for their first time. Kirk’s already been to Shopsin’s so we wouldn’t…
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The Secret Cookbook Santa Is Here!
Ho ho ho, friends and neighbors! ‘Tis the season for giving and what’s better to give and receive than a cookbook? Nothing, I tell you, nothing. Which is why, last year, I started a Secret Cookbook Santa where thousands (ahem, hundreds? 50 people?) exchanged cookbooks in the spirit of the season. This year we’re doing…
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To Be A Playwright
Many of you know that I go to school for playwriting. What many of you may not know is that one of my favorite teachers, Janet Neipris, has a book that just got published called “To Be A Playwright” which you can now buy on Amazon. (Click the picture to go straight there!) Janet is…
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Assaggi d’amore
One of the funnest things (and “funnest” is a word that applies here) about having a blog is checking your stats and referrers to see how people are getting to your site. Sometimes I’ll stumble upon a person’s LiveJournal (theater geeks really like my musical eggs) and sometimes I’ll find myself linked on a forum…
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Make Room For Mushroom Soup
There are certain recipes that, when you begin them, you instantly know that this is something you will want to do again and again: that these steps, these mini-procedures, have an intrinsic logic to them that will contribute to a glorious whole, even before the glorious whole is achieved. That’s how I felt tonight making…
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Journey To Chocolateland
Lauren, my beloved former roommate, was in town for one of her labor law cases (she’s a labor lawyer) and she called me Monday to go to dinner. I quickly whipped out my New York magazine and set upon the task of choosing a venue that would serve both our needs. My needs are very…
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Secret Cookbook Santa II
Last year, we played Secret Cookbook Santa to joyous effect. All participants were assigned a Santee to whom they sent a cookbook (preferably one of the Santee’s choosing) and they, in turn, received one of their own. The spirit of the season infected everyone involved and many were so buzzed they combusted on the spot.…
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Feeding in FLAH-rida: Ago, Cafe Boulud, Norman’s
My friends mock the way I say Florida. “FLAH-rida,” they tease when I tell them where I’m going for the holidays. “How do you say it?” I protest. And then they correctly pronounce it: “Floor-IH-dah.” After much examination, we’ve determined that mine is the case of the New York Jew pronouncing words through a Long…
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Another Gourmet Cupid Update
For those who cheered the advent of the Gourmet Cupid here’s a little update: We’ve had 53 entries so far. Of those 53, I’ve successfully paired up two “couples” who are still in the planning stages of their first dates. When they do finally go out, they’ve been instructed to bring along a camera and…
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Whose Plate Is Whose at the Roberts Family Thanksgiving?
I offered to cook a Thanksgiving feast this year for my family but my offer was kindly rejected by parties who preferred to go to a buffet at Woodfield Country Club, one community over from where we live in Boca Raton, Florida. Since eating at “the club” offered very little in the way of gourmet…
