Adam Roberts

Ok, it’s 1:16 AM and I am in my living room watching a cheesecake cool. You see tonight I made dessert for tomorrow night. I am planning ahead. Sarah Moulton would be so proud. I made a cheesecake from a Wolfgang Puck book I skimmed through today at the bookstore. The cheesecake is called “Cookies…

It’s been settled: this Wednesday night (or will it be Thursday?) I, The Amateur Gourmet, will–for the very first time–cook dinner for my hard-to-please nervous-to-eat-my-food family. What will I cook? How will I cook considering that my mom doesn’t own a WOODEN SPOON? All her roasting pans are aluminum and disposable. She doesn’t have a…

Thanks to those who nominated me for the Accidental Hedonist’s 2004 Food Blog Awards. We made it into two final categories: Best Food Blog Humor and the big kahuna, Best Overall Food Blog. So stay tuned and if I’ll make sure to mention each and every one of you in my acceptance speech!

I am home for Christmas Break and currently sitting in my parents room while my mom watches “Desperate Housewives.” “Mom,” I say, “I am going to interview you about food for my website.” “Shhh,” she says, “I’m trying to watch my show.” And so the interview begins: AG (Amateur Gourmet): What was the first thing…

I am home in Florida but I forgot my camera wire. So this week will be very texty. Which, I suppose, is good for a writer. Real writers don’t need no pictures.

Click here to watch a fascinating video of Fergus Henderson and Anthony Bourdain making crispy pig’s tails. Even more fascinating, Fergus (who is known for cooking all parts of the animal) is living with Parkinsons disease–it’s amazing to watch him at work, both sad and inspiring at the same time. [Via Saute Wednesday].

Andrea and Michelle, first and second place winners of Gourmet Survivor, have started their own website: Link: Oranges and Lemons. Check it out!

Ok, according to Andrea all the e-mails have gone out: you should all know who you are the Secret Cookbook Santa for. (

Read this first. It’s the backstory. You must know the backstory to proceed further. Are we caught-up? Good. As you now know, I’m a caramel corn flunky. After that last post, I decided to never try it again. Until last night. Last night I decided to try it again. I decided to incorporate all of…

Blogging is a tricky business. Too much self-revelation–“I fear bugs!” “I smoke crack!” “I punch babies!”–gets tiresome. Not enough, and you begin to alienate your audience. In my last educational experience (law school), I shared much of my everyday experience with (to use a Southern catchphrase) y’all. “Today I took a test,” “Today I didn’t…