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Adam Roberts

  • Not Entitlement, Per Se

    So my mom just sprung some exciting news on me.As a graduation gift (keep in mind, folks, I’m graduating a week from Monday…wow…that was weird to type) Saturday night will see the Roberts family dining at one of the most difficult to get tables in all of New York: Per Se!For those unfamiliar with it,…

  • So Busted: A Meditation in Two Parts

    PART ONE: BIRTHDAY BUSTEDFor my birthday (in February) Alex sent me a lovely Cookie Press from amazon.com. It was so lovely, in fact, that I kept it in the box and never used it. When Alex called to ask how I liked it I said: “I love it!” And when she said: “Are you using…

  • Entitlement and Food: Part Two of an 87 Part Series

    I really enjoyed the first part of this 87 part thread, namely because of the vibrant debate that went on. Keep in mind that you really can’t offend me with a dissenting opinion, as long as you stick to the issue and don’t make it personal. (Unless of course you’re William Shatner in which case…

  • Just Like Old Times: Breakfast at the Crescent Moon

    Alex and Michael, two stars in my social planetarium, are here to visit, staying with me, despite the fact that I am mid-finals. Here you can see them raiding my kitchen–insulting my hard-earned tubs of homemade ice cream and sorbet for Lauren’s jar of Queso.This morning, Alex expressed her desire to revisit her favorite Atlanta…

  • Alex’s Pancetta Story

    Hey, here’s my friend Alex to tell you all a story:My friend Michael and I were eating after the March for Women’s Lives in DC with a good friend from high school and her two roommates from college. I began speaking of the infamous Adam Roberts and the most recent phone call to the nice…

  • NYC: Where The Eatin’s Pretty

    Color me a hypocrite after my “entitlement” post, but I’ve schemed my way into a very good, very promising dining situation. You see, my NY friends–as lovely as they are–are all very busy this upcoming weekend. They are all swamped in a sea of finals, roommates with finals, and finals with roommates. I felt that…

  • Profiles in Roughage: The Toasted Coconut Donut

    The thing about the toasted coconut donut at Dunkin’ Donuts is that they take the time to toast the coconut. I mean really: wouldn’t the plain coconut donut be enough? Do we really need such an indulgance? And yet they spoil us.Today’s toasted coconut donut featured a soft chewy interior complemented by the crunchy, textured…

  • Queer Eye for the Mom Guy

    Ok this is too funny not to share. My parents went to a charity event this past weekend in New York and met a bunch of celebs, but this one takes the cake. Here’s my mom with the fab five (minus one):

  • Entitlement and Food: Part One of an 87 Part Series

    For a long time now I’ve been meaning to write about something that troubles me in the food community: namely, that sense of entitlement that goes along with fine dining.I don’t like the fact that when I go out to a nice restaurant and I look around the room everyone looks the same.I don’t like…

  • How To Make The Ice Cream Good

    I’ve been disappointed with the chocolate ice cream I made the other night. Ever since it’s been in the freezer, it’s become this giant, solid, chocolate mass that one can only scrape brittle pieces off of with a spoon.Then tonight it hit me: “Eureka! The microwave!”I microwaved the ice cream for 45 seconds and voila!…