Adam Roberts

Many a Chinese food eater has wondered, as I wondered tonight: who is General Tso and why am I eating his chicken?Luckily this Washington Post article is right on point: Who Was General Tso and Why Are We Eating His Chicken?According to the article: “Tso was utterly ruthless. He smashed the Taiping rebels in four…

I saw two adorable dogs today sitting outside of Starbucks. Lauren told me the breed, and now I forget. The first was slightly gamey with a hint of the field. The second was reminiscent of venison, though slightly tangier. All in all a lovely snack.

When I went to lunch with AJC food critic John Kessler the first time out, I took the opportunity to ask him a penetrating question. The question went like this: “So, Mr. Kessler, let’s let the cat out of the bag: what’s your secret junk food?””My secret junk food?””You know,” I continued, “what do you…

The checkout woman at Whole Foods is psychic.Last time I was there she said: “Are you a lawyer?”And I said: “Well I’m a law student.”And she said: “Ya, I can tell.”I found this very insulting and I smacked her across the face.”I knew you were going to do that,” she said.The checkout woman at Whole…

1. This burrito.2. This raspberry bar.3. This pizza.Now you’re all caught up!

There are two types of people in this world: those that love pastrami and those that have no soul.I grew up on pastrami. My mom would grind it up in the blender and feed it to me in lieu of breast milk. I choked a lot but it made me stronger. And Jewisher!Pastrami is cured(?)…

Friends and loyal site readers,I regret to inform you that because I have a big fat final tomorrow morning at 9 am, I will not be able to share with you my food adventures from today. Anticipating this, I purposely had no food adventures. In fact, I didn’t even eat. I’m starving. I care about…

As a treat and respite, tonight, from my studying I set out to make the Barefoot Contessa’s strawberry country cake. The picture in the book always looked lip-smackingly delicious and when the strawberries made their first appearance a few weeks ago at Whole Foods, I knew what I had to do.First, I made a self-conscious…

There is no reason to document a meal at Rusan’s. It’s as pedestrian as you can get when it comes to sushi.There’s no point taking this picture of the exterior:Or this of the table showcase when you enter:Or this of the noisy sushi bar where the sushi chefs yelled indecipherably upon our entrance: “HEY!!! OHHH!!!…

My mother frets over dinner plans like politicos fret over war. “Did I strategize well enough? Am I going to regret my decision? Should I request a table near the window?”My mother’s friends suffer at the mercy of her spasmodic whim. “Well maybe we SHOULDN’T go to X,” she’ll say, after three weeks of discussing…