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Adam Roberts

  • Favorite Easy Dinner

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    This is a variation on my mother’s recipe for chicken. The recipe goes like this:1. Go to Publix.2. Buy an already roasted chicken.3. Go home.4. Eat it.In my version, I retain a greater morsel of self-respect. First of all I buy my chicken from Whole Foods. Granted, I probably spend a dollar or two more,…

  • Blog And You Shall Receive

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    Last week I received a very nice e-mail from an editor at National Georgraphic Traveler. He told me that he enjoyed my website and that in his line of work he received many stacks of food books that just lay around. Would I like him to send some to me?I wrote back: “Yes, Oh God,…

  • My Favorite Pastry

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    This is my favorite pastry:What is it called? That depends on who you ask. In the California Farmer’s Market, this was called a Raspberry Princess. At Alon’s Bakery, where I purchased this beautiful specimen, it was called “Fruit Bar.” I call it: Piece Of Heaven. But I’m biased. After all, this is my favorite pastry.What…

  • My Site WILL Go On!

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    Now I’ve really made it:The Celine Dion Fan Forum links my cupcakes.

  • Johnny’s Pizza (Atlanta)

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    Tonight Lauren and I ordered a pizza. The first idea was to order from Savage Pizza but the Savages refused to deliver to Emory.”Sorry man,” a Savage said on the phone. “We don’t go out that far.”So we went for Johnny’s. The official name is “Johnny’s New York Pizza,” but that is perhaps a misnomer.…

  • Starter Me Up?

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    I spent the afternoon reading 68 pages of Nancy Silverton’s Breads from the La Brea Bakery. This was one of my birthday gifts, and I was very excited about diving in and making delicious bread. Turns out that “diving in” happens in bread-making the way pyrotechnics happen at a PGA tournament. (Forgive that last sentence,…

  • Public Apology: Marshmallow Chronology

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    It came to my attention last night, by way of site reader Seth, that my Marshmallow film: “How To Make Marshmallows In Reverse!” has a serious flaw. The film, as most of you know, plays backwards: beginning with the eating of marshmallows and ending with the preparing of the pan. Well, that is until at…

  • Another Milestone!

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    Today, our site hit the 200,000 mark in total visitors. Pretty crazy for a site only 4 weeks old![NOTE: For those of you savvy enough to click my sitemeter on the lower left, it will seem that I’ve only received 91,485 visitors in total. That’s because we installed sitemeter after the first huge influx of…

  • The Ew Department: Bagel Dippers

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    Lauren and I went to Einstein Bagels for lunch today. The next table over, a young seemingly healthy couple proceeded to do the following. They each tore at their individual bagels, spread cream cheese on the torn off piece, and proceeded to dunk the piece in a communal cup of coffee. I have never been…

  • How To Throw An Elegant Party in Less Than 8 Hours

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    by Amateur Gourmet Staff Reporter Tallulah BackwashTallulah Backwash here with an instructive primer on party-throwing and deep deep reveling. For those of you who have read my other essays—“Therapeutic Bathing: How To Fight Loneliness With Suds” and “No, You Don’t Have To Love Your Baby”—you are probably already familiar with my sassy, irreverent style. So…