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Adam Roberts

  • New Apartment? New Oven? Buy This

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    This is an old school food tip, I didn’t invent it or anything, but I wonder how many of you actually do this? I’m here to tell you that I do this. When I move into a new apartment, I buy an oven thermometer to calibrate the oven. If you don’t do that, you don’t…

  • Something Happened At Rustic Canyon

    Something Happened At Rustic Canyon

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    On Thursday night, we were supposed to go to dinner with Craig’s former boss and the boss’s wife. A work dinner, so to speak. “7:30 at Pizzeria Mozza,” said Craig, earlier in the day. Then, as 7:30 rolled around, Craig pulled me aside. “I told a white lie,” he said. “We’re not going out with…

  • The Top 5 Dishes I’ve Eaten in My Travels

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    CNTraveler asked me to pen a piece about the Top 5 Dishes I’ve Eaten In My Travels…so here it is, live on their blog. Lists like these are always arbitrary, though the arbitrary nature of it can still be revealing. Clearly, from this list, I prefer rustic, “real” food to finer, fancier fare. But maybe…

  • The Other Side of Our New Kitchen & A Plant

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    Chloe, our beloved neighbor back at the old place, pointed out–before I left–that in my “new kitchen” post I only showed one side of the kitchen, not the side with the stove. So here it is: the other side of our kitchen, with a glance into the other room which had some boxes in it…

  • Good Garlic

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    There was this time, long ago, when I was writing my first book and talking on the phone to Amanda Hesser who I revered and who kindly agreed to give me tips about shopping at the farmer’s market. I was trying to get a grasp on how to know which ingredients were in season, which…

  • Mustmayostardayonnaise

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    A little fun for the end of the day courtesy of Mr. Show and this Splitsider post on the Best 24 Mr. Show Sketches In Order.

  • Coffitivity

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    Are you in a coffee shop right now? I am. But if you’re not you can feel like you are with Coffitivity, a website that recreates the sounds of a coffee shop to boost your productivity. And the fact that I’m listening to it while in a coffee shop means I’m being doubly productive.

  • What Time Do You Eat Dinner?

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    What time do you eat dinner? My grandparents, who live in Delray Beach, Florida, are definite Early Birders. And having spent my teenage years in Boca Raton, I was familiar with the early dinner. My parents usually eat, on weeknights, around 6 o’clock when my dad gets home from work. Craig and I eat later…

  • Sad Kitchens

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    I am in a spiral, a funk, a panic. Today is June 3rd and we’re moving out July 1st. Only, we don’t know where we’re moving yet because we haven’t found an apartment. Craig’s editing his movie so it’s my job to spend my days on Westside Rentals and Craigslist searching for a place that’s…

  • Pasta! Pasta! Pasta!

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    Our landlords recently told us that they’re selling our apartment and so, despite how much we like it here, we’re going to have to pack up and move on July 1st. I’m already spending way too much time on Westsiderentals.com (the big rental site out here) and a site called Padmapper (which puts Craigslist listings…