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Adam Roberts
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The Culinary Cardiologist
Rob Siegel is a cardiologist who joined a big group of us last week, before seeing “Star Trek,” for dinner at The Brooklyn Diner (not the best place for a meal, but a decent option near the Ziegfield Theater). There were so many of us, we were split into two groups, and, unfortunately, I wasn’t…
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Live with Michael Ruhlman
Today at 12 PM Michael Ruhlman’s coming on the debut broadcast of The Amateur Gourmet Show on BlogTalk Radio. You can listen live below (or listen to the archive later) and if you have any questions for Michael, give us a call at (347) 326-9874 between 12 and 12:30. UPDATE: The interview is over but…
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David’s Sweet Life
Several years ago, when I went to Paris, I rode the Metro from my teensy hotel in the 80th arrondissement, to meet a food blogger I admired but had never met, Mr. David Lebovitz. As I came up the stairs (or was it an escalator?) I beheld a vision: there, standing before me, was a…
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The Bear in Toblerone
Here’s a neat post featuring 25 logos with hidden messages. My favorite is, of course, the food-related one: check out the bear in the mountain of Toblerone. [via Metafilter]
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Crossword Cookery
Lately I’ve been on a crossword puzzle kick–my goal is to conquer the Sunday Times Magazine–so I took great pleasure in watching these crossword puzzle geeks try to decipher the culinary clues devised by Will Shortz on this episode of Dinner Impossible. [via Eat Me Daily]
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Cowgirl Cure Auction
Gina DePalma, pastry chef at Babbo and recent James Beard Award winner, is currently fighting cancer and holding an online auction to raise money for ovarian cancer research. Some of the items are pretty stellar, including dinner for 4 at Babbo and, my personal favorite, a year of free coffee from my favorite coffee shop…
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Pim’s Tweetcipe
For those who thought my Kimchi Fried Rice post used too many words, check out Pim’s Tweetcipe version: “hot wok, oil sizzles, garlic+grnd pork to brown, toss kimchi, push aside, crack eggs, whip&in goes rice, TOSS+s&p+pinch sugr, grn onion DONE.” I hate to admit it, but hers actually sounds better.
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Perfect Steak
I don’t want to toot my own horn, so I won’t: I’ll toot the horn of Chris Lim of BLT steak. In our latest Food2 video this genius chef teaches me a technique for making steak at home that is so perfect, so dead-on that I will never ever ever make steak any other way…
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Broadway Picks
A quick detour from food for a second. You all know I’m a theater lover (and a certified playwright) so here are two picks for shows I think you’ll enjoy if you’re coming to New York.The first, “Reasons To Be Pretty,” is the latest from Neil Labute (and a Tony nominee for Best Play). If…
