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Adam Roberts

  • Bellini’s Beijing Dining Faves

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    [The Amateur Gourmet is on vacation and, while he’s gone, he’s asked his friends to cover for him. One of his friends, Jason Bellini, is a rock star freelance correspondent who you may recognize from his days as news anchor on LOGO, the gay channel. Jason filed this report exclusively for us while covering the…

  • Interning at The Spotted Pig

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    [The Amateur Gourmet is on vacation and, while he’s gone, he’s asked his friends to cover for him. Today’s post comes from Dan Ahdoot, a stand-up comedian (see his website), who spent part of his summer, this summer, working at The Spotted Pig. This is his story.] I’ve always been obsessed with eating good food.…

  • And I’m Off

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    For the first time in a very long time, I’m going to take ten days off from blogging. I leave today for my summer vacation; a week in the Pacific Northwest (I finally get to taste those Dungeness crabs!) and then Labor Day weekend on Cape Cod. I’ll be back on September 3rd, but while…

  • Movies That Induce Specific Food Cravings

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    I just saw Woody Allen’s newest movie, “Vicky Christina Barcelona”, and it induced three reactions: (1) Could this be? A new Woody Allen movie that I genuinely love and can imagine seeing again and again because I love it so much; (2) Please, God, put me on a plane to Barcelona ASAP; and (3) I…

  • How To Organize Your Kitchen

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    1. Take everything out of the cabinets, drawers, cupboards, closets, etc. and lay it on a table. 2. Clean off the counters, the cabinets, the cupboards, the drawers, etc. 3. Go through all the STUFF and throw out anything you don’t use on a regular basis. Especially if you have a tiny New York apartment,…

  • Pickled Yellow Wax Beans

    Pickled Yellow Wax Beans

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    Ask someone if they want chocolate cake, chances are they’ll say: “Ya-huh!” Ask someone if they want a pickled wax bean, their reaction may not be so kind. I learned this the hard way after making a jar of pickled yellow wax beans from the Park Slope farmer’s market a few weeks ago. The recipe…

  • The Great Crab Debate

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    For as long as I’ve known him, Craig has waxed lyrical about the Dungeness crabs he and his family eat when they go to their cabin on the San Juan Islands, pull the crabs right out of the water, boil them and eat them right on the spot. Diana, however, who comes from Virginia is…

  • Snapple Story

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    So at that Greek place I mentioned in my Rhode Island post, we were very hungry and I was very thirsty. I ordered an iced tea and the waitress asked: “Sweetened or unsweetened?” Thinking I was in Atlanta, where sweet tea is often house-made, I picked sweet tea. When it came out I took a…

  • Waiter Rant Winners

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    Thanks to everyone who entered the “Waiter Rant” contest. I read all of your stories and really enjoyed them all; my favorites (and the winners) are: Matt’s cranberry juice story, Jake’s John Malkovich story, Foodwoolf’s Al Pacino story (I guess I like celebrity stories!), Vince’s “two thumbs up” story, Gretchers T.G.I. Friday’s story, Steve’s spicy…

  • Weekend Contest: Win A Copy of “Waiter Rant”

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    The publishers of “Waiter Rant,” a new book that’s getting lots of great press, have kindly offered to give away TEN COPIES of “Waiter Rant” to Amateur Gourmet readers. If you’d like to win a copy, here’s what you do: In the comments, tell us a funny waiter story. It could be a story about…