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Adam Roberts

  • St. Patrick’s Day: A Deli Throwdown (by Justin The Intern)

    Remember our interns? Justin has a story about St. Patrick’s Day and it goes something like this… When St. Patrick’s Day is on a Monday, it’s hard to justify getting ridiculously drunk when you have to be at work the next day. It’s easy to justify eating copious amounts of delicious corned beef and pastrami…

  • A Spontaneous Dumpling Tasting at Rickshaw

    My mom tells the story of her Uncle Manny who stunned her, as a young girl, out at Chinese restaurant when he told the waitress: “Bring whatever’s good” without even glancing at the menu. I remember hearing that story as a kid and thinking nothing could be more lavish than shirking a menu and all…

  • Richard Blais

    Anyone who watched the season premiere of “Top Chef” yesterday will have taken notice of Richard who charged out of the gate with his deep dish peach pizza and finished the episode in the top four. What you may not know is that one of the most memorable meals I’ve ever had in my life…

  • 3 Posts I Almost Wrote This Morning Before Leaving For Work

    1. A post about how even though I pretend to love food and eating, I think what I really love is sitting. 2. A post about the back pages of food magazines–which ones are the best, which ones are the worst. I’m not sure which is the best, but my least favorite is Saveur. It’s…

  • Atlanta Meet-Up: Dancing Goat, Decatur, Saturday 3/8 3 PM

    Here’s the address: 419 W. Ponce de Leon Avenue Decatur, GA 30030 (404) 687-1100 Hope to see you there! Adam

  • An Arty Banner & An Atlanta Meet-Up

    First things first, please clear the cache of your web browser and reload the page and behold the fun and fantastic new creation from my fun and fantastic design team Erin, Leah and Justin. I smile just thinking about. Second, it’s been almost FOUR YEARS since I left the birthplace of this blog, Atlanta, GA…

  • The Best Sushi in Park Slope is at Taro Sushi

    The title of this post is a strong statement, one that requires research. And so, after titling this post “The Best Sushi in Park Slope,” I decided to do the required research: I Googled “best sushi park slope” and guess what came up first? A post I wrote last January (click here) that basically said…

  • Ninth Street Espresso

    One of the best things about working at Food Network, which is located in the Chelsea Market, is that the elevators that get you up there are directly across from one of the best coffee bars in the city. That coffee bar is Ninth Street Espresso which many of my barista friends (including those that…

  • Off To South Beach

    What a chore this Food Network job is turning out to be… now I have to leave this 26 degree New York weather for the tropical beaches of Miami and a forecast of 83 degrees. Could life get any harder? Feel free to hate me. Full reports and videos on Monday! Until then, have a…

  • February’s Banner

    Love is in the air! Clear your cache, load up the site and make out with February’s banner. Thanks again to Erin, Leah and Justin for your fantastic work.