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Adam Roberts
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Soupy Sushi Salads and Ice That Costs $1
Comrades! The restaurant revolution is here. I, your fearless leader, Amateuriov Gourmetovich beg of you to consider the following two cases, both which threaten our peace and prosperity as well-meaning restaurant goers. The first is the case of the soupy sushi salad: Recent visits to two of my local sushi joints have produced salads like…
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Rockin’ Robyn
Look up! It’s Robyn, The Girl Who Ate Everything, and we’re visiting her blog today as we end the first week of the Virtual Book Tour. You’ll read all about our Korean bean curd adventure and see some wonderful pictures (much better than the picture you see above). Thank you, Robyn, for hosting me! And…
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It Matters
Frank Bruni told a story on his blog the other day about ordering iced tea at a restaurant only to have the waiter say they’d run out. “How do you run out of iced tea?” he queried. “I ask that question not snidely but earnestly, because I know that this blog has readers in the…
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Tomato Art
It’s September and tomatoes are at their juiciest, and according to many food gurus, their best. More importantly, heirloom tomatoes are so prevalent everywhere these days that you can compose a gorgeous salad like the one you see above with very little effort. Just slice the tomatoes in half or quarters, drizzle with olive oil,…
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Gluten-Free Gushing
In case you were wondering what happened to the virtual book tour today, our beloved Pim of Chez Pim–who was supposed to host me today–is trapped in a hurricane. So we’ll postpone Pim until she’s back to safety, and in the meantime Shauna our beloved Gluten-Free Girl put up her post a day early. What…
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Tuesdays with Ruhlman
Our Virtual Book Tour continues today over at Ruhlman.com with a highly in-depth interview. I don’t normally suffer fools gladly, but for him I made an exception. Enjoy!
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Eating While Standing Up (Banh Mi Saigon Bakery & The Bagel Hole)
In the current food issue of The New Yorker, Calvin Trillin wonders–in another one of his hilarious food essays–if “through some rare genetic oddity, my sense of taste is at full strength only when I’m standing up.” He wonders this because of his deep love for street food. As a participant of the Calvin Trillin…
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The Virtual Book Tour Starts Today
Hey, it’s Labor Day and most of you are off on vacation but for those of you who are home and eager to learn more about me and the book, check out my first stop on my Virtual Book Tour over at Serious Eats. You’ll learn all about my phobias, my process, and what makes…
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Corngasm
If all of the scientists in the world got together with all of the chefs and brought a giant pile of corn to a mystical temple of food and drink, with muses and angels dancing around them, they could not produce a more rapturous dish than the dish you see above: Jasper White’s Corn Chowder…
