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Adam Roberts

  • Hungry in the Hamptons at The Stone Creek Inn

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    This is a quick post about a dinner I ate this weekend in the Hamptons. My parents were there with my brother and his girlfriend, Tali, for a party, and I came the day before to spend time with everyone. We had a really forgettable lunch in Westhampton at 75 Main–country club food, indifferent service–and…

  • The Proud Coffee Shop Owner

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    For more information about Joe, head to Joe’s website.

  • Book Buzz

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    Here’s some early buzz for the book which comes out in just FIVE DAYS: – Lindsay Nair at The Roanoke Times food blog Fridge Magnet calls the book “humorous” and “well-written” and then, inspired by my first chapter, attempts tomato sauce for her first time. – Dorothy Hernandez at The Detroit News food blog Matters…

  • Top Chef & Underdog Theory

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    After last night’s episode of “Top Chef,” which Diana and I really enjoyed, I pointed out that C.J.’s team had it coming. C.J., who CHOSE his team, made a classic blunder: he chose the beautiful people, the most likable people, the most popular kids in the class. And as anyone who’s seen an 80s movie…

  • One Week!

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    The book is just a week away. In just one week, you can go to your local bookstore and see me there on the table next to James Joyce and Irma Rombauer. Who’s getting excited? I am! I am!

  • Going Back

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    I’ve defended food blogs many times in the past–I’m practically the Alan Dershowitz of food bloggers–and yet, lately, I’ve become more and more sensitive to a concern that’s often raised about food bloggers and our practices: namely, our tendency to review restaurants after only one visit. Obviously, food bloggers don’t have the resources that professional…

  • Your Drink

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    So I was watching “Groundhog Day” for a bit on TV last night and there’s that scene where Bill Murray is trying to seduce Andie MacDowell in a bar. He memorizes facts about her so that when the day happens again, he can win her heart. One of these facts happens to be what drink…

  • The Hell’s Kitchen Finale

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    Young chefs, take heed: reality television offers you two glimpses, this summer season, of chefs who have fallen so far off their pedestals it’s difficult to believe they were ever taken seriously. Rocco DiSpirito’s visit to Top Chef Season III was thankfully limited to one episode, but there he was shilling for Bertolli, his face…

  • Elise’s Fritters & An Heirloom Tomato Salad

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    Do I hold the record for fastest re-blogged recipe? Probably not. Elise put up her recipe for spicy corn fritters on August 12th, I made them “today” (technically yesterday) August 13th, and now it’s 12:22 AM and I’m blogging about it on August 14th (my mom’s birthday: happy birthday mom!) But no matter. The point…

  • The New Amateur Gourmet

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    Hey! What’s going on? Why does everything look so different? WHAT’S HAPPENING? Welcome to the new Amateur Gourmet. The people you see above you are the brilliant people responsible for what you see around you. That’s Ben on the left–he’s the programmer who worked the HTML like a maestro–and that’s Leah on the right, the…