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Adam Roberts
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A Big Secret Project Revealed: Presenting, Serious Eats
Where’s Oliver Stone when you need him? It’s time to unpack a conspiracy. Famed food writer Ed Levine has conspired to create one of the most promising food sites on the web. He’s got Jeffrey Steingarten. He’s got Daniel Boulud. He’s got Susie Essman from “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” And Jane and Michael Stern. And Meg.…
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Playbillgate
My cell phone rang yesterday and it was my friend Mark, theater critic and music blogger. “Adam!” said Mark, eagerly. “You blew the lid off a Playbill scandal!” It took a moment to understand what Mark was referencing and then I recalled that I posted a post on All That Chat, the theater message board…
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The Truth About Pamela
People are saying that it’s Borat who broke Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock apart. But I am here to tell you that’s not true. The truth is that it was my dad:
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More Blogging Advice
I hadn’t realized this until just now but if you Google “How To Start A Food Blog” the #1 result is the post I wrote on August 17, 2005 about, appropriately, how to start a food blog. Since more than a year has passed since that post, I have an archive in my brain of…
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More Bread Bakers
Who knew that my “Make Bread” post would start a bread-making revolution? In addition to the five people I featured in the first round-up, I’ve received several more e-mails and pictures from first time bread-bakers eager to try their lot with yeast, flour, water and a hot oven. Meet Liam: He made the bread and…
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Mmmm Zzzz
The title of this post encapsulates everything I have to say at the moment about tonight’s giant Thanksgiving dinner. But prepare for an epic comic book post of everything that happened, a post that will appear next week…yet not on this site. Not on this site? But how did it go? What’s going on here?…
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Status Report 1
As of 1700 hours, Wednesday: – Pumpkin Cheesecake Pie, check – Frozen Key Lime Pie, check – Corn bread for stuffing, check – Cranberry Sauce from scratch, check – Candied nuts and pretzels for snacking, check – Carrot Soup, check – Find out we’re having more guests for dessert, check – Make apple cobbler, in…
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Fall Out Of Fall With A Matzah Ball
Every year, around this time, it happens. The weather turns cold and I get a cold. And when I get a cold I make chicken soup. But this year, instead of the usual egg noodles I add from the bag, I decided to make my first matzah balls using the recipe from Joan Nathan’s “Jewish…
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Turkey Trauma
I must solicit help from you, my readers. This Thanksgiving dinner is stressing me out! Here are some questions: – The man who sold my mom the turkey said to cook the turkey 30 minutes per pound. This is a 15 lb bird so that’s like 7 hours. The recipe I’m using is for a…
