Writing about food since 2004.
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A Weekend of Celebration: Meals at Mo Pitkin’s, August, Le Gigot and Beet
Ever since news of my book deal leaked its way on to the internet [Ok, so it was leaked by me, but still–there was leakage] the food blog media and my screaming fans are desperate to know whether I’ll still be the same old Adam or whether fame and fortune will change me. Let me…
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A Loaf of Vitamin C: The Barefoot Contessa’s Orange Pound Cake
“Loaf” is the name of the imaginary booth I want to open at the Union Square Farmer’s Market. There I would sell all sorts of cakes baked in loaf pans: Amanda Hesser’s Vanilla Bean loaf, The River Cafe’s Pistachio Loaf Cake, their Pine Nut Loaf Cake, the Barefoot Contessa’s Lemon Pound Cake and this Orange…
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For Those Without A Banner
I’ve gotten lots of e-mails and comments saying the new banner isn’t loading up in the redesign. Ralph, my heroic redesigner, addresses this in the comments of the Redesign post. So go read his advice and if it’s still not working tape your own banner to the top of your computer and proceed as normal!
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Did We Go Ga-Ga At Megu?
Ok, enough with the excitement–redesign and book deals be damned–we need to get back to our roots: my name is Kunta Kinte. I take pictures of my food. I had lunch last week with a professor who told me that if my mom likes trendy and my dad likes red meat, we must make our…
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Excitement #2: (Hold Your Breath…) It’s a BOOK DEAL
Oh goodhearted reader—I’ve been keeping something from you for a while now. Last year in March, I was contacted by a literary agent who told me she thought I had a book in me. I said: “A book? Me? Write a book?” But she persisted and over the next few months we worked out a…
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Excitement #1: The Redesign
Since the end of September, I’ve been working with a brilliant web designer named Ralph on redesigning my site. Ralph responded to my “Redesign” post telling me that he and his wife were big fans and that he’d had a lot of experience and could really help me organize things better. And that, clearly, he…
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Exciting Things Coming Your Way
Ok loyal Amateur Gourmet readers, keep checking back over the next 12 hours: two very exciting things are about to happen. (1) The redesign is going up tonight! AND (2) I’m going to share some amazing unbelievable news with you! Aren’t you excited? I know you are… Soon enough you shall know!
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Do Not Try This Orzo At Home
If today’s posts have a theme, the theme is “disappointment.” This was (mostly) a weekend of bad eating. It culminated tonight when I attempted an Orzo recipe from last month’s Bon Apetit. I’m sure, if you wanted, you could find that recipe on Epicurious. But why would you want to? Because it looks pretty? Well…
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One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Treasure: Dinner with My Brother at The Redeye Grill
I’ll admit it. I’ve become a snob when it comes to food. Let me qualify. On Thursday nights, when I have animation class from to 6 to 9 and we have a 15 minute break to go grab dinner, sometimes I’ll go to McDonalds (ok, I did it twice) and get a crispy chicken sandwich…
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Don’t Look Back in Hunger: A Return to Da Silvano and Eli’s E.A.T.
The family was in town this weekend for a wedding. They came a little earlier than usual (Wednesday instead of Friday) because dad’s office has no power still (after Hurricane Wilma) and Michael’s college is similarly out of commision. Usually when the family comes I use my powers of manipulation to ensure that we eat…
