Writing about food since 2004.
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Nine Years
Nine years ago I wrote this and my life changed. Thank you all for continuing to make this blog a place where I can share recipes, tell emotional stories, make cartoons about trips to fancy restaurants, write songs, reenact the fall of Saigon from “Miss Saigon” with eggs in my microwave and procure advice about…
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It’s The SECRETS OF THE BEST CHEFS Nationwide Book Tour (Celebrity Chefs! Lavish Dinners! Me!)
[All of the pictures in this post by the brilliant Elizabeth Leitzell] It’s rare that life offers you a reason to pinch yourself. That reason came on Friday when my cookbook publicists Allison and Molly presented me with the full breakdown of my SECRETS OF THE BEST CHEFS book tour. There’s a dinner at Eataly…
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Knife Contest Winner
After careful consideration, and a morning spent reading through all your entries in the Korin knife salad recipe contest, I’d like to congratulate Liz who takes first prize with her Roasted Harissa Cauliflower Salad with Tahini Lemon Dressing. To my mind, it was one of the more original recipes in the bunch and the one…
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Win a Korin Togiharu G-1 Chef Knife
In January of this year, the good people of Korin, one of the nation’s best knife shops, offered to send me a fancy knife. I stopped them in their tracks. “Good people of Korin!” I said. “I can’t take such a generous gift unless you can offer a similar gift to my readers.” Korin wrote…
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A Nifty New Banner
I’m putting this month’s banner in my Top 5 Favorite Banners of All Time (see the banner gallery) because it just looks so cool. I’m not even sure what the concept is (it’s kinda retro, 60s, World-of-Color-ish), but it proves that Lindy Groening, my banner illustrator, is a real visionary and I’m super lucky to…
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Ways To Follow
Some of you may not realize that, during the day, I’m not just updating my blog. Oh no! I’m also updating my Twitter feed @amateurgourmet with things like this fun gay pirate music video and pictures of what I had for breakfast (a pink orange); then there’s my Facebook Page which has a brand new…
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A Hunger Games Banner
It was inevitable! But, I mean, c’mon–how could I not? Thanks to Lindy for making it happen and to Katniss for shooting my sandwich instead of shooting me.
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My Pinterest Page
Have you ever wanted to see all of my recipe archives laid out for you visually? Click here and check out my new Pinterest page. All my big recipe categories are there–breakfast, desserts, pasta and risotto–plus I made a page of my Most Popular Recipes of All Time. If you create a Pinterest account, you…
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A Dickensian Banner
Did you know that I was in “Oliver” twice in my life? First as Oliver in my 5th grade production and then as Fagan in 7th grade. It wasn’t until after college, though, that I read my first Dickens novel (“Bleak House,” for the record) and became an instant fan. This month I said to…
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Cupidity
It’s a day early, but the new banner’s up and I think you’ll get a kick out of it. I play Cupid (hence my posing nude; don’t worry, that’s a pre-gym picture), bringing together three unlikely pairs Lady & The Tramp style. Thanks to Lindy (the banner designer) for pulling this off! See a gallery…
