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  • LIVE Book Reading this Monday in Park Slope

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    Mark it on your calendar: I’m reading from my book this Monday at the Park Slope Barnes & Noble at 7:30 PM. You’ll get to hear the words straight from the horse’s mouth, plus you’ll get to meet my friends, ask me questions, and have me sign your book. It’ll be tons of fun: I…

  • The Amateur Gourmet’s 2nd Anniversary Party

    The Amateur Gourmet’s 2nd Anniversary Party

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    This Saturday was the 2nd year anniversary of this here website and we celebrated in style with readers from around the world–well country–gathered to nosh and kibbitz at The City Bakery. Let the record show that this was my first official meeting with New York readers and it was a ton of fun. I arrived…

  • Excitement #1: The Redesign

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    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…

  • Blog And You Shall Receive

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    Last week I received a very nice e-mail from an editor at National Georgraphic Traveler. He told me that he enjoyed my website and that in his line of work he received many stacks of food books that just lay around. Would I like him to send some to me?I wrote back: “Yes, Oh God,…

  • My Site WILL Go On!

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    Now I’ve really made it:The Celine Dion Fan Forum links my cupcakes.

  • Public Apology: Marshmallow Chronology

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    It came to my attention last night, by way of site reader Seth, that my Marshmallow film: “How To Make Marshmallows In Reverse!” has a serious flaw. The film, as most of you know, plays backwards: beginning with the eating of marshmallows and ending with the preparing of the pan. Well, that is until at…

  • Another Milestone!

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    Today, our site hit the 200,000 mark in total visitors. Pretty crazy for a site only 4 weeks old![NOTE: For those of you savvy enough to click my sitemeter on the lower left, it will seem that I’ve only received 91,485 visitors in total. That’s because we installed sitemeter after the first huge influx of…

  • Thursday Night Dinner Song: DELAY

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    Due to extenuating circumstances (my roommate is sleeping and I just got home) the Thursday night dinner song will not be available until tomorrow.In it’s place, however, may I present the sultry stylings of one of the world’s greatest singers: Wing!Here’s her version of last week’s dinner song: Don’t Cry For Me Argentina.

  • Coming This Weekend: The Amateur Gourmet Goes To Florida!

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    All my bags are packed, I’m ready to go. My Airtran Flight leaves tomorrow afternoon from Hartsfield to West Palm Beach. My parents will be waiting for me at the airport and our weekend of eating will begin. I plan to keep you updated continuously: minute by minute, bite by bite.Here are some meals for…

  • The Birth of an Amateur Icon

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    Are you sick of competency? Of food blogs run by competent people with flawless track records and no history of salmonella? Are you tired of not having salmonella? You’ve come to the right place. I’m The Amateur Gourmet: a completely untrained, unaccomplished culinary lout with absolutely no expertise in anything having to do with food.…

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