Recipes and food adventures with Adam Roberts
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Atlanta, GA
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One-Eared Stag & Cardamom Hill
I’m writing to you now from Emory Village, a flash from the past, as I prepare to speak to Emory Students at 2 PM, sign books at the Emory Book Store at 4 PM and then hustle over to Empire State South where I’m hosting a dinner at 6:15. There are still seats available, so,…
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Dinner with Two Atlanta Food Critics at Peter Chang’s
In 2004, Atlanta Journal-Constitution food critic John Kessler wrote an article about me and my blog called “Welcome to Adam’s.” (You can read it here.) At the time, food blogging was very, very new and Kessler was baffled and amused by my antics: “Why does this recent Emory law school grad record every meal he…
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The Best Biscuits in Atlanta
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Is there such a thing as biscuit terroir? In wine, as in coffee, we can talk about the soil and growing conditions of the grapes or beans and how that affects the end product. But with biscuits, there are so many variables–the butter, the flour, the baking powder and the buttermilk–you can’t explicitly tie the…
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MFSushiBar
In Gourmet Magazine earlier this year there was a supplement listing the hottest and best restaurants in every city. When I finally got to the Atlanta section, I was surprised to see–sandwiched between the Ritz Carlton and Seeger’s–a restaurant Lauren often waxed lyrical about: MFSushi.”It’s the best sushi ever,” Lauren would say. “It’s amazing. Like…
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Blais Restaurant (Atlanta)
Let me spill the beans right away: after tonight’s 26th course a man with spiky hair and a white soccer jersey came over to our table.”How was everything?” he asked.”Wonderful,” I said.”Amazing,” said Lauren.”Good good. Well,” he continued, “I’m Richard Blais.” He shook our hands.For a sense of how accomplished Chef Blais is, check out…
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Atlanta Farmer’s Market
“I can’t believe you’ve never been to the Farmer’s Market,” says Katy. “You’re the Amateur Gourmet!”Her husband, Josh, agrees. “It’s really embarssing for you,” he says. “It’s like this horrible secret that no one knows about.”Chris expressed similar sentiments last night. “It’s like you’re living this big lie.”So today I finally broke and called up…
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Taqueria Del Sol & Star Provisions
If there is one area of conversation, one facet of communication that I would extract from all future interactions it would be politics. My friends might find this strange because I am often puffing heatedly about affirmative action, gay parenting and abortion (I often play the devil’s advocate, rousing great venomous passions over dinner) but…
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The Varisty (Atlanta)
Last semester I worked at Atlanta Legal Aid. My boss, an amicable sort, had many convictions, the most prevalent one being: “There is no onion ring better than the onion rings they make at The Varisty.”Now I’m a reasonable man. I believe that reasonable convictions maintained by reasonable people should be viewed reasonably. However, something…
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Gourmet Dinner, Thumbs Up Breakfast, Horrific Epilogue
Last night the culinary muse descended upon me and whispered into my ear.”Challenge yourself, my boy!”I rose to the challenge and whipped out three cookbooks: Mario Batali’s “Simple Italian Food,” Alice Waters’ “Chez Panisse Cooking” and Sarah Moulton’s “Cooking With Sarah Moulton.”From the first, I made a bizarre salad of fennel, blood oranges, pomegranate seeds…
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