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My Books

  • The Book Is Here TODAY

    After years–literally years!–of working on it, my book “The Amateur Gourmet: How To Shop, Chop, and Table-Hop Like A Pro (Almost)” should be in your book store RIGHT NOW. Go out there today and buy it; take a picture of yourself with it and upload it to The Amateur Gourmet Book Pool on Flickr. If…

  • By Its Cover

    By Its Cover

    Ladies and gentlemen, I proudly present to you the cover of my book!I’m so psyched I can barely contain it. Only four months to go before this book is in your hands! (And you can pre-order it here.)

  • The Book Is In!

    The Book Is In!

    Let’s let out a collective gasp: I made my deadline and my book, food gods be thanked, is in. And I’m so excited about it: I love this book. Seriously. It’s packed with everything I could think of to say, to do, to share—recipes, anecdotes, adventures, family history, food celebrities. You name it: it’s in…

  • The Mother’s Day Meal We Cooked Last Week

    The Mother’s Day Meal We Cooked Last Week

    We are now entering the phase of this website known as “the phase in which Adam juggles writing his blog and writing his book.” I have decided that when it comes down to choosing the best place to share new material–the blog or the book–the best choice is the book because the book is more…

  • 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…