Writing about food since 2004.
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Meme, Myself and I: Childhood Food Memories
Miss Clotilde of C&Z has asked me, your humble Amateur Gourmet, to participate in a meme called “Childhood Food Memories.” My task is simple enough: share five food memories from childhood. Let’s see what I can dig up, as I lay back on the proverbial couch… (1) My steak mistake. As a youngster, my brother…
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Savor The Summer with these summery dishes except for the chicken one
Summer cooking can be lots of fun if you make good choices. I made a GREAT choice last night when I chose to make Watermelon Salad with Mint Leaves from Paula Deen’s show courtesy of the Food Network site. Ya know, I’m growing to love Paula Deen: she’s so warm and fun and even though…
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“The rice is on fire!”
I enjoyed watching “Sushi Made Easy” at a site that’s in the spirit of this site, the Reality Food Network. I found them because they linked to me first, so you could accuse me of scratching a back that scratched mine first, but then I watched the sushi video and it had me laughing. Check…
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When friends are over at 1 am watching “Reno 911” you might make this granola, but start it earlier because they’ll be gone by the time it’s done.
Kirk and Diana came over the other night, after dinner at “Shake Shack,” to watch a DVD Kirk had leant me a while back that I never watched: Spike Lee’s “25th Hour.” It was an interesting movie and afterwards Kirk said, “I’m going up on your roof. I’m not asking, I’m just going.” Kirk likes…
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Mascerate This! Strawberries and Balsamic Vinegar
Occassionally–very occassionally–I’ll be contacted by someone in the food industry who wants to send me something so I’ll write about it on the site. Like, for example, Emeril contacted me the other day and he was like “Yo, Adam, I have a new BAM sauce I want you to write about” and I was like,…
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Lolita Likes Adam Water
Sometimes in the morning when I’m checking my e-mail or reading the comments on the blog, I hear the sound of drinking over my shoulder. Strange, I think, and then I turn and see this: Lolita likes to drink the water on my nightstand from the night before. It’s like I’m her taster: “He drank…
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Sometimes A Great Notion, Sometimes Not: Boiled Asparagus with Anchovy Spread and Tomato Basil Bruscetta
I had a strange craving the other night, a craving based on a picture. The picture’s in my River Cafe cookbook and it’s a picture of boiled asparagus with anchovy spread and garnished with Parmesan shavings. It looked something like this: That’s a picture of my version, a version I made based on the very…
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Meme Myself and I: The Cook Next Door
A while ago now (June 20th, to be exact, so not THAT long ago) Sarah from The Delicious Life tapped me to contribute to a new food blog meme: “The Cook Next Door.” Since I leave for Europe in less than four days, I must answer it now or lose all my credibility in the…
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When I Get That Feeling I Want Proustian Healing (PLUS: Rainbow Cookies!)
Many food writers, at some point in their careers, drop the Proust bomb. Whether they’re eating mushrooms in a field in Jerusalem or slurping noodles in downtown Beijing, at some point their soul will be stirred, a childhood memory emerges and they write: “Like Proust and his madeleines, I feel myself whisked away to the…
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Ground Meat Thursday: Lunch at Kitchenette and Dinner at La Palette (Featuring the Thursday Night Dinner Song “Grind Your Meat”)
A long time ago in a land far away my friend Annette took me to lunch at Kitchenette near the World Trade Center. This was after September 11th but before I moved to New York and I remembered the place as a very cute, very cozy family type joint with breakfast food and biscuits and…
