Writing about food since 2004.
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Lisa’s Birthday Dinner at Hearth
There’s a scene in Annie Hall (my favorite movie) where Alvy Singer buys Annie lingerie for her birthday. “Oh ho ho,” says Annie. “I think this is more a gift for you than it is for me.” The same could be argued about Lisa’s birthday dinner. I tried to defer to her wishes (“Where would…
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5 Dumplings for $1 at Fried Dumpling
Let’s play William Safire for a moment and ponder the word cheap. I’m not using a dictionary here, but my guess is that cheap is defined as “inexpensive.” Therefore the opposite of cheap, it would seem, is expensive. If you call a woman cheap, it’s an insult. If you call a woman expensive, she’s a…
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The Sandwiches are Popular at The Grey Dog’s Coffee
On Friday, I met Kirk for lunch. We met down by Bleecker street. On the subway ride over I pondered, ever so slightly, where it was that we’d eat when I arrived. A few days earlier I’d taken Patty and Dan to Shopsin’s for their first time. Kirk’s already been to Shopsin’s so we wouldn’t…
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Journey To Chocolateland
Lauren, my beloved former roommate, was in town for one of her labor law cases (she’s a labor lawyer) and she called me Monday to go to dinner. I quickly whipped out my New York magazine and set upon the task of choosing a venue that would serve both our needs. My needs are very…
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Who Needs A Taverna When You’ve Got A Snack?
Like most people did this Sunday morning, I woke up at 9:30 and made my way down to NYU to watch a screening of My Neighbor Totoro with my Animation class. [Ok, get it, that was a joke—cause most people didn’t do that this morning. (And by the way, the movie’s really great, if you…
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A Weekend of Celebration: Meals at Mo Pitkin’s, August, Le Gigot and Beet
Ever since news of my book deal leaked its way on to the internet [Ok, so it was leaked by me, but still–there was leakage] the food blog media and my screaming fans are desperate to know whether I’ll still be the same old Adam or whether fame and fortune will change me. Let me…
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Did We Go Ga-Ga At Megu?
Ok, enough with the excitement–redesign and book deals be damned–we need to get back to our roots: my name is Kunta Kinte. I take pictures of my food. I had lunch last week with a professor who told me that if my mom likes trendy and my dad likes red meat, we must make our…
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Don’t Look Back in Hunger: A Return to Da Silvano and Eli’s E.A.T.
The family was in town this weekend for a wedding. They came a little earlier than usual (Wednesday instead of Friday) because dad’s office has no power still (after Hurricane Wilma) and Michael’s college is similarly out of commision. Usually when the family comes I use my powers of manipulation to ensure that we eat…
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There’s a Store That I See, Where The Chocolate’s By Kee
On a beautiful day in New York City, it came to pass that two young souls journeyed down Sullivan Street after eating burritos and shopping for chessboards. These souls, yours truly and Stella truly, saw a mysterious vision in the horizon. The vision looked something like this: Kee’s Chocolates? What can this be? We studied…
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Do You Like American Cuisine? I Like American Cuisine: Eisenberg’s Sandwich & Philly Slim’s
My brain and I have a healthy relationship. I give him books and avoid drugs more serious than Flinstone vitamins and he rewards me with pretty constant inspiration. Take the idea I had today: what if I had cultural weeks here at the Amateur Gourmet? Like on different weeks I’d be like: “It’s Korean Week!”…
