Recipes and food adventures with Adam Roberts

Category

Reader Surveys

  • Dreaming Big: A Janet Jackson Breast Cake

    |

    Tomorrow night I plan to create something topical, something ambitious, something that will offend every member of the FCC (Federal Culinary Commission): A Janet Jackson Breast Cake.How will I do this?Well, I started a thread over at eGullet on the matter: Janet Jackson Breast Cake Thread; but I am also seeking your input.How best to…

  • Ask The Amateur Gourmet!

    |

    And now for the birth of a new feature–ASK THE AMATEUR GOURMET!–in which site readers from all over the world ask the Amateur Gourmet culinary questions that he is completely incapable of answering. Here we go!Dear Amateur Gourmet,Where does the word “sushi” come from? My husband says it’s Japanese, but I’m convinced it’s Italian. Can…

  • Comment Prompt #4: The Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living

    |

    Why didn’t you answer comment prompt #3?

  • Comment Prompt #3: The Best Cook You Know

    |

    Who is the best cook you know?I nominate my dear friend and occassional pseudonymous contributor to TAG, Katy S. To be honest, I have only eaten a few things made at Katy’s hand but each one is among the best I’ve had in that category. For example: her apple pie. She makes great apple pie!…

  • Comment Prompt #2: Favorite Fictional Meal

    |

    Ok so from now on comment prompts are purely voluntary, like blood drives, only without the free cookie.Today I suffered through three hours of class (with two more scheduled from 6 to 8) daydreaming about comment prompts and the like. I found this one to be particularly delicious.COMMENT PROMPT #2:WHAT MEAL FROM A MOVIE, BOOK,…

  • Comment Prompt #1

    |

    I am about to begin my Friday night shennanigans which, thankfully, have nothing to do with Bennigans even though they rhyme.I would like to encourage readers to post more comments and so as an incentive I would like to ask the following question: (written in all caps for dramatic effect):WHAT WAS THE LAST BEST MEAL…