Recipes and food adventures with Adam Roberts

  • A Proper Tea

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    A Proper Tea

    On this blog, only one hot, caffeinated beverage gets the love (see: coffee), but what about the other hot, caffeinated beverage? No, not boiled Coke, I’m talking about tea. Funny story: the other day I Tweeted, “I think I’m ready to own a teapot.”

  • Pour-Over Coffee

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    Pour-Over Coffee

    Food journalists notice food trends—“this is the year of the nutmeg martini!” “oatmeal’s out, grits are back in”–and I’m not a food journalist, so I feel like I get a free pass on that front. I just cook, blog and eat (not always in that order) and go about my merry way. But last year,…

  • Fusilli with Tomatoes, Bacon & Blue Cheese

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    Fusilli with Tomatoes, Bacon & Blue Cheese

    There it was, in the pan, ready to eat. A big panful of fusilli, coated in a sauce I’d improvised with bacon, red chile flakes, tomato paste and a can of tomatoes. I’d let the sauce cook down until it was nice and thick and then boiled the fusilli until just al dente, lifting it…

  • The Negroni

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    The Negroni

    At the bar of Michael Symons’s Lola in Cleveland, Ohio, I first encountered the Negroni. Michael Ruhlman, who was there to participate in a segment we were shooting for Food Network online, ordered the drink and I asked him about it. “It has Campari,” he told me, “gin and sweet vermouth.” I ordered one too…

  • Dinner with Two Atlanta Food Critics at Peter Chang’s

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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…

  • An Oscar & A Milkshake

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    An Oscar & A Milkshake

    It’s not every day that your friend wins an Oscar. But on Sunday night, our friend Luke (who went to film school with Craig) won an Oscar for his short film, “God of Love.” (You can watch it on iTunes here.) For anyone who watched the Oscars, you’ll remember his speech (New York Magazine called…

  • Collecting Vintage Menus to Hang in My Kitchen

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    Collecting Vintage Menus to Hang in My Kitchen

    I’m not sure how the idea came to me. How did it come to me? Ok, I was in San Francisco, staying with my friends Kristen & Felix, and I had a bit of a cold (another illness! Proof that I’m dying?) While coughing and sneezing in their guest bedroom, I was noodling around on…

  • Egg Salad with Sun-Dried Tomatoes & Anchovies

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    Egg Salad with Sun-Dried Tomatoes & Anchovies

    Cooking, sometimes, is like a game. The game changes from dish to dish, but often, for me, the game is: How Can I Make This Better Without Leaving My Apartment? This is a fun game to play, especially when you’re making something as pedestrian as an egg salad sandwich. You boil the eggs, you peel…

  • How To Always Get A Seat at a Crowded Coffee Shop

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    How To Always Get A Seat at a Crowded Coffee Shop

    Every day I go to a coffee shop to work on my book. And every day I witness the same phenomenon: people poke their heads through the door, look at all the crowded tables, sigh a heavy sigh and leave. I want to yell out: “Don’t leave! You’re giving up too easily!” But since most…

  • Eating With Food Bloggers in California

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    Eating With Food Bloggers in California

    Food Blogs Featured in This Post: Midtown Lunch / Midtown Lunch L.A. Mattatouille Mattbites Foodwoolf What’s Gaby Cooking In Praise of Sardines Give Me Some Food Chez Pim 101Cookbooks