Recipes and food adventures with Adam Roberts
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The Almond Cake That Will Save Your Soul
The ingredients are simple: butter, sour cream, baking soda, flour, sea salt, sugar, almond paste, 4 egg yolks, almond extract and confectioner’s sugar for dusting. But assembled as they are and baked as they were, this cake is sheer perfection. On pg. 70 of Hesser’s book (referenced also in the previous post), this cake was…
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I Say Carrot, You Say Fennel… Carrot (FENNEL) Carrot (FENNEL): Amanda Hesser’s Carrot-Fennel Soup
If I were a stream-of-consciousness type of writer, I might say the following regarding my thought process yesterday:Brr. Cold. Ouch. Wind. Ugh. Oooh. Please. Need. Soup.Luckily, I’d thrown into my bag the most transportable of my favorite cookbooks–Amanda Hesser’s “Cooking for Mr. Latte.” It’s the size of a paperback. Maybe that’s because it is a…
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Class Attendance, Take Three
So, I’ll confess, lots of stuff going on here and very little for the site. As I work up some content, perhaps this is a good time to stop and check (as I do every so often) on who it is that regularly reads my gustatory shenanigans. One observation that I’ve made is that you’re…
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You may buy me this camera.
I know many of you are often thinking, “Gee, the Amateur Gourmet’s pictures suck, I should buy him a fancy $1000 camera, but I won’t because that may wound the Amateur Gourmet’s pride.” I now grant you permission to buy me the Camera of the Year 2004. You have nothing to be ashamed of, honestly.…
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From Mocha to Latte
I’ve always been a big fan of the desserty Starbucks drinks. My usual hot drink–the White Chocolate Mocha–has kept my insides warm and cozy for the past couple of years. The effect on my wallet has been sharp but not devastating.In New York, it is devastating. Tall White Chocolate Mochas now cost (including tax) $4.15.…
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It Was Cold and I Wanted Pasta: Penne with Spicy Goat Cheese and Hazelnut Pesto
My love affair with New York has hit a bump. It has nothing to do with New York, really, just living up North. It gets very dark very early now that we’ve set our clocks back. I leave school at 5 o’clock and it’s almost completely dark out. How depressing!Plus tonight it was cold. The…
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Maybe the gingerbread doesn’t suck, maybe I suck in judging gingerbread.
Maybe the gingerbread doesn’t suck, maybe I suck in judging gingerbread.After all, I’ve never made gingerbread before. Maybe this gingerbread is delicious?
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I gave Lisa some of this gingerbread.
I gave Lisa some of this gingerbread:She’s going to take it to work tomorrow. I wonder if she’ll think it sucks?
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Sometimes when I eat this gingerbread I still think it sucks, but other times I don’t.
Sometimes when I eat this gingerbread I still think it sucks, but other times I don’t.For example, I just had some and I didn’t think it sucked. But earlier I did have some and I did think it sucked.
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Maybe this gingerbread doesn’t suck.
Maybe this gingerbread doesn’t suck.Maybe I just don’t like gingerbread.
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