Tonight I reached a new milestone in my career as an Amateur Gourmet. In fact, I may have to change my site’s title to: The Slightly Better Than Amateur Gourmet. (Not as catchy, I’ll admit.)See, here’s the truth about many of the things I cook: the leftover ingredients sit in my fridge until they rot,…

One book that’s sat on my bookshelf for a while is The Slow Mediterranean Kitchen by Paula Wolfert.One reason for that is that by the time I decide to cook something, I don’t have time to make anything slow. Last night, however, even though it was 6 pm, I was willing to cook something slowish.…

Navigating New York is not an art that comes naturally to me. I’ve hopped express trains to Queens, Harlem and the Bronx when I was merely trying to get back to Chelsea. I’ve walked the streets of TriBeCa thinking I was in SoHo. I made love to Mayor Bloomberg in Grand Central when I thought…

Hello players, congrats on hanging in there. On to the third challenge.It occurred to me tonight: “Adam, your players live all around the world. There are people in Israel, in Canada, in Fairbanks Alaska” (Juno the Eskimo is a secret behind-the-scenes player) “why not take advantage of that?” And so we shall.Your challenge is this:…

I like the idea of these tribute videos for voted-off contestants. It’s the least I can do. [Watch it if you can, and if you can’t–hold the mouse over it to see who was voted off…]Farewell Tribute Video #2.Those that remain in the game check back tomorrow night for your next challenge!

What’s frozen hot chocolate?Funny you should ask. Serendipity recently came out with a cookbook where they apparently revealed the secret recipe for their frozen hot chocolate. I ran to the bookstore and charged my way to the cookbook section so I could learn the great secret. What is the great secret? “Choose your favorite hot…

This post has no merit except to say that there were lobsters on 23rd street tonight, being loaded from a truck into a restaurant. Some of them were quite big. Have a look:Can anyone guess what Subway stop it was near?Crustacean station.Sorry, I’m tired. Please kick me.

Remember my old roommate Lauren? Old readers will. She came in yesterday (her family lives on Long Island) and tonight she met me for dinner in between my graduate playwriting workshop and my graduate drama lab (as opposed to dinner between Civil Procedure and Torts; a custom from the not-so-very-distant past). We had to eat…

Ok class, here’s a little formula I’d like you to memorize. It goes like this:One pound of butter+Three pounds of chocolate=Barefoot Contessa BrowniesNow I know I’ve gone a little Contessa crazy lately but I had company over on Saturday (playwrights here to watch movies for class (Jaws, On The Waterfront, and Raising Arizona)) so I…

Contestants, first of all—before you read Jeremy’s comments–I want you to know that I love you all. I appreciate all your hard work. After all, you’re keeping my readers entertained while I skip around town like a drunken sailor writing plays and defacing property. Your hard work is much appreciated. If Jeremy’s comments across as…