Recipes and food adventures with Adam Roberts

  • I Like Frank Bruni

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    Frank Bruni, the new New York Times restaurant critic, is doing a wonderful job so far in his new role. He immediately won my favor when he reviewed, for his first review two weeks ago, my favorite restaurant in the world Babbo. I shared his sentiment when he wrote: “Among the restaurants that make my…

  • Phew! 15 Minutes Are Up!

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    Yo check it! Everything posted below (well everything that was posted tonight) including the Upper Left Corner question was posted in the last 15 minutes. That must be some kind of miracle, don’t you think? Should I get a trophy? Or be absolved of my sins? Who knows, but one thing I know for sure:…

  • Cloitlde Has A Sandwich!

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    I am so jealous of Clotilde! Her favorite sandwich place named a sandwich after her! Maybe when I’m in New York the Carnegie Deli will name a sandwich after me?! This begs to be an Upper Left Corner question and I better hurry, only 4 minutes left!

  • Dinner With Katharine at Mama Fu’s

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    Katharine is the star of two Thursday night dinner songs, the rather melancholy “Women Outside The Bakery” and then the rather inspiring (and incredibly well-sung, on her part) “Suddenly Salad.” I totally recommend that you listen to them.Tonight we had dinner plans. She was coming from her Pilades class and promised that I wouldn’t recognize…

  • Lemon White Chocolate Cake at Starbucks

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    There has been a cake staring me in the eye for months at Starbucks. Since Lauren, Trinh, Andrew and I have basically moved in there—“Do you guys lived here,” asked one Starbucks employee–in our studying for the bar, I decided today to attempt the cake during my 4 pm lull.”I’m in a lull,” I told…

  • 15 Minutes of Blogging, Go!

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    Ok here’s the deal, it’s 12:10 am and I am exhausted and I really really want to go to bed. But I want you to have something to read tomorrow. Aren’t I generous?So I have avowed to blog for only 15 minutes. There are pictures, cakes, and curries involved so I better hurry. Clock stops…

  • When Kitchens Go Wild

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    My dad taught me many things in my youth. He taught me that the shortest distance between any two points is a straight line. He taught me that “abre la boca” means “open your mouth” in Spanish. (My dad’s a dentist). He taught me never to flash money on the subway, never to flash mother…

  • Peach Ice Cream Makes A Liar Out of Me

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    Remember how I told you yesterday that using all cream in your mix instead of a milk/cream combo would make the ice cream stay soft in your fridge?Apparently I was wrong:My glorious peach ice cream is now more like peach-pit ice cream because it’s hard. Like a pit.Here’s my theory: the juices from the cooked…

  • You So Dirty, You So Nasty, You So Cheesesteak

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    This is the grossest picture I have posted by far in the history of this website:Keep in mind that I have posted pictures of fermenting starter, me eating cat food, and–to quote John Kessler’s piece–“a pile of grody napkins at Fat Matt’s.” But this takes the cake.This photograph is decidedly unappetizing. I look at it…

  • Alton Brown’s Burned Peach Ice Cream

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    I have decided that you should buy an ice cream maker.Here are my reasons:1) It’s not terribly expensive. It will run you about $50 for the Cuisinard brand that I bought. Maybe $50 is out of your price range, but think about it this way: how much do you spend on ice cream already? And…