Recipes and food adventures with Adam Roberts

  • Great Roger Ebert review of “Super Size Me”

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    Have I told you that I’m a big Roger Ebert fan? Did you know he’s the only film critic to ever win the Pulitzer Prize?Anyway, check out his review today of SUPER SIZE ME / *** (Not rated) .Here are some money quotes:Eating responsibly at McDonald’s is like going to a strip club for the…

  • Late Night Caramel Chocolate Pecan Ice Cream

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    When making ice cream it’s always good to keep in mind that the “batter” (if that’s what they call it) has to chill. So, for example, if you start your ice cream at 8:30 pm and the ice cream involves hot sticky caramel that needs to refrigerate to “cool,” don’t expect to be eating until…

  • The Thursday Night Dinner Song: “Fugue for the End of an Era”

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    Tonight we grieve for the end of one of our most sacred cultural institutions. Let this song provide comfort in our time of need:Click me to mourn with music.

  • Martha Keeps It Real: Another Deconstruction

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    This month’s Martha Stewart Living (May 2004) features, as usual, a Letter From Martha. Unlike Martha’s many other letters, this one actually keeps it real. No BS about gardening: Martha has made the brave (and committee-prodded, I’m sure) choice of addressing her legal woes. Let’s look closer, shall we?How can I thank you all–readers, advertisers,…

  • FREE AT LAST (thank God almighty)

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    Here is my law school:Here is me handing in my last law school final EVER:[A woman standing nearby said: “Excuse me, I have to ask, what did you just take a picture of?” I responded: “I just handed in my last law school final ever. I had to have a picture.” “Of course,” she said…

  • Cucina e Dintorni (Does anybody speak Italian?)

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    Apparently we also made some Italian newspaper/website with pictures of girls in lingerie. Go down to the fourth paragraph, and put your mouse over “cucina e dintori”–that’s me. The site is called: L’Espresso. Can anyone translate?

  • “Shouldn’t this kid be studying for finals or something?”

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    Check us out in the St. Petersburg Times: Click me.

  • Pavlov’s Almond Tart

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    Life requires motivators. To get out of bed in the morning, we need incentive. “Ah yes,” we tell ourselves, “Neil Diamond tribute on Good Morning America. Must rise!”Consequently, great tasks require great motivators. “Climb Mount Everest? How can I?” said Sir Edmond Hillary to himself. And then he realized: “Oh yes! When I reach the…

  • A Tale Told By A Vidiot: The Kool Korners Cuban Sandwich

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    Site reader and part-time Amateur Gourmet publicisit Vidiot has been hawking me for a while to go to Kool Korners on 14th Street for their Cuban Sandwich. “Go to Kool Korners on 14th street!” he will write. “Eat their cuban sandwich!”Today, my stomach and brain battled for control of the steering wheel as I figured…

  • Last Final in Progress

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    This letter is to inform you that your Amateur Gourmet is in the process of completing his final final. This is a take home final in Jewish Law and requires great concentration and tsurris. What’s tsurris? That’s the fourth question on the test and I won’t get caught cheating. Suffice it to say, the test…