Recipes and food adventures with Adam Roberts

  • All Bow To Tara, The New Amateur Gourmet Champ

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    They said it couldn’t be done; that an Amateur Gourmet reader could never oust the man himself from his throne. That no one would have the gumption, the tenacity, the digital camera; or the chutzpah to attempt this in the process:And yet along she came. Her name is Tara. This is her story.Martha Stewart is…

  • The Kill Bill Pizza Massacre

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    It started sweetly enough.Trinh, Andrew and I were going to meet our friend Seth to see “Kill Bill: Vol. 2.”First, though, we decided to grab pizza at Fellini’s.Here’s Andrew and Trinh ordering:And Andrew and Trinh with salads:Again, everything was sweet and peaceful. Then the pizza came:Trinh ate hers with a fork and knife:Andrew ate his…

  • [Pssst…Part Three]

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    [This day got better! Roger L. Simon, co-screenwriter of Scenes From A Mall and Enemies a Love Story just linked me on his site too!]

  • [Pssst…Part Two]

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    [Now we’re linked on kottke.org!! Could this day GET any better?]

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    [Hey, check it out: we’re a TypePad Featured Site.]

  • All Work And No Play Make Jack Candy Kumquats

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    Reader, are you in for a whacky couple of weeks.Welcome to finals season. This is where I, The Amateur Gourmet, go a little nutty (as if I weren’t nutty enough already) with crazy schedules, weird cravings, and inexplicable forays into the kitchen. Many law students smoke as they suffer their way through finals; I bake.Or…

  • Adventures With Cheese

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    I’m a certified cheesophobe. I don’t discriminate on matters of race, religion, or creed but I do discriminate when it comes to goat, feta and bleu. They’re all gross. Cheese is gross. I’m a cheesophobe.As the Archie Bunker of cheeses, I am now checking myself into cheese rehab and attempting to forge not only a…

  • The CURSE of the CARAMEL CORN

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    In my brief stint as an Amateur Gourmet there have been few genuine kitchen disasters. Let’s see: there was the time I burnt my Martha Stewart Coconut Cake frosting; the time I almost poisoned Lauren with Isaac Mitzrahi’s parchament paper fish; and the time I used 5 Tbs instead of 5 tsps of salt in…

  • Back in Business and Ain’t It Grand: Makin’ Olive Bread

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    With Passover over, and the shadow of death passed over our apartment (the lamb’s blood properly sloshed), the time has come to revive my starter. Last we checked, the starter was sulking and shivering in the fridge; but now it’s had three days of feeding and looks beautiful and bubbly:Today we’re making Olive Bread.It begins…

  • Pancetta Calls Alain Ducasse

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    As a special treat tonight, ladies and gentlemen, America’s favorite bulemic talk show host, PANCETTA, calls New York’s finest French restaurant, ALAIN DUCASSE, and attempts to make a reservation. Enjoy the results! [Note: It’s a sound file, not a movie!]PART ONEPART TWO