Recipes and food adventures with Adam Roberts

  • Afternoon Snack II

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    Look at this pretty bird I saw in a tree today:Its flavor was mild with a tangy undertaste. There was a whiff of blueberry. And the beak offered a delightful crunch. All in all, a hardy complement to my orange scone with personality.

  • Afternoon Snack: A Scone, With Personality

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    My Nutrition Report Card today would not make my parents–or my nutritionist–very happy. There were carbs, there were fats, there were caffeinated beverages. And in the afternoon, when I was feeling hungered at the 4 o’clock hour, I decided to do what the British do and give myself a tea time. I went to Caribou…

  • Offal = Awful?

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    Bruce Cole has a charming piece at his Saute Wednesday site about offal. What is offal? “Offal = viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans.”Bruce waxes lyrical over offal: “I don’t eat out that often, but when I do, I pick my spots. First priority, usually, is offal on the…

  • The Ha Department

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    Tonight at the Whole Foods sushi counter, I collected my sushi as a bearded man approached.”Excuse me,” said the bearded man to the Asian man behind the counter. “Do. You. Have. Temp. Ura?””I can make some,” said the Asian man. “Can you wait a few minutes?””Si,” said the bearded man.That made me laugh. Because he…

  • On Malcolm Gladwell’s “The Tipping Point”

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    I just finished a fantastic book by New Yorker writer Malcolm Gladwell called “The Tipping Point.”The premise of the book is that social epidemics have a tipping point, a moment where they go from marginal obscurity to intense popularity. The book uses examples like Hush Puppies, AIDS, and smoking but I think there’s definitely a…

  • Get in my BELLY

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    A new General Store, trendy sandwich shop has opened up in the Virginia Highlands. It is called BELLY.Having driven past it several times, I decided to go in today with my digital camera to survey the place.The place is definitely Virginia Highlands chic: ethereal funk music playing; candles burning; spotted light on exposed brick. The…

  • Exciting Non-Food Related News

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    Today I found out that I got into the Tisch School of Dramatic Writing!This will make me the first ever lawyer, Playwright food blogger. Just call me Emeril Chekhov-Cochran.

  • Please No More Starter

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    Whatever, if I have to suffer you have to suffer too.Tonight I transferred my starter from a 1 gallon Tupperware container to a 3 gallon Tupperware container because I had to add 5 cups of flour and I was scared it couldn’t hold it.So here’s the starter post 5-cups of flour addition. It’s starting to…

  • On Breast Milk

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    Yesterday, in my “Sexuality and Parenthood” class, the following issue came up: what kind of support should the system give teenage mothers? People said things like:”Welfare!””Education!””Sneakers!” (

  • Day 10: Feeding The Starter

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    This morning I woke up bright and early–10:30 am–and clapped my hands together, eager to begin my day.”Feed me,” I heard a voice say from the other room.”Lauren is that you?” I asked, inquisitively.”Feed me Seymour, feed me now,” the voice continued.Ah, Lauren left the TV on. “Little Shop of Horrors” on TBS.In any case,…