Recipes and food adventures with Adam Roberts

  • In-Flight Stream of Consciousness After-The-Fact

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    Today, on my Delta Song flight from LaGuardia to Ft. Lauderdale, I had a stream of consciousness. Granted, one is always having a stream of consciousness, but this one was a good one. This was a food related stream of consciousness. I will attempt to recreate it for you here.It began with thoughts of bread.…

  • Oh Babbo, My Babbo: An Epic Poem

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    And then the bread of crusty crustsparking such debateLisa saying: “Eh, it’s ok”And me saying: “It’s great!”The waitress steered us brave and clearthrough a menu tough and tricky;A pasta here, an entree thereand “God, not that, it’s icky!”Beginning with an autumn salad,Lisa declared: “It’s warm!”Mint Love Letters graced my plate;Their function quashed their form.And then…

  • It’s ‘Wichcraaaaaaaft!

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    I carry a pocket Moleskin notepook in, of all places, my pocket. Matisse and Hemingway did too. At least that’s what it said on the Moleskin advertising material.I have had my Moleskin notebook for over a year now. This is rather disappointing since my Moleskin notebook is filled with my ideas. Since the book has…

  • Pictures From Yesterday

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    Taking a leap of faith, I attempted to upload my pictures from yesterday one more time and whaddya know, it worked! So here they are, sans narrative and just a smathering of title cards. Tonight Lisa and I are off to Babbo for our grand New York finale!Brunch At Sarah Beth’sMy almond crusted french toast…

  • A Day of Unuploadable Pictures

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    I regret to inform you that the wireless internet connection I am mooching off will not allow me to upload my pictures from today to the internet. Thus, you will not see the following:- Pictures of a delicious brunch at Sarah Beth’s Kitchen! Oh my God it was so good. But even better, I got…

  • Adam and Lisa Eat The Lower East Side (and Soho)!

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    Ladies and gentlemen, I present a grand work of scintillating cinema!

  • The Buttercup Cupcake Shop

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    Around the corner from Amma, Ricky dragged us to what had he heard was the home of the best cupcakes in New York.”But Ricky!” I said, “We’re going to be late for our show!”[We had tickets for WICKED at 8 pm.]”We could go to four different cupcake shops and still make our show,” said Ricky…

  • Amma (New York)

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    If you are a restaurant and you want to piss me off, here is what you should do. Send a waiter over to my table and have him say: “Would you like sparkling or flat water tonight?” Then, when me and my companions say “flat,” have the waiter return with a large bottle of water.…

  • Gotham (New York)

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    Dana and I met our freshman year of high school in Trigonometry with Mrs. * who, by all accounts, was certifiably insane. There was the time, for example, that Mrs. * threw a chair across the room or, more peculiarly, stormed out of the classroom in a fury, slamming the door eight times against the…

  • I Made It There, I Can Make It Anywhere!

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    Hello from New York!Well I made it here safe and sound. Here are some noteworthy aspects of my journey:- The security line at the Atlanta airport was insanely long. It wrapped all the way out to the baggage carousels. I’m still somewhat reeling from the wait.- The Delta flight boarded by Zones, the first time…