Recipes and food adventures with Adam Roberts

  • My First Quesadilla

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    This past summer, I worked at a law firm in Los Angeles. One day, all the interns (myself included) went to have Mexican food for lunch. To better inform the story, here is a brief synopsis of my Mexican food experience up to that point:1. When I was 8, my parents took us to a…

  • Feedback At This Juncture

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    Let’s hear your voice, America! What do you like about The Amateur Gourmet? What would you like to see more of? Less of? The dark underbelly of? We here at the Amateur Gourmet appreciate your feedback and though, most likely, we’ll ignore it, it’s nice to know that people like you have enough free time…

  • Corn Eaters March on the Capitol

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    ATLANTA, GA–(AP)The Gay Corn Eaters of Georgia marched on the Capitol today, chanting “We Shall All Eat Corn” and other rousing spirituals. They were met by the Anti-Gay-Cornists who wielded Bibles and posters espousing anti-gay-corn-eating rhetoric.One of the Anti-Gay-Cornists, PJ Owens, held a sign saying: “Homo Sex is a Sin.””What does that have to do…

  • Dressing Strawberries For The Oscars

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    Nominated for their work in the film “Lost in Digestion,” a tub of strawberries knocked on my door tonight and asked me to dress them.”Look we don’t have a lot of time,” said the lead strawberry, “what can you do for us?”I carried them over to the sink for a quick evaluation.”I see chocolate,” I…

  • A Moveable Feast in East Atlanta

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    I am in a coffee shop in East Atlanta–Joe’s–using the wireless internet to work on reserach for my “Sexuality and Parenthood” term paper.Except, as usual, my research has morphed into a delirious bout of web-surfing and day-dreaming.This morning, I received an e-mail from the lovely Clotilde of the scrumptious food blog Chocolate and Zucchini. She…

  • It’s PomLightful, It’s PomLicious, It’s PomWonderful

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    Tonight, with my hastily assembled Whole Foods dinner, I needed to grab a drink. My normal drink of choice in such situations is Iced Tea. Whole Foods has a nasty selection of “mature” Iced Teas–Honest Tea, with its obnoxious Zen labels, tastes like dirty sock water. The Tazo teas–which I like in teabag hot-water form–are…

  • MFSushiBar

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    In Gourmet Magazine earlier this year there was a supplement listing the hottest and best restaurants in every city. When I finally got to the Atlanta section, I was surprised to see–sandwiched between the Ritz Carlton and Seeger’s–a restaurant Lauren often waxed lyrical about: MFSushi.”It’s the best sushi ever,” Lauren would say. “It’s amazing. Like…

  • A Dirty Little Secret

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    The time has come for a confession. Forgive me readers, for I have sinned. A lot.I have been advertising myself as a “gourmet”–an amateur one, at that, but still–and yet my “gourmet” status is about to become severely compromised. I wake up in the morning craving not a Bouillabaisse or a Vichyssoise. I pine not…

  • The Thursday Night Dinner Song: “Dinner: The Musical”

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    Book, Music and Lyrics: The Amateur GourmetDinner Monologues: JoshFeaturing: The Amateur Gourmet, Josh and KatyDownload file

  • How I Survived The Blackout: A Journal

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    WEDNESDAY FEB. 25 2004, 10:53 PMI am making guacamole. Lauren is watching Will and Grace. Suddenly, and without anyone warning, the electricty snaps off. We are in utter darkness.10:54 PMI begin screaming like a girl. Lauren smacks me across the face. She misses and knocks over a lamp. “Get a hold of yourself!” she yells.10:55…

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