Recipes and food adventures with Adam Roberts

  • 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…

  • Kumquats

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    It may or may not be a strange fruit, but in my life I have never had a kumquat. So I bought a plastic tub of them tonight at Whole Foods:After my scrumptious “home cooked” meal, I popped the lid off and washed them. Then I read the label: “Edible skin and tart pulp.”Great! So,…

  • Favorite Easy Dinner

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    This is a variation on my mother’s recipe for chicken. The recipe goes like this:1. Go to Publix.2. Buy an already roasted chicken.3. Go home.4. Eat it.In my version, I retain a greater morsel of self-respect. First of all I buy my chicken from Whole Foods. Granted, I probably spend a dollar or two more,…

  • Blog And You Shall Receive

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    Last week I received a very nice e-mail from an editor at National Georgraphic Traveler. He told me that he enjoyed my website and that in his line of work he received many stacks of food books that just lay around. Would I like him to send some to me?I wrote back: “Yes, Oh God,…

  • My Favorite Pastry

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    This is my favorite pastry:What is it called? That depends on who you ask. In the California Farmer’s Market, this was called a Raspberry Princess. At Alon’s Bakery, where I purchased this beautiful specimen, it was called “Fruit Bar.” I call it: Piece Of Heaven. But I’m biased. After all, this is my favorite pastry.What…