Recipes and food adventures with Adam Roberts

  • My Site WILL Go On!

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    Now I’ve really made it:The Celine Dion Fan Forum links my cupcakes.

  • Johnny’s Pizza (Atlanta)

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    Tonight Lauren and I ordered a pizza. The first idea was to order from Savage Pizza but the Savages refused to deliver to Emory.”Sorry man,” a Savage said on the phone. “We don’t go out that far.”So we went for Johnny’s. The official name is “Johnny’s New York Pizza,” but that is perhaps a misnomer.…

  • Starter Me Up?

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    I spent the afternoon reading 68 pages of Nancy Silverton’s Breads from the La Brea Bakery. This was one of my birthday gifts, and I was very excited about diving in and making delicious bread. Turns out that “diving in” happens in bread-making the way pyrotechnics happen at a PGA tournament. (Forgive that last sentence,…

  • Public Apology: Marshmallow Chronology

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    It came to my attention last night, by way of site reader Seth, that my Marshmallow film: “How To Make Marshmallows In Reverse!” has a serious flaw. The film, as most of you know, plays backwards: beginning with the eating of marshmallows and ending with the preparing of the pan. Well, that is until at…

  • Another Milestone!

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    Today, our site hit the 200,000 mark in total visitors. Pretty crazy for a site only 4 weeks old![NOTE: For those of you savvy enough to click my sitemeter on the lower left, it will seem that I’ve only received 91,485 visitors in total. That’s because we installed sitemeter after the first huge influx of…

  • The Ew Department: Bagel Dippers

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    Lauren and I went to Einstein Bagels for lunch today. The next table over, a young seemingly healthy couple proceeded to do the following. They each tore at their individual bagels, spread cream cheese on the torn off piece, and proceeded to dunk the piece in a communal cup of coffee. I have never been…

  • How To Throw An Elegant Party in Less Than 8 Hours

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    by Amateur Gourmet Staff Reporter Tallulah BackwashTallulah Backwash here with an instructive primer on party-throwing and deep deep reveling. For those of you who have read my other essays—“Therapeutic Bathing: How To Fight Loneliness With Suds” and “No, You Don’t Have To Love Your Baby”—you are probably already familiar with my sassy, irreverent style. So…

  • Last Minute Party Planning!

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    Ok two hours and 15 minutes before people start arriving and there’s so much left to do! Why am I posting on my blog?Here’s what’s up. I have to go make homemade guacamole and sun-dried tomato dip, scarf down dinner, vacuum, shower and dress myself. Will it happen? Will this party be a flop or…

  • The Thursday Night Dinner Song: “The Burrito Song II”

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    Hahahahaha.Me + Burrito + Apple’s new Garageband software = Disturbing Latin Rap Song. Enjoy!Download file

  • The Ew Department: Yogurt Covered Pretzels

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    Surprise, surprise: today the thought of touching food repulsed me. I rolled out of bed, put my stockings on and began fretting over what I would consume before class.Our refrigerator offered no help: left over sour cream, year old cartons of red pepper hummus. Yes: time to clean the fridge.So I went to Smoothie King…