Recipes and food adventures with Adam Roberts
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Ask The Amateur Gourmet!
And now for the birth of a new feature–ASK THE AMATEUR GOURMET!–in which site readers from all over the world ask the Amateur Gourmet culinary questions that he is completely incapable of answering. Here we go!Dear Amateur Gourmet,Where does the word “sushi” come from? My husband says it’s Japanese, but I’m convinced it’s Italian. Can…
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Cooking Light With Pancetta!
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EPISODE ONE:SUNDAY MORNING CELEBRATION OF YOU DAY!https://youtu.be/lUG1Qa925Ig
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Gourmet Dinner, Thumbs Up Breakfast, Horrific Epilogue
Last night the culinary muse descended upon me and whispered into my ear.”Challenge yourself, my boy!”I rose to the challenge and whipped out three cookbooks: Mario Batali’s “Simple Italian Food,” Alice Waters’ “Chez Panisse Cooking” and Sarah Moulton’s “Cooking With Sarah Moulton.”From the first, I made a bizarre salad of fennel, blood oranges, pomegranate seeds…
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It’s A Knife!
THE AMATEUR GOURMET IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE BIRTH OF HIS NEW KITCHEN APPLIANCEKNIFEBORN IN GERMANY, KNIFE IS A MEMBER OF THE WUSTHOF CLAN: STAINLESS STEEL, TEN INCH BLADE. HE WAS TEMPORARILY HOUSED IN THE CUTLERY WING OF WILLIAMS-SONOMA IN THE LENOX MALL:WHILE DRIVING HIM HOME, THE AMATEUR GOURMET NOTICED THAT TOWER RECORDS IS OUT…
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The Thursday Night Dinner Song: “Wendy’s (I Told You Lies)”
Here’s a cheatin’ song about dinner:Download fileMy apologies to any legitimate blues singers.
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Thursday Night Dinner Song: DELAY
Due to extenuating circumstances (my roommate is sleeping and I just got home) the Thursday night dinner song will not be available until tomorrow.In it’s place, however, may I present the sultry stylings of one of the world’s greatest singers: Wing!Here’s her version of last week’s dinner song: Don’t Cry For Me Argentina.
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Horny Melon
Today I was in Whole Foods, perusing the produce aisles when I encountered a spiky lemon-like fruit that looked like something out of a Tim Burton movie.”What the hell is that thing?” I asked.”Language!” shouted a school teacher.”Sorry.”I read the sign above the spiky lemonfruit. It said: HORNY MELON.”Horny melon?” I asked.”If I have to…
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Fried Chicken at Watershed (Atlanta)
Tuesday night is fried chicken night at Watershed.Watershed is a Decatur-based establishment dedicated to Southern cooking and owned by (depending on who you ask) either one or both of the Indigo Girls. The executive chef is Scott Peacock, whose “Southern Cooking” is a recent cookbook bestseller, available at your local cookbook dealer.Yes, Tuesday night is…
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Comment Prompt #4: The Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living
Why didn’t you answer comment prompt #3?
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Comment Prompt #3: The Best Cook You Know
Who is the best cook you know?I nominate my dear friend and occassional pseudonymous contributor to TAG, Katy S. To be honest, I have only eaten a few things made at Katy’s hand but each one is among the best I’ve had in that category. For example: her apple pie. She makes great apple pie!…
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