Recipes and food adventures with Adam Roberts

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  • No Sweetener For You (Do Coffee Shops Go Too Far?)

    No Sweetener For You (Do Coffee Shops Go Too Far?)

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    You can divide coffee shops, these days, into two categories: those pushing the sugar (Starbucks, The Coffee Bean, Dunkin’ Donuts) and those scorning the sweet stuff. Most of us start out in the former camp–I began my coffee-drinking habits with Frappuccinos–and migrate to the latter camp, the independent coffee shop where the beans are of…

  • Pour-Over Coffee

    Pour-Over Coffee

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    Food journalists notice food trends—“this is the year of the nutmeg martini!” “oatmeal’s out, grits are back in”–and I’m not a food journalist, so I feel like I get a free pass on that front. I just cook, blog and eat (not always in that order) and go about my merry way. But last year,…

  • How To Always Get A Seat at a Crowded Coffee Shop

    How To Always Get A Seat at a Crowded Coffee Shop

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    Every day I go to a coffee shop to work on my book. And every day I witness the same phenomenon: people poke their heads through the door, look at all the crowded tables, sigh a heavy sigh and leave. I want to yell out: “Don’t leave! You’re giving up too easily!” But since most…