Recipes and food adventures with Adam Roberts

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cold weather food

  • Made-Up Minestrone

    Made-Up Minestrone

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    My proudest culinary achievements aren’t the ones where I followed a recipe really well or repeated a specific technique demonstrated by a chef, they’re the ones where on a freezing cold night, instead of ordering a pizza or Thai food (side-note: we still haven’t found good take-out in the West Village; anyone?) I whip up…

  • Caramelized Apple Pancakes

    Caramelized Apple Pancakes

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    People who live in warm climates aren’t allowed to eat pancakes. It’s true: pancakes are for cold winter mornings, still in your pajamas, curled around a space heater and holding your coffee mug close to your face. Pancake batter is basically cake batter and the only way you can justify eating cake at the start…

  • Cold Weather Lunches in N.Y.C. (Setagaya & Pearl)

    Cold Weather Lunches in N.Y.C. (Setagaya & Pearl)

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    There are cold days and then there are really cold days and on those really cold days you probably want to stay at home, under the covers, and never get out of bed. But then you have to get out of bed and, more importantly, you have to eat and if you’re in Manhattan running…

  • Rigatoni Bolognese

    Rigatoni Bolognese

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    December marks the transition from the sweet confections of Thanksgiving to the more complex, rewarding foods of winter. Sure, there’s still Hanukkah with its fried latkes and apple sauce (an easy thrill) and Christmas with its sticky, gooey ham (which could fit comfortably on the Thanksgiving table) but, for the most part, when the weather…