Recipes and food adventures with Adam Roberts

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  • Key Lime Pie

    Key Lime Pie

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    It’s Father’s Day this weekend and no dessert makes me think more of my dad than Key Lime Pie. The association isn’t based on any particular memory; it’s based on a series of memories of dinners at steakhouses or seafood restaurants where my mom would be taking too long tearing apart her lobster, my dad…

  • Kimchi Fried Rice

    Kimchi Fried Rice

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    The road to dinner may be paved with good intentions (something healthy), bad intentions (something naughty), but most frequently it’s paved with whatever you have lying around. And in my case, a few days ago, that happened to be kimchi and rice. The rice I keep with the pasta and polenta as an always-on-hand base…

  • American Italian vs. Italian Italian (Carmine’s & Sfoglia)

    American Italian vs. Italian Italian (Carmine’s & Sfoglia)

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    My dad and I often have a debate about food. It usually begins when my dad says, “This restaurant sucks.” You see, my dad likes food that is familiar and when it comes to food that’s familiar he loves Italian food. But a very specific kind of Italian food: he loves American Italian food.