Recipes and food adventures with Adam Roberts

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  • Espagnole Sauce: My Culinary Everest

    Espagnole Sauce: My Culinary Everest

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    [My friend Diana Fithian–playwright and home cook extraordinaire–kicks off Day 2 of Sauce Week with this epic post about one of the world’s most difficult and important sauces. Take it away, Diana!] When Adam asked if Iʼd like to contribute to Sauce Week, and sent a list of sauces to choose from, there was one…

  • Tuesday Techniques: Cooking with Demi-Glace (Hunter Chicken)

    Tuesday Techniques: Cooking with Demi-Glace (Hunter Chicken)

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    Tom Colicchio, that most formidable of judges on “Top Chef,” shocked me the other night when, during an interview on PBS’s series Chef’s Story (with Dorothy Hamilton) he revealed that he hadn’t gone to cooking school, he taught himself everything he knows using Jacques Pepin’s “La Technique” and “La Méthode.” (This is corroborated on his…