Recipes and food adventures with Adam Roberts

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  • Everybody Loves Romano Beans

    Everybody Loves Romano Beans

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    Recently on Twitter, someone named @Bobby Tweeted: “The worst writing online is those quirky 17-paragraph preambles recipe bloggers post before telling you what to put in your fuckin lasagna.” You might think that a Tweet like this (which has over 12,000 likes and 3,000 RTs) might enrage someone like me who spent over a decade…

  • East Coast vs. West Coast Porchetta

    East Coast vs. West Coast Porchetta

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    On a cold December day in New York, I took the 6 train down from the Upper East Side to the Astor Place stop with porchetta on my mind. No, not Sara Jenkins’ glorious Porchetta sandwich served at her sandwich spot so devoted to porchetta it’s called, well, Porchetta. This time I was headed to…

  • Stop It With The Small Plates! (Except Where They Work)

    Stop It With The Small Plates! (Except Where They Work)

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    Dear Restaurant Owners, The jig is up! Do you think I’m a chump? Do you think I don’t see through you and your small plate menus? You’re trying to get me to spend more money than I want to! Instead of offering up an individual-sized appetizer for $12 to $15 and an entree in the…

  • The Apple Pan, Gjelina Take Away & The Lazy Ox Canteen

    The Apple Pan, Gjelina Take Away & The Lazy Ox Canteen

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    I’m terrible at geography (please don’t ask me to find Iowa on a map) but I’m wonderful at food geography, especially when I know a city really well. In New York, friends would call me on a regular basis with queries like: “I’m going to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and need a place for…