Recipes and food adventures with Adam Roberts

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grits

  • Classic Shrimp and Grits

    Classic Shrimp and Grits

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    On a recent trip to Jackson, Mississippi, I had grits for breakfast at Elvie’s (served with coffee-rubbed pork and red-eye gravy) and fell in love. They were fluffy, they were hearty, they were the perfect base for a saucy topping.

  • Shrimp and Grits

    Shrimp and Grits

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    Last week, I shot a little commercial for SAY Media here in my apartment and the food stylist (who ended up being my friend Brett) came with tons of ingredients and left many behind. Most significantly: a bag of shrimp. On Saturday morning, I decided I wanted to put that shrimp to work along with…

  • Nectarine Cake

    Nectarine Cake

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    So yes, when you come home from a foreign country, you want to cook all the things you ate there–to see if you can recreate the magic–but then you also want to cook something familiar: the kind of food you missed when you were abroad. The very first thing that I made when I came…

  • My Love Affair with Grits

    My Love Affair with Grits

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    [Hey, this is Adam The Amateur Gourmet. I’m on vacation in Barcelona, Spain and while I’m gone I’ve asked some awesome people to fill in for me. The first awesome person on the docket is the co-proprietor of one of the best bakeries in all of New York, Mr. Matt Lewis of Baked. I love…