Recipes and food adventures with Adam Roberts

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  • Rice Salad with Olives and Pine Nuts

    Rice Salad with Olives and Pine Nuts

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    The smartest food bloggers rave about the recipes they post in the first paragraph so you’re positively dying to click ahead and read the rest. Me? I kind of do that, but I also can’t help being a truth-teller. So yesterday, I was honest when I said that I loved the Franny’s Toasted Almond Gelato…

  • Heavenly Hummus with Homemade Pita Chips

    Heavenly Hummus with Homemade Pita Chips

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    One thing that I like about cooking is that even if think you know a recipe, there’s always a better version lurking around the corner. It’s always possible to make something better. So, for example, homemade hummus: I’ve been making it for a while. Generally, I just strain a can of chickpeas (reserving the liquid),…

  • Easy Mac and Cheese

    Easy Mac and Cheese

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    The easiest mac and cheese is the one from the box. The next one up, though, may be this one: instead of making a béchamel with butter, flour and milk–an easy enough process, but a process nonetheless–you heat three cups of cream and dump a bunch of grated cheese into it. You flavor the resulting…