Recipes and food adventures with Adam Roberts

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January 2004

  • Gourmet Dinner, Thumbs Up Breakfast, Horrific Epilogue

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    Last night the culinary muse descended upon me and whispered into my ear.”Challenge yourself, my boy!”I rose to the challenge and whipped out three cookbooks: Mario Batali’s “Simple Italian Food,” Alice Waters’ “Chez Panisse Cooking” and Sarah Moulton’s “Cooking With Sarah Moulton.”From the first, I made a bizarre salad of fennel, blood oranges, pomegranate seeds…

  • It’s A Knife!

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    THE AMATEUR GOURMET IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE BIRTH OF HIS NEW KITCHEN APPLIANCEKNIFEBORN IN GERMANY, KNIFE IS A MEMBER OF THE WUSTHOF CLAN: STAINLESS STEEL, TEN INCH BLADE. HE WAS TEMPORARILY HOUSED IN THE CUTLERY WING OF WILLIAMS-SONOMA IN THE LENOX MALL:WHILE DRIVING HIM HOME, THE AMATEUR GOURMET NOTICED THAT TOWER RECORDS IS OUT…

  • The Thursday Night Dinner Song: “Wendy’s (I Told You Lies)”

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    Here’s a cheatin’ song about dinner:Download fileMy apologies to any legitimate blues singers.

  • Thursday Night Dinner Song: DELAY

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    Due to extenuating circumstances (my roommate is sleeping and I just got home) the Thursday night dinner song will not be available until tomorrow.In it’s place, however, may I present the sultry stylings of one of the world’s greatest singers: Wing!Here’s her version of last week’s dinner song: Don’t Cry For Me Argentina.

  • Horny Melon

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    Today I was in Whole Foods, perusing the produce aisles when I encountered a spiky lemon-like fruit that looked like something out of a Tim Burton movie.”What the hell is that thing?” I asked.”Language!” shouted a school teacher.”Sorry.”I read the sign above the spiky lemonfruit. It said: HORNY MELON.”Horny melon?” I asked.”If I have to…

  • Fried Chicken at Watershed (Atlanta)

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    Tuesday night is fried chicken night at Watershed.Watershed is a Decatur-based establishment dedicated to Southern cooking and owned by (depending on who you ask) either one or both of the Indigo Girls. The executive chef is Scott Peacock, whose “Southern Cooking” is a recent cookbook bestseller, available at your local cookbook dealer.Yes, Tuesday night is…

  • Comment Prompt #4: The Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living

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    Why didn’t you answer comment prompt #3?

  • Comment Prompt #3: The Best Cook You Know

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    Who is the best cook you know?I nominate my dear friend and occassional pseudonymous contributor to TAG, Katy S. To be honest, I have only eaten a few things made at Katy’s hand but each one is among the best I’ve had in that category. For example: her apple pie. She makes great apple pie!…

  • Celebrity Eater Interview: Andrew Sullivan

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    Tonight I had the inspired idea of e-mailing Andrew Sullivan—editor at the New Republic and perpetual blogger at www.andrewsullivan.com—a few food-related questions. Imagine my surprise when he quickly (and rather generously) replied. Here are his responses below. Thanks again Mr. Sullivan!What are your favorite foods?Yorkshire pudding; apple pie; Mcdonald’s fries.What foods do you despise?Anything pretentious.What’s…

  • New York Prime (Boca Raton, Florida)

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    “Don’t write anything bad about New York Prime,” my mother warns. “I’m serious, Adam. Don’t.”New York Prime is my parents haunt; it is their Cheers, their Casablanca. We go there every time I come home and we are treated like royalty.”Mrs. Roberts!””Dr. Roberts!”The entire room shifts with excitement. New York Prime is a scene, and…