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Justin Bieber’s Monkey Eats Germany

April 9, 2013 | By Adam Roberts | 5 Comments

Chicken Caesar Fit For The Gods

April 2, 2013 | By Adam Roberts | 16 Comments

Cookfight! Kim Severson vs. Julia Moskin

December 6, 2012 | By Adam Roberts | 0 Comments

The concept of COOKFIGHT is incredibly fresh. New York Times journalists Kim Severson and Julia Moskin, who also happen to be best friends, choose a theme (dinner on a budget, for example) and then compete to see who can make the best meal. The results of their efforts fill the pages of this book; a book so chock-full of winning recipes, I’m not sure which one I want to make first. Ok, that’s a lie, I know which one I want to make first but it means I’m choosing sides in the Cookfight. (Don’t tell Kim, but it’s Julia’s pasta with roast chicken, currants and pine nuts.)

Yesterday, I was lucky enough to be invited to the New York Times building (my first time!) to interview Kim and Julia about their book. Instead of a lengthy 20 minute interview that meanders in all directions, I decided to pose various Cookfights to them to watch them duke it out. Coke vs. Pepsi, Mounds vs. Almond Joy, etc. The results are in the video below; but if you have a job where you can’t watch videos at work, I’ve broken it all down for you underneath it with comic book speech balloons that recreate the conversation.

The Best Doughnuts in L.A. (A Comic Odyssey)

November 2, 2011 | By Adam Roberts | 0 Comments

Eating With Food Bloggers in California

February 22, 2011 | By Adam Roberts | 0 Comments

Strange Crust (Or How I Learned To Love British Pies)

August 4, 2009 | By spainblogger | 0 Comments

[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. Today we continue British Guest Poster Day with someone who isn't really British, but who recently moved to England. My friend Tray Butler, as you'll see below, is an incredibly talented illustrator as well as the author of "Moon Atlanta," a travel handbook that'll be published by Avalon Travel this fall. You can see more of his work at trayb.com. Take it away, Tray!]