It’s been a long time since I did a reader survey, to learn more about you–yes YOU–the person reading my site. So, if you’re so inclined, feel free to fill out the form below in the comments. It’ll be great to get a sense of who’s reading my site these days.
Name:
Location:
Age:
Sex:
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?:
How Did You Get Here?:
What’s For Dinner Tonight?:
Thanks!
Name: rhiamom
Location: Thailand
Age: 54
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: chocolate, peanut butter, bread, yogurt, eggs
Five Foods You Can Live Without: liver, tofu, bittergourd, jackfruit, durian
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 2 or 3 years
How Did You Get Here?: my daughter
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Chicken stir-fry with garlic, asparagus and shiitake mushrooms, seasoned with black pepper and oyster sauce.
Judith
Italy
old enough
yes, please
Pork, pecorino, Parmigiano Reggiano, eggs, flour
Most intestines and glands, octopus,eel, rabbit, frog
Ummm, long enough to not remember
A reference on another chef’s blog
Diet: lean pork, broccoli, water
Name: Jason Sholar
Location: Taylor, MI (Detroit area)
Age: 26
Sex: Male
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Gnocchi, Schaffer Burger Chocolate, Risotto, Chicken & Dessert!!!
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Brussel Sprouts, Rare Meat, Seafood, Peas & I don’t know…
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 2.5+ years
How Did You Get Here?: General food blog surfing through Google. Once I found it, I could not leave it.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Probably junk food, as I’m going bowling after work. No matter what I’m sure the bar will be included. :-)
Name: Marsh Hanson
Location: NYC
Age: 37
Sex: M
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Dark Chocolate, Cheddar Cheese, a killer Ranch Dressing, lobster, eggs benny
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Sauerkraut, truffles (I know…), Curry, Raisins (of any date, fig, etc.)
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: half a year
How Did You Get Here?: linked
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: usually, whatever CooksIllustrated’s daily recipe is.
Name: Devlyn
Location: Currently Boise, Idaho
Age: 27
Sex: F
5 Foods not w/out: sushi, sushi, mango, sushi, and sushi
5 Foods w/: Peas, spaghetti squash, pork products, lobster, and cauliflower
Reading: A few years? Just came back from a too-long haitus.
Found: via Google
Dinner: Teriyaki salmon with broccoli and japanese rice. Maybe some miso soup.
Name: Mark
Location: N KY
Age: 46
Sex: M
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
BBQ Ribs
Chili
Steak
Beef stroganoff
Philly cheesesteak sandwich
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
Brussels Sprouts
Sauerkraut
Goetta
Bad Chili
bad BBQ
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Cpl months
How Did You Get Here?: Not a clue
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: It’s Wed so it must be Taco’s
Name:Lisa
Location: Southern Wisconsin
Age: 47
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Pasta, Chocolate, Lemons, Chicken, Any kind of Curry
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Cooked carrots, liver, custards, canned vegtables, muskmelon
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: a year and a half or so
How Did You Get Here?: some cooking blog link somewhere?
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Leftover Thai chicken curry w/ rice
Beryl
Los Angeles
33
F
5 Foods not w/out: chocolate, coffee, fresh berries, sushi, my spaghetti with meat sauce
5 Foods w/: cauliflower, herring, arugula, anchovies, avocado
Reading: 6 months
Found: zuccini & chocolate
Dinner: chicken parmesan
Name: Trudy
Location: NYC
Age: 27
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Risotto, seafood, avocado, peaches, chocolate
Five Foods You Can Live Without: refried beans, olives, marzipan, honeybaked ham
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: since before you moved to NYC, how long ago was that?
How Did You Get Here?: can’t even remember
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: trout with macadamias, serrano, and green beans from Rick Bayless’ Mexican Everyday
Name: Spike
Location: Hong Kong
Age: 52
Sex: As often as possible (male, obviously)
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: chocolate, steak, all seafood (but especially sashimi and shellfish), pasta, pizza
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
eggs, stinky tofu, liver, all canned fruit and veggies, anything my mother cooks
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: at least six months, maybe a year?
How Did You Get Here?: Probably it was a link from another food blog
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: yikes! the worst day to answer this question. the free buffet at Laguna Bar, which consisted of tiny hot dogs and frozen mini spring rolls – but it was free!
Name: Kate H
Location: MD
Age:28
Sex:F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Cheetos, Pad Thai, Steamed Shrimp, Steak and Bleu cheese
Five Foods You Can Live Without: liver, lima beans, bell peppers, anything with ameretto flavoring and ….
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: since the janet jackson cup cakes post
How Did You Get Here?: linked by a site that had an article on the janet jackson cup cakes
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: venison tenderloin ( if my hubbie remembers to thaw it out), broccoli and mashed taters
Name: Jonathan
Location: rural Kentucky
Age: 31
Sex: M
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: bread, garlic, salsa, fresh garden tomatoes, beer
Five Foods You Can Live Without: mayonnaise, mushrooms, tofu, caramel, bell peppers
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 3-4 months
How Did You Get Here?: food blog surfing from Google
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Homemade pasta with marinara and pesto (jarred pesto, unfortunately–can’t find enough basil around here this time of year) with roasted green beans.
Name: Rob
Location: Oklahoma
Age: 38
Sex: M
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
sicilian red sauce, san francisco sourdough, fried chicken, oatmeal cookies, tabouli
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
cheese, califlower, mushrooms, caviar, bananas
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: about 2 years
How Did You Get Here?: I think from another foodie blog
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: a big ol’ salad w/homemade Lebanese dressing
Name: Lisa
Location: Urbana, IL
Age: 27
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: chocolate, mama’s italian beef, cheese, avocado, & garbanzo beans
Five Foods You Can Live Without: pigs feet, cauliflower, fennel, salmon, & ham
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: several months
How Did You Get Here?: through Orangette’s blog
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: mama’s meatballs and penne
Michele
Chicago
25
Female
5 Loves: Ribs, Pasta, Sweet Potatoes, Brussel Sprouts, Soup
5 Yucks: Anchovies, Beans, Chili, Beef Strogenoff (sp?), Liver
Reading for a few months
Stumbled from a link from another blog, I suppose…
Mmmm… I don’t know yet, I’m going to Milwaukee for dinner!
Name: Mary
Location: Georgia and California
Age:46
Sex:F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Pasta, Wine, Tomatoes, Heavy Cream, Cheese
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Liver, Lima Beans, Lentils, Lamb and Cabbage
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 1 year
How Did You Get Here?: Google
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Pork Scallopine, Garlic Bread, Coppolla Claret
What better time to delurk? Hi, Adam!
Name: RA
Location: PA
Age: twenties
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: (sorry, I’m not very gourmet)
– pasta
– mushrooms
– chicken noodle soup
– Swedish fish
– no-knead bread
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
– beets
– turnips
– sweet potatoes (I seem to have a root veggie thing going here)
– raisins
– French toast
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: about a year?
How Did You Get Here?: a link from Smitten Kitchen
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Mmm, mac and cheese from the America’s Test Kitchen cookbook
Name: Andrea
Location: Florida
Age: 32
Sex: Only on a full moon
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Strawberries, chicken, tortillas, carrots and any kind of citrus
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Canned peas, asparagus, olives, processed cheese, non-diary creamer
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 3 or 4 months
How Did You Get Here?: Following links in other blogs
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Haven’t thought that far ahead.
Name: Becky
Location: Dallas, Texas
Age: 25
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Chocolate and Peanut Butter (counting them as one because that’s the only way to eat them), potatoes (mashed, baked, au gratin, raw, fried, etc…it doesn’t matter), cheese (cheddar, brie, feta, gorgonzola, etc), Mexican (or Tex-Mex more truthfully) and Chinese
Five Foods You Can Live Without: liver, bell peppers, fish (excluding shellfish), brussel sprouts and tofu
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: several months now
How Did You Get Here?: probably a link from another blog but I don’t remember which one
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: leftovers
Name: Linda
Location: Nashville, TN
Age: 35
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: hummus, pierogies, sour cream, garlic, olives
Five Foods You Can Live Without: haggis, eel, chocolate, canned vegs, clams
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 2004
How Did You Get Here?: Today? Google Reader
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: cheese tortellini with grilled chicken and Alfredo sauce
Name: Judy
Location: Northern California
Age: Does it really matter?
Sex: Obviously female, see age comment
5 foods can’t live w/out: pasta, cheese, steak, strawberries, chocolate
5 foods can live w/out: brussel sprouts, tofu, blue cheese, mussels and really weak coffee
How long reading AG: Not long enough
How I found you: 101 Cookbooks
Whats for dinner tonight? Red Snapper, Asparagus and rice w/mushrooms
Name: Jenni
Location: Boulder, Colorado
Age: 28
Sex: Girl
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: cured pork products, salmon, nectarines, yogurt, avacados
Five Foods You Can Live Without: peas, whiskey, liver, Smarties, oven-roasted turkey breast cold cuts
How Long Have You Been Reading AG?: 2.5 years
How Did You Get Here?: Friends with AG from the college days,
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: something gluten-free as i was diagnosed with Celiac Disease a few weeks ago– makes eating significantly less fun :(
Name: Lou
Location: Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico
Age: 52
Sex: M
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
Pasta
Bacalaitos
Alcapurrias
chicken soup
bread
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
candy
soft drinks
organ meats
pop tarts
frozen bagels
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 6 months
How Did You Get Here?: google
What’s For Dinner Tonight?:
Name:Lina
Location:New Haven,CT
Age:46
Sex:Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:Nutella,Cheese,Pate,Broccoli rabe,butter
Five Foods You Can Live Without:Chicken soup,peanut butter,pickles,liver,mustard
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 1 yr
How Did You Get Here?:Orangette’s blog
What’s For Dinner Tonight?:Rabe with turkey sausage & pasta.
Name:Shane
Location:Vancouver, WA
Age:36
Sex:M
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Wasabe, Chocolate, Sesame Oil, Cheese, White Tea
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Tomatoes, Sea Urchins, Okra, Bananas, Grape Leaves
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Several Months
How Did You Get Here?: I put a URL in the location bar and hit enter.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Undetermined. I and my family are sick. Possibly chicken, rice and cauliflower. Simple, and safe.
Name: Chanelle
Location: Arizona
Age: 25
Sex: f
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: french fries, raspberries, pasta, any dish with lemon(sweet OR savory) and DESSERT.
Five Foods You Can Live Without: red meat, seafood, mushrooms, mushrooms and mushrooms.
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Almost two years, I think.
How Did You Get Here?: Some google search led me to your hilarious “failure” video, and into the world of food blogging. There was no going back from that point!
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Probably Asian chicken noodle soup and baked potstickers.
Name: Brian
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
Age: 37
Sex: M
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: green salsa, green apples, brown rice, hummus, cheese
Five Foods You Can Live Without: fondant, apple sauce, cole slaw, spring rolls, beef
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Since the halcyon days of the Janet Jackson cupcakes.
How Did You Get Here?: Google Reader
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Hrm…good question. Maybe some orange chicken, steamed vegetables and brown rice.
Name: Wes Meltzer
Location: Orlando, FL
Age: 22
Sex: Male
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Bread, chocolate, roast chicken, mashed potatoes, steamed asparagus
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Brussels sprouts, okra, tuna fish, pomegranates, zucchini
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Since you were still in Atlanta — what, mid-2004?
How Did You Get Here?: Google search results, somehow
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Leftover roast chicken, rice, broccoli, maybe rice pudding if I have energy
Thanks, Adam!
Name: Rebecca Lando
Location: New York City
Age: 24
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
Challah bread
Beets
Lamb
Chocolate
Cheese
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
Cilantro
Chicken
Refried beans
Tomato paste
Soda/Pop
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 6 months-ish
How Did You Get Here?: from 101cookbooks.com
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Toasted sweet potato gnocchi with a little nutmeg, butter, and fresh-grated parmesan and an as-yet-to-be-determined salad.
Name:Amy
Location: Minneapolis
Age: 33
Sex:F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Good Dark Chocolate, Fresh Summer Tomatoes, Bread, Salty Snacks, Cooked Mushrooms
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Beets, Fennel, Anise, Uni, Ginger, Raw Mushrooms
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: about 2 years I believe
How Did You Get Here?: I think Accidental Hedonist
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Pasta w/ homemade sauce and a salad.
Name: Adam Lederer
Location: Weimar, Germany
Age: 33
Sex: Male
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: 1) Rice; 2) Tortillas; 3) Chiles; 4) Brownies; and 5) authentic Thüringen Bratwurst
Five Foods You Can Live Without: 1) coconut (in any form, even as flavoring); 2) marzapan; 3) American milk chocolate; 4) citrus fruit; and 5) fake “Thüringen Bratwurst”
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Since the Cupcakes
How Did You Get Here?: I cannot remember.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Homemade Beef Chile — its on the stove simmering as I write… but it’s also 6 hours later in Germany.
Name: Sara
Location: Milan, Italy
Age: 32
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Pasta, pizza, rice, chocolate, tomatoes
Five Foods You Can Live Without: peas, parsnips, condensed milk, tofu, natto
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: about 1 year, I think
How Did You Get Here?: I absolutely do not remember…
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Leftover from today’s post Cheese Pies…
Name:
Location: NYC/Upstate NY
Age: 37
Sex: Girly
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Bahn Mi, real hot buttered popcorn, Thai Red Curry, good ramen, bacon
Five Foods You MUST Live Without: innards, eggplant, okra, broccoli rabe, all canned vegetables other than corn
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: more than several months but under a year
How Did You Get Here?: I truly can’t remember
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: risotto with butternut squash, pancetta and peas.
Name: Trish
Location: Morristown, NJ
Age: 34
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
chocolate, gorgonzola, prosciutto, nova lox, yoghurt
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
Tofu, broccoli rabe, corn, kidney beans, brown rice
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: At least 1.5 years
How Did You Get Here?: Link from another food blog. Don’t remember which one.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Turkey Legs in a red wine sauce.
Name: Rebecca
Location: Madison, WI
Age: 23
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Tomatoes, Basil, Pasta, Sushi, Peanut Butter
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Processed x 5
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: ~ 2 months
How Did You Get Here?: NYT
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Homemade Pizza!
Name:
Location: NYC/Upstate NY
Age: 37
Sex: Girly
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Bahn Mi, real hot buttered popcorn, Thai Red Curry, good ramen, bacon
Five Foods You MUST Live Without: innards, eggplant, okra, broccoli rabe, all canned vegetables other than corn
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: more than several months but under a year
How Did You Get Here?: I truly can’t remember
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: risotto with butternut squash, pancetta and peas.
Name: Summer
Location: Austin, TX
Age:35
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: chocolate, chicken breasts, bananas, Diet Dr Pepper (not food, but still), and pizza
Five Foods You Can Live Without: onions, green bell peppers, liver, curry and cabbage
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: maybe a month now
How Did You Get Here?: google reader
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: pizza twists with marinara for dipping
Name: Dave
Location: Seattle, WA
Age: 25
Sex: M
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Chocolate, beef, beer, chicken, seafood
Food Foods You Can Live Without: onions, liver, brussel sprouts, mayonnaise, beets
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 3 Months or so.
How Did You Get Here? I think a link from another blog. I seem to recall something about food porn?
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Probably nothing (Ash Wednesday fast). If I cave, it’s going to be blue cheese bacon burgers and green beans.
Name: Christine
Location: Houston, TX
Age: 35
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Cheese, bread, chocolate, sushi, butter
Five Foods You Can Live Without: chicken thighs, watermelon, processed cheese, miracle Whip, Vienna sausages
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 2+ years
How Did You Get Here?: the famous cupcakes! (miss Jackson’s)
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Osso Buco with milanese risotto, David L.’s dulce leche brownies
Name: Lisa
Location: Sunny Columbus, Ohio
Age: ageless
Sex: Girl
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Coffee, pasta, pork products, Italian canned tuna, cruciferous vegetables
Five Foods You Can Live Without: green beans, sea cucumbers, chicken breast, fast food, brown rice (i know it’s good for me)
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: about 2 yeears
How Did You Get Here?: I think KipLog
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: a bento box full of fruit and vegetables. Mmm mmm.
Name: Rebecca Hartong
Location: Fairfax, VA
Age: 50
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: potatoes in any form, spinach samosas, plain yogurt, really good bread, good red wine. Hey, it’s food to me.
Five Foods You Can Live Without: meat, meat, meat, meat, and meat.
How Did You Get Here?: Google Reader
What’s For Dinner Tonight? Fried Rice
Name: Sarah
Location: Sarnia, Ontario
Age: 27
Sex: f
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: cheese, chinese food, chocolate, salmon, fresh bread
Five Foods You Can Live Without: tomatoes, liver, hot dogs (anything processed)…That’s about it…
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: A couple of months
How Did You Get Here?: Can’t remember, from another blog I guess
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Last night we had chicken stew – it’s always better the next day! With some nice fresh crusty bread.
Name: Vickie
Location: Wash DC
Age: old enough
Sex: f
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: meat, sushi, chips, chicken, stock
Five Foods You Can Live Without: bittermelon is the only thing I can think of
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: nearly a year
How Did You Get Here?: have no idea, though I know the first post I read was about Mario’s roasted chicken
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: maybe leftovers, maybe spaghetti bolognese if my son lets me cook
Name: Stephanie
Location: Brooklyn
Age: 30
Gender: female
Five Foods I Can’t Live Without, terribly general edition: sushi, pasta, cheese, soup, bitter greens
Five Foods I Can Live Without: green peppers, muffins, mild fish, eggplant, millet
How long/how I got here: honestly can’t remember. It’s been a while.
What’s for dinner tonight? $1 oysters and 2-for-1 wine at Jolie.
Name: Lisa
Location: Connecticut
Age: 38
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:chocolate, olive oil, cheese, bread, and any vegetable
Five Foods You Can Live Without: beef, pork, fast food, processed cheese ‘food’, anything served at the Olive Garden
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: about six months
How Did You Get Here?: Epicurious
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Tilapia w/chile lime butter, brown rice, green beans
Name: Lisa
Location: Connecticut
Age: 38
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:chocolate, olive oil, cheese, bread, and any vegetable
Five Foods You Can Live Without: beef, pork, fast food, processed cheese ‘food’, anything served at the Olive Garden
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: about six months
How Did You Get Here?: Epicurious
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Tilapia w/chile lime butter, brown rice, green beans
Name:
Location: Brooklyn
Age: 23
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Mochi Ice Cream Balls, Lasagna, Fresh Crusty Bread, Mushy Peas, Roma Tomatoes (with Basil)
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Meatloaf, Cheez Whiz, donuts, bananas (I know… it’s a texture thing), eggplant (see above)
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: About 4 months
How Did You Get Here?: Boredom at work
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Fettucine Alfredo, Bread, Wine, Cranberry & Walnut salad
Name: Sarah
Location: MD
Age: 25
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: cheese, bagels, sushi, green curry, guacamole
Five Foods You Can Live Without: beef, shellfish (in fact, I *have* to live without these), organ meat, American cheese slices, tuna casserole
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: pre nipple cupcakes
How Did You Get Here?: via Kinja or Bloglines
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Spaghetti squash with tomato sauce, grilled cheese with aged cheddar
Name: Erin
Location: NYC
Age: n/a
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
Black Beans
Peanut Butter
Coffee in the morning
Wine
Hummus
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
Cheese
Hot dogs
canned tuna
Any and all fast food
asparagus
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: a little over a year
How Did You Get Here?: i can’t remember
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: depends, we are doing our taxes, so if we get a nice refund somewhere fun for a cocktail and delicious dinner and if we don’t, we will go to the gym and have left overs
Name: Erin
Location: NYC
Age: n/a
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
Black Beans
Peanut Butter
Coffee in the morning
Wine
Hummus
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
Cheese
Hot dogs
canned tuna
Any and all fast food
asparagus
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: a little over a year
How Did You Get Here?: i can’t remember
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: depends, we are doing our taxes, so if we get a nice refund somewhere fun for a cocktail and delicious dinner and if we don’t, we will go to the gym and have left overs
Name:Michelle
Location:Midwest
Age:35
Sex:F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:Fruit, Sushi, Chocolate, Pasta, Cheese
Five Foods You Can Live Without:Bell peppers
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: almost since you started
How Did You Get Here?: followed a link – I don’t remember from where though
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Not planned – either pasta and salad or just salad.
Name: Laurie
Location: Houston, TX
Age: 29
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Indian, Mexican, Lebanese, Sushi, Italian
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Bananas, Anything in the raisin family, Menudo (tripe ewwwww), I am sure there are two others….
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 2yrs
How Did You Get Here?: A link
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Veggie Lasagna and Salad
Name: Josh
Location: Harrisonburg, VA (Rural Shenandoah Valley)
Age: 28
Sex: M
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Bread, Butter, Cheese, Chocolate, Meat
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Brussel Sprouts, Lima Beans, Oysters, Radishes, Turnips
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Since Atlanta.
How Did You Get Here?: I don’t remember.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Something frozen and boring (it’s the middle of the busy work week).
Name: Marilyn
Location: Long Island
Age: Wish I was 21, but actually 51
Sex: F
Five Foods I can’t live without: Bagels,
pasta, sushi, chicken, any kind of cheese
Five Foods I can live without: pork, brown rice, lima beans,non-dairy creamers,MacDonalds
How long have I been reading: 2+ years
How did I get here: Don’t remember- a link from somewhere
Whats for dinner tonight: Swordfish, asparagus,angel hair pasta
Name Scott
Location MA
Age 23
Sex M
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without bread, beets, balsamic vinegar, brussels sprouts (roast!), olive oil
Five Foods You Can Live Without zucchini, shrimp, pecorino cheese, saffron, mint jelly
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet? Since the Janet Jackson cupcake on CNN (3+ years?!)
How Did You Get Here? CNN
What’s For Dinner Tonight? leftover roast chicken, cold roasted root veg, green salad with balsamic-cider vinnegrette
Name: Kimberley Slobodian
Location: Vancouver, BC
Age: 35
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: chocolate, pasta, bread, red wine, cheese
Five Foods You Can Live Without: offal, injera, processed foods, fermented bamboo shoots, deep-fried insects
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 8 months
How Did You Get Here?: link love
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: A re-creation of Chipotle’s barbacoa burrito
Name: Brynjar
Location: Iceland
Age: 25
Sex: M
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: At the moment i´m thinking Tuna salad, bread, skyr (icelandic dairy product), fish, water
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Traditional icelandic Þorramatur! (read about it on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Eorramatur)
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Getting close to two years, i think.
How Did You Get Here?: Can´t remember, a link from another site or by google search.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: stir-fried something.
Name: Anne-Jet
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Age: 25
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: chocolate, sausages (how do you even spell that in English?), manchego cheese with quince jelly, dutch applepie, grilled paprika’s
Five Foods You Can Live Without: stewed pears, oxtail soup, walnuts in a hot desert, grapefruits, tasteless cheese
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?:
about a year now
How Did You Get Here?: through David Lebowitzes site
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: pork filet wrapped in dry cured ham in a mustard sauce
name: karen
location: austin, texas
age: 29
sex: lady
five foods you can’t live without:
cheese, strong black tea, golden bowl from the grit in athens, achiote, beans of all kinds.
five foods you can live without:
meat, lemons, regular green peas, pickles, mustard.
how long have you been reading amateur gourmet? well, i’ve been subscribed to the rss feed since november 2004. yikes!
how did you get here? it’s been too long to remember, i think.
what’s for dinner tonight? i’m not sure yet. maybe tacos.
Name: Amy
Location: Virginia
Age: 27
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: popcorn, mushroom and cheese tortellini, red wine, yogurt, apples
Five Foods You Can Live Without: pretzels, radishes, vending machine food, diet soda, pea soup
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: since last summer. 7 months maybe?
How Did You Get Here?: A link off someone else’s blog, I imagine.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: honey- and spice-glazed pork chops and salad. I’m hungry!
Name: The Guilty Carnivore
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Location: Portland, OR
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Age: Somewhere between post-pube and pre-menopause
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Sex: Not often enough
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Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Salt, MSG, pepper, ramen, tacos
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Five Foods You Can Live Without: Brains, bagels, foie gras, stupid-ass sushi rolls named after states or municipalities, tripe
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How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Longer than the word “Intertubes” was coined, shorter than the time from when our country to awoke from its post-911 wargasm.
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How Did You Get Here?: Quantum Molecular Hyper-Transportation (aka QMHT)
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What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Tacos, or ramen, or rigatoni with tomato sauce and nicoise olives, or leftover tofu-and-sweet-potato-curry, or 5 cage free eggs fried in Maggi
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Name: Erin
Location: Missouri
Age: 25
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: dark chocolate, fresh fruit, pasta, tomatoes, and ice cream
Five Foods You Can Live Without: beef, American cheese, mayo, jello, and grits
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: a long time! I can’t even remember when I started…very helpful of me (ha), but I’ve enjoyed every minute
How Did You Get Here?: probably another food blog
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: homemade mac and cheese with broccoli
Name: Amy
Location: Sacramento, CA
Age: 30.5
Sex: Feminine
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: pizza, fish (raw, cooked, whatever), red wine and balsamic vinaigrette, berries, chocolate
Five Foods You Can Live Without: natto, unripe fruit, pink lemonade, super fatty meat, cake
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: newbie – just started a month ago
How Did You Get Here?: linked through from another food blog, I expect
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: pasta with butter, arugula, pecornio, and a ton of freshly ground pepper, a green salad, some kind of light and fruity dessert
Name: Lexie
Location: NYC
Age: 27
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: thai red curry, pho bo, banh mi, pesto, cheese!
Five Foods You Can Live Without: pork, cottage cheese, funyins (sp?), lay’s jamon chips (in spain), raisins
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: About a year
How Did You Get Here?: Probably through Ed Levine’s old site
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Charles’s Southern Fried Chicken buffet baby!!!
Name: tara
Location: sf
Age: 30
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
cheese
greens
red meat
bread
fresh herbs
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
fish
seafood
eggs
beets
liver
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: about a year
How Did You Get Here?: no clue
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: pizza
Name: Lis
Location: iowa
Age: 43
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: cheese, sourdough bread, eggs, red wine, milk
Five Foods You Can Live Without: lamb, anchovies, spam, fake cheese, nonfat milk
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 2+ years
How Did You Get Here?: kiplog
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: (hmm, I should have waited for another nite to post this!) tatertot casserole
Name: Meryl
Location: Atlanta
Age: 25
Sex: F
5 you can’t live without: any & all cheeses, olive oil, fresh seafood, hamburgers with bbq sauce and ranch dressing, greek yogurt.
5 you can live without: anything processed, meats pumped full of antibiotics and hormones. That’s it.
How long have you been reading: about six months or so
How did you get here: link from another blog – maybe bruni digest?
What’s for dinner tonight: going to a friend’s house – hopefully something delicious!
Name: Angelhair
Location: Portland, OR
Age: 39
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
cheese
bread
pasta
bourbon
beer
Five Foods You Can Live Without: canned veggies (except tomatoes)
over-processed anything
coffee
mass market beer
cream soups
questionably textured cuts of meat (i.e.tripe)
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?:
quite a while
How Did You Get Here?: Do not recall
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: fish tacos and beer
Name: Jaime
Location: Philadelphia
Age: 26
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Loaded pizza, the vegan chocolate cupcakes from Whole Foods, roasted artichoke hearts, hamburgers with bleu cheese and sauteed mushrooms, green and red peppers.
Five Foods You CAN Live Without: Tripe, haggis, anything from fast food restaurants, brussels sprouts, Marmite.
How long have I been reading: A long time, since right around the time of the Janet Jackson cupcake post!
How did I get here: From Chocolate & Zucchini, the first foodblog I ever found.
What’s for dinner: Since it’s Ash Wednesday, probably just some sliced raw green peppers.
Name: Kevin
Location: Los Angeles
Age: 37
Sex: Male
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Beef…beautiful beef! , potatoes (any kind), chocolate, parmesean cheese, apples, red wine
Five Foods You Can Live Without: eggs, mayo, most fish, beans, organ meats
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: +/- a year
How Did You Get Here?: http://www.RentaBoy.com (KIDDING!!!)I don’t recall
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Leftover pork braised in grapes and balsamic (Oh God it was fantastic!)
Thanks!
You are most certainly welcome
Name: Joe
Location: Madison, WI
Age: 32
Sex: Yes, please (Male)
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Parmaggiano Reggiano, Butter, Broccoli, Tomatoes, Good Steak
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Anything from Taco Bell, flavored coffees, soda, frozen dinners, low-fat anything
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet: Today: 5 minutes, In General: ~ 2 years
How Did You Get Here: My mom met my dad 37 years ago…
What’s for dinner tonight: Salade Nicoise or Chicken Marsala
Name: Meg
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Age: 53
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Spaghetti, grits, bacon, cornbread, butter
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Liver, chocolate, chicken, white bread, tripe
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: less than 1 year
How Did You Get Here?: Don’t remember
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Take-out salad (it’s Ash Wednesday and I leave from the office to go to church to lead the music)
Name: Sarah
Location: Cleveland, OH
Age: 30
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: chocolate, pop-corn, fresh baked bread, steak, spaghetti
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
liver, kale, eggs, other organ meats, lentils
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: more than 2 years
How Did You Get Here?: linked from another blog
What’s For Dinner Tonight?:
Indian spiced cheese fondue with home made naan and chutney, maybe some veggies too
Name: Johanna
Location: Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Age: 24
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: goat cheese, apples, peanut butter, chocolate, cheeseburgers
Five Foods You Can Live Without: chicken, lamb, nutmeg, fresh pineapple, protein bars
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: May 2005
How Did You Get Here?: a friend I had in my apartment building recommended it to me.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: not sure yet! I’ll improvise.
Name: StephOnies
Location: San Jose, CA
Age: 29
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: All carby foods and meat.
Five Foods You Can Live Without: All foods that are good for you.
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 3 months
How Did You Get Here?: I was bored at work one day and did a search for foodie blogs and found this. I’ve been hooked ever since.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Don’t hate me, but it’s probably going to be frozen food. This foodie gets tired after work.
Name: Kitty
Location: Park Slope, Brooklyn
Age: 33
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Chocolate covered pretzels, Good french fries, fresh salsa, avocado, pasta
Five Foods You Can Live Without: cottage cheese, canned fruit, blue cheese, liver, pickled herring
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: since November 2006
How Did You Get Here?: Through another blog
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: leftover chicken enchiladas w/ roasted tomatillo salsa!
Name: Jennifer
Location: Holyoke, MA
Age:36
Sex:F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
Truffle oil, dim sum, granny smith apples, sweet potatoes and red beans.
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
Bananas, anything Indian, commercial chocolate, flan and broccoli stalks.
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 2 years
How Did You Get Here?: Valley Victuals
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Vietnamese at the Bamboo House in Springfield, MA, if I don’t get carjacked.
Name:Dee
Location:Toronto
Age:33
Sex:F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
pasta, rice, tomatoes, garlic, cheese
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
vanilla ice cream, ham, miracle whip, grapefruit, golden italian dressing
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 5 minutes
How Did You Get Here?: googling polenta
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: polenta
Name: Claire Walter
Location: Boulder, CO
Age: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Good crusty bread, salmon, ripe tomatoes, dark chocolate, pssta
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Organ meats (tho’ I just had some good sweetbreads), shredded coconut, fast-food burgers, chicken-fried steak, grits.
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 4 months +/-
How Did You Get Here?: Link from http://culinary-colorado.blogspot.com (my blog). Want to link back?
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Moroccan chicken, couscous, salad.
Spencer
Kingstree, SC
42-M
Pizza, Coldcuts, Donuts, Ice Cream, Coke
Liver, tofu, vegemite, soy milk, coffee
8 months
surfing for food blogs
It depends if my wife is well enough to eat. If well Chili con Carne, If not the kids will eat Fruit Loops and Milk and I’ll have a shaved ham and Provolone sandwich with bread and butter pickles.
*Location: Tampa, FL
*Age: 24
*Sex: yes, please. I mean, female
*Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Eggs, french fries, any type of Italian food, olive oil
*Five Foods You Can Live Without: beets, hog maws, pig’s feet, overprocessed sweet vending machine confections, soda
*How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: a few months
*How Did You Get Here?: Link via the Paupered Chef
*What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Chicken, asparagus, yellow bell pepper stir-fry with rice.
Name: Cynthia
Location: Northern California
Age: 50
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Beef, Mayonnaise, tortillas, avocados, cheese
Five Foods You Can Live Without: liver, octopus, raw eggs, raw meat, kidney beans
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: a few months
How Did You Get Here?: I was looking for a recipe for Zuni Cafe roast chicken
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: carnitas tacos, beans, rice etc.
Name: Sara
Location: Knoxville, TN
Age: 25
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Guacamole, citrus fruits, sweet potatoes, peanut butter, brussel sprouts
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Apples (allergic), beets, liver, anything with rosemary, white rice
How Long Have You Been Reading AG? About 9 months
How Did You Get Here? Google and research
What’s For Dinner Tonight? Too soon to tell.
Name:Jim
Location:Corvallis, Oregon
Age:52
Sex:M
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:Pacific Snapper,spinach,garlic,mustard,mushrooms
Five Foods You Can Live Without:beets,rhubarb,soda,cereal,liver
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?:over a year
How Did You Get Here?:google looking for recipes
What’s For Dinner Tonight?:Red pepper pesto fettucini with shrimp.
Name: Dani
Location: Baltimore, MD
Age: 31
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: spicy tuna sushi, chicken-fried steak, pasta carbonara, pho soup and risoles (an Indonesian snack made with a crepe-like shell and filled with a creamy chicken and vegetable mixture)
Five Foods You Can Live Without: peanut butter, cheesecake, Whopper malt balls, tiramisu, grapes (as you can tell-I’ve got more of a savory flair than a sweet one)
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 3 months
How Did You Get Here?: Linked to your site from another food site
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Salmon cake on potato bread, served with a side of crab-flavored chips.
Name:
Name: Madeline aka/The Gourmet Peasant
Location: Brooklyn
Age:30
Sex:Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:Dark Chocolate, coffee, soup, fage yogurt, wine (thats a food, right?)
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Sushi, fast food, potatoes, ranch dressing, hollandaise sauce
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: About six months now. I love your little films!
How Did You Get Here?:Once I started my own food blog(http://gourmetpeasnat.blogspot.com) I started reading others. Had no idea there were so many.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: I am having drinks at Cocotte Bar – on 3rd right off of 5th ave – will probably get some food there. If not, I’ve got some quiche in the fridge.
Name:Plume
Location:
Age: 32
Sex:F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:sushi, soy milk, french fries, noodles, brocoli
Five Foods You Can Live Without: milk, eggs, meat, mussels, flower flavored things
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: more than a year
How Did You Get Here?: from another blog I guess
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: stir-fry noodles with vegetables ans shiitake.
Name: Pam
Location: Atlanta, GA
Age: 39
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Pad Thai, cheese, avocados, bacon, sourdough
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
Milk, fish roe, chitlins, soda, margarine
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Close to 1 yr
How Did You Get Here?: From cityrag, I think
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Pizza & American Idol
Name: Kathy
Location: Baltimore
Age: 41
Sex:F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: chocolate, yogurt, shrimp, cilantro, ice cream
Five Foods You Can Live Without: lima beans, calves liver, green bell peppers, lentils, octopus
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Slightly over a year
How Did You Get Here?:Aliens
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: flank steak, Soba noodles with pesto, broccoli
Name: Carolyn
Location: Brooklyn
Age: 26
Sex:F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: home made bread, butter, cheese, bananas, french fries
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Fast Food, scallops, chopped liver, cheesecake, marmite,
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: half a year
How Did You Get Here?: from another blog
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Vietnamese sandwiches from Hancos!
Name:Sydney
Location: London
Age:35
Sex:F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: steak, soft corn tortillas, fresh greens with lemon, french fries, chocolate milkshakes. Is a martini olive a food, if it’s in a martini?
Five Foods You Can Live Without: marmite, sliced white bread, haggis, bland cheese, bananas
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: about 6 months
How Did You Get Here?: probably another food blog
What’s For Dinner Tonight? pancetta-wrapped cod, french beans (from Marks and Spencers, I’m afraid.. but you fry the cod yourself!)
Name: Aimee
Location: Atlanta
Age: 26
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: all cheese, tortillas, black beans, spinach, garlic
Five Foods You Can Live Without: mayonnaise, broccoli, Chinese food, sugary stuff, pork
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 3+ years but very sporadically since your move to NYC
How Did You Get Here?: AJC I think?
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Chicken tacos.
Name: Jeff Fortin
Location: Waukesha, WI
Age: 33
Sex: M
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Steak (all forms….steak tacos, steak frites, ribeye, etc), sushi, salmon, chicken wings, avocados
Five Foods You Can Live Without: califlower, corned beef hash, tripe, cooked carrots, canned vegetables
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: At least 2 years, likely more
How Did You Get Here?: I don’t even remember.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Orange peel beef…I think.
Name: Josh
Location: Manhattan
Age: 32
Sex: M
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
Any meat but goat, sushi, cheese, butter and wine (I guess that’s not technically a food, but I can’t live without it)
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
Celery (it’s in virtually everything and I detest everything about it), celeriac, celery seeds, celery salt and licorice
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?:
Approx. six months
How Did You Get Here?:
Link from eater.com
What’s For Dinner Tonight?:
Tapas at a wine bar
Name: Lauren
Location: Bay Area, CA
Age: 16
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Red Bell Peppers, spices such as curry and saffron, parmesan cheese, milk, and berry pies.
Five Foods You Can Live Without: chinese dessert soup, seafood gumbo, cream sauces, sugar-free ice cream, and leeks.
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: about a month
How Did You Get Here?: Through another food blog
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Leftover vietnamese food and carrot cake.
Name: tulip
Location: Atlanta, GA
Age: 36
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: potatoes, chocolate, tomatoes, pasta, wine (not a food technically but there it is.)
Five Foods You Can Live Without: hm. This is a tough one. Super hot peppers, green bell peppers, lemon grass, cilantro, tamarind. All things that I am just not really into. I do actually like them at times and in the right dish.
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Since you were here in ATL attending law school.
How Did You Get Here?: I think from a link at egullet, back in the day.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Vietnamese chicken & rice soup.
Name: Aude
Location:Paris, France not Texas
Age: 29
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: tea, olive oil, basil, bread, goat cheese
Five Foods You Can Live Without: organ meats, blood sausage, rabbit, Lipton tea, corn starch
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: more than a year I guess
How Did You Get Here?: I don’t really remember, maybe from Chocolate & zucchini
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: wheat spaghetti with homemade pesto, then sheep’s milk cheese with hot chile peper jelly, olive oil & kumquat cake baked this afternoon; hum that was good actually
Name: Charise
Location: Columbus, OH
Age: 23
Sex: Female
Five foods can’t live without: crusty loaves of bread, most cheeses, pasta, chickpeas, sour cream
Five food can live without: most seafood, coconut flakes, nuts in my food/dessert (plain by the handful is fine), any mushy cooked veggies (i.e., carrots, lima beans, etc.), the strange parts of animals (tongue, brain, intestines, etc.)
How long? 6 months-ish
How get here? a link from another food blog, don’t remember now.
dinner tonight? out for bf’s birthday, but last night was moroccan chicken stew with couscous
Name: Anne
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Age: 34
Sex:F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: onions of any kind, criossants, sushi, cheese, flour tortillas
Five Foods You Can Live Without: olives, natto, licorice, fennel, star anise
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 2 years
How Did You Get Here?: via the food blogging universe
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: BBQ’d chicken breasts, black bean & corn salad and LOST.
Name:Jeff
Location: Kitchener, ON
Age:33
Sex:M
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
Pizza
Steak
Garlic
Caesar Salad
Chicken and Pork Chop with lemongrass
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
liver
hazelnuts/brazil nuts
Indian curry
veggie sandwich meats
horseradish
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?:8 months
How Did You Get Here?: can’t remember
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: perogies with corn
Name: meera
Location: england
Age: 23
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: chocolate, coffee, all manner of desserts, seafood, eggs
Five Foods You Can Live Without: liver (kidneys, etc), over-cooked veg, pinto beans (and other pulses that take centuries to cook), beef, fish roe
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: a couple of years
How Did You Get Here?: via another foodie blog
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: sweet chillie prawns with a mushroom, bean sprout and pepper stir fry, and poached pear with yogurt cake (see C&Z) for dessert.
Name: Mags
Location: CT
Age: 30
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
Cheese
French Fries (ok, potatoes in general)
Filet Mignon
Fresh crusty bread
And I ashamed to say as a culinary arts student: Pizza
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
Liver
Escargot
Salmon (Farm raised)
Chocolate (gasp!)
Goat Cheese
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: A few months
How Did You Get Here?: I don’t remember, to be honest…another food blog?
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Grilled cheese.
Name: Courtney
Location: Chicago, IL
Age: 26
Sex: Female
Can’t Live Without: Good chocolate, crusty bread, spinach, cheese, steak
Can Live Without: raw mushrooms, seafood, peas, bananas, lemon dessert
How long reading: about 1.5 years
I got here from another blog – I don’t remember which one.
I will be on a plane for dinner – so I’ll be packing a sandwich and a treat!
Name: Catherine
Location: NYC
Age: 35
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: french fries, cheese, pork, leafy greens, olives
Five Foods You Can Live Without: beets, raisins, sauerkraut, yams, carrots
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 6ish months
How Did You Get Here?: link from another food blog
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: tacos
Name: Breadchick
Location: Cambridge, MA
Age: Old enough to know better but young enough to still get in trouble..Ok, 40ish
Sex: F
Five foods can’t live without:
Fois Grais, smelly French cheese, cream of wheat, scallops, bread (of course!)
Five foods can live without: eggplant, tripe, that gooey stuff I had in Mumbai, kidney pie, Kraft Mac and Cheese
How long? a year
How Get Here? My RSS reader (bloglines)
What’s for Dinner tonight: bouilabaisse on fresh linguine and the dinner boule I made last night
Name: Janet
Location: SF Bay Area
Age: 55
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: bread, cheese, fresh fruits, chocolate, ice cream
Five Foods You Can Live Without: shellfish, sushi, liver
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 1 yr
How Did You Get Here?: David Lebovitz
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: leftover roast chicken
Name: Mei
Location: Hoboken, NJ
Age: 20
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: ice cream, belgium waffles, chocolate, mango, strawberries, garlic
Five Foods You Can Live Without: blue cheese, bananas, carrots, coconut shavings, bitter melon
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 1 week
How Did You Get Here?: Through another blog
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Strawberry Shortcake and lentel soup
Name: Sarah
Location: Jerusalem, Israel
Age: 24
Sex: Female
Tonight for dinner: crackers
Name: Sarah
Location: Jerusalem, Israel
Age: 24
Sex: Female
Tonight for dinner: crackers
Name: Kat
Location: Philly
Age: 24
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Dill pickles, ice cream, General Tso’s Tofu, apples, and blueberries
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Headcheese, anything with sesame, anything from a box, and anything touched/endorsed by Rachael Ray (Or Sandra Lee)- not five but do I really care?
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Since early last summer
How Did You Get Here?: don’t remember
What’s For Dinner Tonight? Grouper, brown rice and fresh green beans!
Name: Amy
Location: Kansas City
Age: 27
Sex: Girl
Five foods you can’t live without: pancakes, rice vinegar, fish, all vegtables, ice cream in a waffle cone
Five foods you can live without: Liver, mayo, gin, circus peanuts, anything vegetarian made to try and pass as a meat or cheese product
How long have you been reading Amateur Gourmet?: About a year and a half
How did you get here?: Through the food blog WELL FED
What’s for dinner tonight?: roasted garlic on plain bagel chips, tuna steaks and asparagus
Name: E
Location: Washington, DC
Age: 15
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Parmigiano Reggiano, good bread, pasta, corn, salmon
Five Foods You Can Live Without: veal, mayonnaise, American cheese, cream cheese, anything processed
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 1-2 months
How Did You Get Here?: another blog, I think
What’s For Dinner Tonight?:
chickpea salad with lemon juice, olive oil, and parmigiano (or salmon with dill butter, plus rice and beans and snap peas, depending)
Name: jenik
Location: Prague, Czech Rep., Europe
Age: 28
Sex: F
5FICn´tLW: Mashed potatoes, custard, black coffee, cornichons and anything that has tomatoes
5FICLW: Overcooked rice, fish and seafood, offal, candy and babyfood
Tonight for dinner: Homemade pasta salad
Name: pan Cuketka
Location: Prague, Czech Republic, Europe
Age: 27
Sex: M
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: wine, olive oil, czech bread, butter, fruit
Five Foods You Can Live Without: meat, spicy food, tripes&offal, processed&premade food, sushi
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 1 year
How Did You Get Here?: by hole in a time-space continuum :)
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: cauliflower cream with grilled parmiggiano white bread .)
(čau jeníku! :)
Name: Cindy
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Age: 26
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: home-made pesto, pastry, dark chocolate, mushrooms, a packet of chips from the vending machine on a slow afternoon at work
Five Foods You Can Live Without: meat, any five ways you like it
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: ~3 months
How Did You Get Here?: link from another food blog
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: discovering a new restaurant in a suburb I’ve barely visited
Name: Liz
Location: NYC
Age: 24
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: bread, cheese, tomatoes, avocado, swedish fish
Five Foods You Can Live Without: escargot, liver, chicken, kale, whole wheat pop tarts (seriously dad, what were you thinking?)
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Maybe a year and a half
How Did You Get Here?: Google result on Iron Chef or Mario Batali or something
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Some sort of meyer lemon/arugula concotion. There’s meyer lemons at Trader Joe’s in NYC, go get some everyone!
Name: Jen
Location: Portland, OR
Age: 21
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: There are of course *way* too many favorites to choose the ultimate five, but these come to mind right now: Crispy-juicy super-succulent carnitas tacos, roasted veggies of almost any kind, cheese (glorious cheese!), dark chocolate, and seafood in general – but especially steamed crabs (I did spend the first 19 years of my life in Baltimore, MD).
Five Foods You Can Live Without: bananas, tofu, corn dogs, scrambled eggs, chicken sashimi.
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Less than a year, but in that time, voraciously. Especially at work.
How Did You Get Here?: Zero recollection…probably a Google search or a link from another blog.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: I’m bringing a roasted beet, fennel, and orange salad to a potluck-type dinner with a couple friends. I think the evening will also involve eggplant lasagna. And plenty of wine.
Name: subede
Location: East Hartford, CT
Age: 53
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Chocolate, Garlic, Chicken, lemons, spinach
Five Foods You Can Live Without: liver, canned peas, white bread, margarine, tofu
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: I just started
How Did You Get Here?: a link on epicurious.com
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: mild black bean chili over toasted polenta rounds
Name: Stacey
Location: Vancouver, BC
Age: 41
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Indian curry, Thai curry, any pasta, chocolate, hot sauce
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Tripe, head cheese, peanuts, peanut butter, any junk food
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: A few months
How Did You Get Here?: link from another blog site.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Tuna casserole
Tracy
Chicago
36
f
Can’t Live Without: lemon, heavy cream, chicken, peppers & Gatorade(I know, I know)
Can Live Without: salmon, gluten, processed foods, raw onions & apples
How Long?: A couple of years
How Did You Get Here?: I have no idea
What’s For Dinner: Homemade pizza
Name: Londell
Location: Denver, CO
Age: 33
Sex: M
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: pasta, bacon, butter, bread of any kind, and potatoes
Five Foods You Can Live Without: liver, pig parts/appendages, toungue, hmm, that’s it really.
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Just today.
How Did You Get Here?: Google Reader
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Nohting I’m fasting, it’s Ash Wednesday.
Name: erica
Location: denver, co
Age: 28
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: bacon, all cheeses, avocados, milk, mushrooms
Five Foods You Can Live Without: saurkraut, pickled ginger, baked beans, soggy bread, beef liver
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: see below
How Did You Get Here?: megnut (battle foie gras!)
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: unless you’re coming to cook for me…cap’n crunch
Kitchenbeard
San Francisco, CA
Closer to 40 than 20
Man
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Eggs, butter, bread, chilis and peanut butter.
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Kraft macaroni & cheese, cheesewhiz, anything Rachel Ray has touched, cake mix, and pork rinds.
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: About a year.
How Did You Get Here?: Well first my parents met in 1960 and……
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Garlic oratmeal with chicken breasts mixed in mostl likely unless I get inspired and also manage to get a nap in.
Name: Melissa
Location: Urbana, IL
Age: 20
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: gouda, goat cheese, elk, carnitas, raspberries
Five Foods You Can Live Without: onions, Lay’s chips, collard greens, turnips, lima beans
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: about a year
How Did You Get Here?: hmm…some random link
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: dorm food :(
Name: Sarah
Location: Minneapolis
Age: 27
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Parmesan, Chocolate, Coffee, Pasta and Avocado
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Tofu and Sake
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: A year?
How Did You Get Here?: Another food blog
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Lemony linguine with onions, jalapenos and romano! Mmmm….I’m hungry.
Name: Emily
Location: Durham, NC
Age: 25
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: dark chocolate, garlic, peaches, raspberries, fresh salsa
Five Foods You Can Live Without: sardines, chevre, steak, salt & vineagar potato chips, rabbit
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: about a year
How Did You Get Here?: another food blog
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: leftover tuna casserole
Name: Melissa
Location: Greater Boston
Age: 31
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Blue cheese, potatoes, bread, pasta, avocados
Five Foods You Can Live Without: shrimp, lobster, coffee, salt & vinegar chips, swiss cheese
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: almost a year
How Did You Get Here?: from another blog
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: butternut squash soup, rosemary & olive oil bread with butter, cup cakes
Name:zee
Location:London, England
Age:58
Sex:f
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:Bread, wine, olive oil, cheese, tomatoes
Five Foods You Can Live Without:Okra, chocolate, ready made salad dressings, low fat anything
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: a few months
How Did You Get Here?: one link leads to another!
What’s For Dinner Tonight?:Cumberland sausge cassoulet
Name: Natalia
Location: Denver, CO
Age: 19
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: good bread, raspberries, gelato, good butter, and fresh mozzarella
Five Foods You Can Live Without: tofu, red meat, licorice, bean sprouts, and choux pastry
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: about a year and a half
How Did You Get Here?: I don’t really remember
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Pizza?
Name: Christine
Location: CT
Age: 23
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: guacamole, dark chocolate, wine, cheese, chicken tikka masala
Five Foods You Can Live Without: peas, veal, scallops, beets, tofu
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: over 2 years I think
How Did You Get Here?: My friend Bright sent me
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Spicy black bean soup, homemade guacamole, and chick pea curry
Name: Fran
Location: Pearl City, Hawaii
Age: 40
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Ribeye Steaks, Rice, Sashimi, Raw Oysters & Chocolate
Five Foods You Can Live Without: I can’t think of any food I dislike (and I’ve tried a lot of unusual things)
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: almost two years
How Did You Get Here?: don’t remember, but it was from another blog
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: I have flank steak defrosting, I’ll probably stir-fry it with onions and tomatoes.
Name: Stacia
Location: Kansas
Age: 35
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: marinara sauce, choo chee pla (Thai red snapper), sashimi, filet mignon, chicken breast.
Five Foods You Can Live Without: cauliflower, brussel sprouts, turkey, Hershey’s milk chocolate, fruited bagels, eggs.
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: just a couple weeks
How Did You Get Here?: from Too Many Chefs, I believe
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: cajun chicken (bone-in chicken in a spicy red sauce, with okra, celery, onion, and green pepper), over steamed rice.
Name: Nicole Marie
Location: Los Angeles
Age: twenty-three
Sex: feminine
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
1. butter
2. artichokes
3. crusty bread
4. waffles
5. asparagus
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
1. shrimp
2. bivalves (mussels, clams, oysters)
3. creamy salad dressings
4. steak (I much prefer other cuts of meats)
5. blue cheese
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: since before its first birthday
How Did You Get Here?: can’t remember… maybe a link from a feature article?
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: if all goes well, I’ll be dragging my boyfriend out for Japanese-slash-sushi!
Name: Jane
Location: Miami Beach, FL
Age: 36
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Chocolate, Cheese, Bread, eggs, milk.
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Tofu, hot dogs, candy (non-choc), yogurt, processed meats.
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: cpl weeks
How Did You Get Here?: Chocolate & zucchini.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: nutella on croissant – sad, I know.
Amanda
Seattle, WA
late 20s
yes
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
-potatoes
-asian pear apples
-croissants
-coffee
-chinese broccoli
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
-cheetos
-prepackaged deli meat
-broccoli
-cooked carrots
-grapefruit
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: almost a year
How Did You Get Here?: I don’t remember; other food blogs I think.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Masala aloo (mashed potatoes with Indian spices), pooris (like fried rotis), and papad (like pappadum — wafers).
Name: Cathy
Location: New York, NY
Age: 24
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: almond butter, muffins, fruit, chinese water spinach, granola
Five Foods You Can Live Without: dairy, chocolate, steak, liver, orange juice
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: pretty much since the beginning
How Did You Get Here?: don’t remember anymore
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: mustard greens sandwich from Chinatown (recommend by you!)
Name: Corinne
Location: Ontario, Canada
Age: 21
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
Oatmeal
Bread
Sweet Potatoes
Bananas
Apples
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
Pizza
Cheese
Mayo/Ketchup/all condiments
Raw tomatoes
Pancakes
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: About 8 months
How Did You Get Here?: Random, probably from Slashfood
What’s For Dinner Tonight?:
Shrimp stirfry with tons of veggies
Vida (as in life, yes)
Mexico City
27
Female
With: cold milk, chocolate, lemon, chicken stock with rice, all kinds of beans.
Without: things that aren’t quite dead before you eat them (oysters and such), canned soup.
Started reading about a year ago, via google, I think.
Tonight’s dessert night: lemon pie, rompope-chocolate cake and, maybe, some fish fillets with tomato salad.
Name: Becky
Location: England
Age: 22
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Rice, tea, yoghurt, broccoli, eggs
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Coleslaw, vinegar/vinegrette, pretty much anything pickled, offal
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Long time. 4 years-ish?
How Did You Get Here?: Looking for a cupcake recipe… and I found one;)
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Oyakodon (chicken and egg rice bowl), courtesy of living and studying in Japan for a year.
Name: emily
Location: michigan
Age: nineteen
Sex: female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: baguettes, fresh fruit, feta cheese, chicken, and vanilla yogurt.
Five Foods You Can Live Without: peas, asperagus, any sort of bean, cottage cheese, and eggs that arn’t scrambled.
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 6 months or so, but i’ve read all the archives!
How Did You Get Here?: through another food blog, probably.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: popcorn and hot chocolate…i’m studying for a big psych test :-\
Name: Michelle
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Age: 27
Sex: F
5 foods that I can’t live w/out:
Chocolate, eggplant, pasta, cheese, garlic
5 foods I can live w/out:
Mushrooms, mayo, ham, chevre, veal
How long have I been reading?
On and off for the past few years.
How did I get here?
Not sure. It’s been a while. If I had to guess, I’d say a followed a link from another site.
What’s for dinner tonight?
Something in my freezer from Trader Joe’s. Pathetic I know, but it’s been a LONG day…
Name: Jodie
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Age: 19
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: I like to think everything I eat is necessary for my survival, but more specifically… animal fat, toast w/ butter and nutella (yes, both), mushrooms, garlic, uni (sea urchin) sushi
Name: Jodie
Location: Westchester County, NY
Age: 31
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
1. Filipino spaghetti,
2. cheese,
3. chocolate
4. peanut butter and jelly sandwich,
5. chicken
6. ketchup
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
1. avocado
2. olives
3. liver
4. okra
5. beef
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: several months
How Did You Get Here?: via chocolateandzucchini.com
Name: Jule
Location: Columbus, OH
Age: 26
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Steak, Potatoes, Garlic, Broccoli, Bread
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Most seafood, chicken liver, cauliflower, canned vegetables, Red Delicious Apples
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 6 months
How Did You Get Here?: I think google
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Glazed pork chops from Cooks Illustrated
Name: Kelly
Location: Cleveland suburb
Age: 29
Sex: F
Five foods that give me the will to live:
Steak
Stinky cheese
crusty bread
wine
chocolate
Five foods that make me question people and their tongues:
intestine meat
crappy coffee
blood sausage
salmon
bologna
How long have I been a reader?: 3 years
How did I get here? C&Z
Dinner tonight: Chicken a la king
Name: Nita
Location: San Jose, CA
Age: 53
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: red meat, olive oil, Memphis-style pulled pork BBQ, sushi, blue cheese salad dressing
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Texas beef ribs, green bell pepper, beef liver, Spam, food with too much mayo
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: About a dog’s year
How Did You Get Here?: haven’t a clue
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: grilled porterhouse steak cooked Florentine style, roasted asparagus, baked potato, bottle of cabernet sauvignon
Name: astrid
Location: brooklyn, ny/boston, ma
Age: 28
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
noodles
shiitake mushrooms
pizza
red wine
jiaozi
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
watermelon
celery
cottage cheese
root beer
bananas
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 2 years
How Did You Get Here?: can’t recall.. saw so many links to the site, had to check it out
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: chicken pot pie
Name: Dani
Location: NJ
Age: 31
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
mozzarella, chocolate, avocados,
apricot juice, filet mignon
Five Foods You Can Live Without: beef jerky, chef boy-ar-dee, bologna, spinach, brussel sprouts
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: several months
How Did You Get Here?: another food blog, not sure which one
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: whole wheat pasta with sauteed zucchini and eggplant
Name: Amy
Location: Williamsburg, VA
Age: 25
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: sushi, gourmet chocolates, Trader Joe’s basil salad dressing, mango with sticky rice, fresh basil rolls
Five Foods You Can Live Without: sausage, brussels sprouts, natto, milk with lactose, liver
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: this is my first visit!
How Did You Get Here?: http://www.roboppy.net/food/2007/02/death_by_momofuku.html#more
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Spinach salad topped with tandoori garlic chicken, spicy cashews, cucumber slices, green pepper, carrots, grapes and Trader Joe’s basil dressing + 2 sesame melba toast crackers + 1 gourmet chocolate
Will you actually read all the comments? :)
Name: Shelly
Location: Oakland, CA
Age: Ahem… 31.
Sex: Yes please. Oh sorry, I mean female.
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Dark chocolate, pasta, good cheese, really good rye bread, decent lox.
Five Foods You Can Live Without: artificial sweeteners, corn syrup, margarine (feh!), jarred mayonnaise and anything prepared with it, “low-fat” foods.
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: About 2 years, on and off.
How Did You Get Here?: Probably from a link on someone else’s food blog.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: I’ll be home so late I won’t feel like cooking. Probably homemade cornmeal spiked no-knead bread (baked it on Sunday) with Cyprus Grove cheese and some fresh vegetables.
Name: Kirsten
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Age: 26
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
Mexican Food
Pho
Cake and anything chocolate
Sushi
Wine
The list could go on…
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
Baked goods or desserts with walnuts in them
Tripe & most offal
Canned black olives
Shredded coconut (texture issue, like the flavor)
Can’t think of a 5th? I like almost everything
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: About 9 months
How Did You Get Here?: Link from another food blog – not sure which one
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Corn chowder
Teri
Sherman Oaks, California
44
female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Parmigiano Reggiano, red meat, garlic, pasta, cherry pie
Five Foods You Can Live Without: blue cheese, liver, tripe
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 2 years
How Did You Get Here?: I think it was a Google search
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: shrimp scampi, pasta, chopped salad.
Name:Dave
Location: North Idaho
Age:46
Sex:M
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:Mexican food, Ravioli, Veggie Burgers, Omelets and Potatoes
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Red Meat, Pork, Overcooked Veggies, Soup and Stews
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: About 2 weeks
How Did You Get Here?: Google Reader
What’s For Dinner Tonight?:Pasta and Veggie Sausage
Name: Tina
Location: New York, NY
Age: 21
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
– Desserts & Chocolate (if that’s considered food)
– Cheese (the good stuff, please)
– Artisanal bread
– Sushi
– Pork
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
– Liver (except foie gras)
– anything artificially sweetened, colored, and/or added chemical fillers (gross!)
– Margarine
– Shellfish (I’m allergic)
– McDonald’s (I haven’t touch that thing half my life)
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 182 days and counting
How Did You Get Here?: From my friend’s food blog: roboppy.net/food
What’s For Dinner Tonight?:
Braised pork shoulder, steamed broccoli, and a bowl of udon in homemade chicken stock.
Name: Miss M
Location: New England US
Age: 22
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
avacados, most cheeses, fresh tender crunchy bread and butter, fresh fruit and veg- so many, can’t choose!, greek yogurt.. steak. wait, that’s 6. *sigh*
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
raw onions, chicken livers, green peppers,veal, twinkies. red delicious apples.
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: a few months
How Did You Get Here?: food blog surfing
What’s For Dinner Tonight?:
two slices of mediterannean style pizza (feta, kalamata olives, artichoke and tomato) with a glass of 2005 Excelsior Cab Sauv (S. Africa). Thanks both to my professor- I’m a teaching assistant for a wines class at college and we had to correct exams tonight- hence free pizza! yum. And extra wine from the extra credit tasting. Huzzah! I love my job.
Name: Gaye
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Age: 34
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Chocolate, ginger, steak, raspberries, potatoes
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Cabbage, alfalfa, tripe, eel, really fatty anything
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 2 years
How Did You Get Here?: Link from another food blog
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Beef stir fry
Name: Holly
Location: Montgomery, Alabama
Age: 23
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Tempeh, Apples, Garlic, Tomatoes, Spinach (although I briefly lived without it this fall, damn e. coli)
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Onions, Meat, Dill, Avocados, Horseradish/Wasabi
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 6ish months
How Did You Get Here?: Google
What’s For Dinner Tonight: Barbecued tempeh with roasted Roma tomatoes & balsamic glaze
Name: Carrie
Location: Atlanta, GA
Age: 26
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: apples, carrots, toast, chicken, nutella
Five Foods You Can Live Without: eggs, olives, seafood, cilantro, liver (they all make me ill)
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: since the very beginning
How Did You Get Here?: Realizing that all of the delicious baked goods that I was eating when we watched Sex and the City were being written about online…
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: turkey sandwich and salad
Name: Emily
Location: NYC
Age: 24
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Raspberries, goat cheddar, nigella’s lamb and lentil stew, harira, black and white cookies
Five Foods You Can Live Without: chicken in all its permutations, dark chocolate, any type of fat free cheese, tea, grape jelly
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: about a year and a half
How Did You Get Here?: looking for restaurant reviews upon my move to NYC
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: whole wheat pasta with chicken/fontina/spinach sausage and marcella hazan’s tomato sauce; salad with mustard vinaigrette
Name: Janelle
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Age: 20
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
a well prepared rare steak
Ben and Jerry’s Oatmeal Cookie icecream
strong coffee
very dark chocolate
really good sushi
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
Oranges
American cheese
green peppers
diet soda
walnuts (I’m alergic)
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 10 months or so
How Did You Get Here?: Linked through a forum post
What’s For Dinner Tonight: Mongolian barbecue from the little place down the block.
Name: Zeep
Location: Seattle
Age: Does anyone really still believe in time these days?
Sex: It’s a good thing, generally speaking.
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: mexican, american, asian, russian, you get the idea.
Five Foods You Can Live Without: I cannot live without food, although I must admit that mushrooms aren’t always agreeable to me. for shame.
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 2 or 3 years now, and going strong. keep it coming AG!
How Did You Get Here?: Surfed on in. Janet Jackson cupcakes probably snared me initially…
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: homemade mac-n-cheese with grilled ribs… yummm.
B
Milwaukee
21
Female
Can’t: My mom’s Vietnamese food, French Fries, Gala Apples, peanut butter, cheese
Can: Shrimp, shrimp, shrimp, crab, rice porridge
I’ve been reading for a few months…got on here through Orangette.
For dinner: spaghetti with pesto and tuna
Name: Emily
Location: New Haven, CT
Age: 28
Gender: F
5 Foods I can’t Live Without: this question is too hard. but i’ll try: dark chocolate, red meat, fruits, maple syrup, bread/yogurt tie
5 Foods I can live Without: lobster, mussels, tacos, brussel sprouts, hamhocks
How Long Have I Been Reading: 4 months
How Did I Get Here? My friend Darlene
What’s for Dinner Tonight? chicken & veggie curry (curry sauce courtesy of Trader Joe’s)with brown rice
p.s. i love your songs and videos. (when i listen to them/watch them, i wish we could be friends). Field trip to New Haven, home of the worlds’ first hamburger?
Name:
Junglegirl
Location:
Hawaii
Age:
31
Sex:
goddess
Five foods I can’t live w/o:
Avocado, Kale, Lemon, Spirulina, fresh Coconuts
Five foods I can live w/o:
Meat, dairy, GMO’d foods, factory farmed foods, non-organic foods. In fact, the only way to live IS without these foods !
How Long a Reader:
About 6 months, since I got DSL, yippee!
How did I get here:
ChezPim’s list of blogs
What’s for dinner tonight:
Organic Kale chopped salad, organic Kabocha squash and quinoa. One of my favorite most satisfying meals!
Name: Maricris N.
Location: Philippines
Age: 26
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
Chocolate, Vegetables, Fruits, Chicken, Seafoods
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
Mayo, Vinegar, Red Meat, Cake, Ice cream
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?:
3 months
How Did You Get Here?:
RSS feeds
What’s For Dinner Tonight?:
Uhmm.. dunno yet =P
Name: Eileen
Location: Silicon Boring, I mean Valley
Age: 29
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
GARLIC
pasta
cheese
mushrooms
spinach
(plus one drink: WINE.)
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
nori
shrimp
sushi
ham
blueberry pancakes wrapped around
sausage on a stick
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Something like two years? I don’t know.
How Did You Get Here?: from my own links page of links
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Tonight is very hormonal, so it may just be gin. Also chocolate. Then at some point probably burritos.
you must have lots of time on your hands (or lots of insomnia) to slog through all these replies but here goes
Name: Mel
Location: suburbs outside Washington DC
Age: 26
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: chocolate, lobster, steak, broccoli, summer squash
Five Foods You Can Live Without: asparagus, brie, liver in all its various forms, most beans, veal
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: I don’t know. almost a year maybe?
How Did You Get Here?: I don’t remember. I sort of wander on the internet and find myself places.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: I had leftover spaghetti (with meat sauce), much to my Catholic family’s dismay.
Name: SR
Location: NYC
Age: 28
Sex:F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Chocolate & Peanut Butter, Red Meat, German Beers, Honey Roasted Penuts & Cashews (Nuts for Nuts arts!), Cesar Salads
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Soft Drinks, Marzipan, Cilantro (why is it in everything!), Bread & Pasta
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 1.5 years
How Did You Get Here?: No idea honestly
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: grilled chicken and shrimp w/ alfredo sauce
Name: Grace
Location: NYU
Age: 20
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: eggs, olives, chicken and vegetable ramen, grapefruits, watercress
Five Foods You Can Live Without: liver, thousand year eggs, pumpkin, chai, bananas
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Since the Summer of 2005, when I started working in a bum workstudy job :)
How Did You Get Here?: a bookmark
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: homemade dumplings and peas
Name: Dennis
Location: Seattle
Age: Only my Mom knows – she was there
Sex: M
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
pizza, wine, beer, cheese, bread
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
Ducks Blood Soup, Kidneys, Tripe – most offal but I like liver.
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: About a year
How Did You Get Here?: Link from another food blog
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Clams & Fideo (Top Chef Recipe)
Name: Darcy
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Age: 22
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: garlic, greens, chocolate, tempeh/tofu, sweet potatoes
Five Foods You Can Live Without: chicken, beef, red delicious apples, HFCS, partially hydrogenated stuff
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: a mere few months!
How Did You Get Here?: epicurious
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: sleek (kale/bulgur/black eyed peas/onion/lemon)
Name: Christine Liu
Location: Boston, MA
Age: 24
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: pork, shrimp, hot peppers, chocolate, tomatoes
Five Foods You Can Live Without: raw cucumbers (but i love pickles!), liver, white chocolate, tasteless industrialised meat, flavorless industrialised produce
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: a couple years!
How Did You Get Here?: from the sxsw bloggies
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: flank steak from new zealand paired with a totally improvised mushroom-redwine reduction (i thought of you when i made it!)
happy belated birthday, adam, and thanks for being one of the best bloggers around! xo
Name:Deanna
Location:Toronto
Age:25
Sex:
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:chocolate, cheese, pasta, greens, pizza
Five Foods You Can Live Without:soft drinks, cilantro, taco bell, pork rinds, offal/organs
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 2 and half yrs
How Did You Get Here?: I don’t remember how this started but it’s routine now!
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: salad and nacho chips
Name: Matt
Location: Baltimore
Age: 21
Sex: Male
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Peanut butter, pasta (especially alla carbonara), yogurt, mexican with lots of cilantro and lime, coffee
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Sundried tomatoes, vegemite (a food?), grapefruit, sweet-n-low, shrimp (allergic)
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: About 6 months
How Did You Get Here?: Linked through the lovely Chocolate and Zucchini
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Tofu with scallions from How to Cook Everything
Name: stephanie tanner
Location: los angeles
Age: 24
Sex: its fun, jk, F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: cheese, avocado, bread, pasta, fries
Five Foods You Can Live Without: ice cream, lox (im a bad jew), steak, chocolate, & green bell peppers
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 2.5 years
How Did You Get Here?: from another food blog but i cant remember which one!
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: homemade macaroni and cheese with mushrooms
Name: Sam
Location: Highlands Ranch, CO
Age: 36
Sex: M
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Grilled shrimp, lobster & butter, blueberries & homemade yogurt, corned beef, In-N-Out Burger.
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Eggplant, brussels sprouts, Kraft mac & cheese, hot dogs w/ketchup, eel. (ok, I’ve never had eel.)
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: When did Google Reader go live? 6 months sounds about right.
How Did You Get Here?: Google Reader had it as one of the feeds in their food section of RSS feeds.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Italian sausage w/zucchini, squash & onions & tomato sauce.
Name: Lisa
Location: Sacramento
Age: Old enough to be your mother
Sex: Not now, I have a headache
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Coffee, cheese, brussels sprouts, Beef, white peaches
Five Foods You Can Live Without: canned salmon, bleu cheese, milk, liver, lamb
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: about 4 months, but I’ve caught up on almost all the back-posts
How Did You Get Here?: googled “braised short ribs”
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: creamy polenta with tri-colored pepper pepperonata
Name: Kathleen
Location: California
Age: 27
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
Pasta, Bread, Pizza dough, Cheese, Steak
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Chocolate, Pastries, Raw tomatoes, Lots of green veggies (asparagus, brussel sprouts), Potato chips and other junk foods
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Six months
How Did You Get Here?: Another food blog somewhere
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Hm. Mac and Cheese (homemade) leftovers, I guess.
Wow what timing… I was just thinking about the last one of these!
Name: Elise
Location: State College, PA (Penn State)
Age: 20
Sex: F
5 foods I need: asparagus, ripe tomatoes with mozzarella, good bread and butter, all fruit, brie, ginger
5 foods I can live without: cauliflower, mushrooms, olives, mealy apples, couldn’t think of anything else so I added one more I need!
Reading AG for: 2 years but just returned from a hiatus
How I got here: I honestly don’t remember at this point, probably linked to it from another food blog that I found by randomly googling
Dinner tonight: stir fry… wasn’t really very good so no need to elaborate
Name: Jenn
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Age: 27
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Starburst jellybeans (Don’t know if they’re food, but I love them), tortilla chips, cheese (all kinds), almonds, salmon
Five Foods You Can Live Without: onions, garlic, raspberries, leeks, tamales
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Since March 2005
How Did You Get Here?: I saw an article on food bloggers in the Los Angeles Daily News.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Yaki tacos from Islands (definitely not worth the money)
Name: Danya
Location: formerly of the bay area, CA now of Durham, NC (for college)
Age: 18
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: chocolate, bell peppers, raspberries, fish, cheese (especially of the goat variety)
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Avocado, licorice, beets, pickles, oysters
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Year and a half
How Did You Get Here?: givmesomefood.com is my old theatre teacher and your college friend
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Greek Chicken Wrap
Name:Emily
Location:Bay Area, CA
Age:23
Sex:F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: cheese, beer (does that count?), ginger, figs, pomegranate, sweet potato fries (this is too hard!)
Five Foods You Can Live Without: mushrooms, shellfish, any kind of offal, i think that’s it… oh and once i had goat curry at indian buffet. never again.
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 6 months
How Did You Get Here?: Don’t remember
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Trying to use up frozen/canned type food, so, pasta with frozen shrimp, bruschetta from trader joe’s for sauce, and frozen peas. actually good.
Name: Rachel
Location: Columbia, MO
Age: 22
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Rice, goat cheese, avocado, all citrus fruit, microwave popcorn
Five Foods You Can Live Without: shrimp, bananas, button mushrooms, ham, oatmeal
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 6 months-ish
How Did You Get Here?: link from another blog
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: chicken and veggie fajitas, though mostly to serve as a medium for guacamole.
Name: Greg
Location: Olympia, WA, USA
Age: 46
Sex: M
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: asparagus, oranges, oysters, avocados, cherries
Five Foods You Can Live Without: brussels sprouts, cantaloupe, raspberries, sauerkraut, dill
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: about 3 months
How Did You Get Here?: I don’t remember – I started subscribing to food blogs a few months ago and got most of the links from other blogs
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: I’m traveling in eastern Washington for work. I’m with a co-worker who is a Minnesota native. In a moment of unbridled nostaglia and affection for her home state, she requested that we eat at something called Perkins Restaurant and Bakery. So we pulled in to the Perkins in Ritzville (it was dark, but I wasn’t able to detect any ritz). I had the mushroom-swiss burger. It was the same as Denny’s, Shari’s, IHOP… I’m sure the food was better when it had the punchier name, Perkins ‘Cake n’ Steak.
Name: Kelly
Location: MA
Age: 17
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
1. Icecream
2. Meatballs
3. Black and White Cookies
4. Raspberries
5. Chocolate
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
1. Beets
2. Mushrooms
3. Cottage Cheese
4. Jello
5. Chili
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Quite a while now, at least a year.
How Did You Get Here?: No idea.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Well it’s 1am, and last nights dinner was pizza from a small organic place in town, the next dinner will probably just be icecream from work, since I’m working a horrible 6-10 shift.
Name: Malavika
Location: India
Age: confidential
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: chocolate, potato chips, ice cream, cheese, chicken
Five Foods You Can Live Without: all fruits, pizza, pasta, polenta, all mexican food
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 2 years
How Did You Get Here?: link on Chocolate and Zucchini
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: indian food!
Name: Damian
Location: SoCal
Age:
Name: Katie
Location: Sacramento, CA
Age: 17
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Goat cheese, lemon cucumbers, avocado, lamb, pine nuts.
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Olives, beef, pizza, any canned food, egg drop soup.
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: about a year
How Did You Get Here?: not sure, probably a link from a random blog.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Roast Chicken breasts and spinach salad.
Name: Ash
Location: currently in Auburn, AL for school
Age: 19
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live WIthout: anything carby, sorbet, most fruits (see below) shrimp, most vegetables
Five Foods You can Live Without: Beets, pears, cheese, anything fried, chocolate
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet: about a year
How Did You Get Here?: a link from The Girl Who Ate Everything
What’s for Dinner Tonight?: it’s 1:30 am, but earlier I had sushi (which doesn’t happen much since I’m a poor college student!)
Name: Lana
Location: Amman, Jordan
Age: 28
Sex: F
Five Foods Can’t Live Without: Pasta, Chocolate, mansaf (traditional Jordanian food), meat in general (steaks, liver, kidney), Burgers
Five foods Can Live Without: Any fish that comes in a can, cauliflower, coffee, chickpeas, brains
How long have you been reading amateur gourmet: I think around two years
How did you get here: I think through a link on Chocolate and Zucchini
What’s for dinner tonight: Probably rocket pesto fettucchine, which I made the other day and turned out delicious
Name: Arosan
Location: Ruhr-Area, Germany
Age: 30
Sex: female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Water, Coffee, Milk, Salt, Noodles
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Meat, Soy Milk, Cilantro, Chicken as a whole, Jerusalem artichoke,
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 13 minutes
How Did You Get Here?: via http://www.schnuppensuppe.de/blog/
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: fish sticks, rice, peas and carrots
Name:Dan
Location:Pittsburgh, pa
Age:27
Sex:m
Five foods You Can’t Live Without:Parsnips, red meat, cheese, potatoes, chicken
Five Foods You Can Live Without:tofu, asparagus, beets, avocado, fish
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?:few months now
How Did You Get Here?:Random search on food blogs…
What’s For Dinner Tonight?:Depends on the weather. . .
Name: Dan Kaplan
Location: Sydney, Australia (formerly HK)
Age: 19
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
– Mother Cho’s young bamboo with chilli and shaken iced tea
– Char siu (bbq pork) with rice or flat rice noodles
– My special filipino-style fried rice with corned beef that mum unkindly described as “tastes like burnt and grit”, but i love it…
– Dumplings. Any dumplings, anytime.
– Breakfast food: omelettes, bacon, waffles…
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
– Balut
– Bananas
– Carrots
– Oysters
– Jelly
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Maybe 6 months now
How Did You Get Here?: A link from another food blog, possibly Chocolate and Zucchini
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Mum’s CNY spring rolls, prawn toast, and tom yum soup from last night :)
Name: Laura
Location: Seattle
Age: 19
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: cheese, avacados, chiles, chocolate, good bread
Five Foods You Can Live Without: broccoli
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 2 years…?
How Did You Get Here?: a link i believe
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: cajun potatoes and eggs with a little goat cheese :)
Name: Leon
Location: Swansea, Wales
Age: 34
Sex: M
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Gorgonzola Cheese, Yorkshire Pudding, Pancetta, Lamb Jalfrezi, Chorizo
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Black Olives, Calamari, Paella, Mushrooms, Deep Fried Mars Bars
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 17 years
How Did You Get Here?: Car
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Gorgonzola Cheese with Yorkshire Pudding, Pancetta, Lamb Jalfrezi and Chorizo
Congrats on making no 47 in the top 50 food websites in The Independent! Epicurious was 49!
Name : Nora
Location : London via Singapore
Sex : F
5 Foods I need : Seafood, rice, red/green chillies, vegetables and chocolate
5 Foods I’ll pass : Pig’s trotters, artificial strawberry icecream, baked beans.. i get queasy just typing this
How long? 1-2 yrs
How did i get here? searching web for LaDuree
What’s for dinner tonight?
Noodles with squid, prawns and green veg in a eggy gravy
Name: Audrey
Location:Melbourne
Age:32
Sex:F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:Juicy red ripe tomatoes, coriander, red onions, LEMONS & rice
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Chicken Liver, fatty bacon, Green peas, pizza & lard
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Abt 5 mins
How Did You Get Here: While googling on recipes for celery+greenapple
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Lamb sausage sizzle with salsa, steamed carrots & french beans, potato salad…made by urs truly!
Name: Dahlia
Location: Jerusalem
Age: 27
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Olive+sesame oils, brown rice, greens, hot pepper, garlic (just the staples…)
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Meat, shrimp, white flour, frozen vegetables, papaya
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: A few months
How Did You Get Here?: Probably a link from either megnut or chocolate and zucchini
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Cellophane noodles with homemade peanut sauce (onions, garlic, hot pepper, brown sugar, canned tomatoes, and peanuts) topped with lots of cilantro.
Name: Sunny
Location: Cumberland, VA
Age: 42
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Cheese, Eggplant, Pizza, BBQ, Avocado,alfalfa, & goat cheese pita sandwiches
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Chocolate (ick,) meringue, bamboo shoots, sea urchin, um, did I mention chocolate?
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Couple of months (?)
How Did You Get Here: Chocolate & Zucchini
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Homemade chicken pot pie, salad with garlic vinaigrette, yeast rolls, banana pudding
Name: Susan
Location: Wilmington, NC
Age: 38
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Chocolate, shellfish, fried chicken, green beans, wine (may not be food, but I’ve had it as a meal before)
Five Foods You Can Live Without: cottage cheese, peas, raisins, celery, liver
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: ’bout 2 years
How Did You Get Here?: Don’t remember
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Daughter’s turn to pick and she wants BBQ chicken. Sides have yet to be determined.
Name: Alexis Delgado
Location: Venezuela
Age: 28
Sex: Male
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
chocolate
kibbe
dried appricots
sushi
butter lettuce
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
spinach
brocolli
eggplant
couliflower
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: I have no idea, two years I think
How Did You Get Here?: a link somewhere
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: butter croisants
Name: Lindsay
Location: Limerick
Age: 19
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: cheese, onions, chocolate, tomatoes, & pasta
Five Foods You Can Live Without: rasins, bananas, butterscotch, scrapple, & root beer
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 4 months
How Did You Get Here?: boredom at work/ serious eats
What’s For Dinner Tonight?:
Leftover Curry I made last night
Name: Emily
Location: from Long Island, studying in Indiana
Age: 21
Sex: F
5 loves: pasta, pie, bread, chocolate, potatoes
5 ikks: canned veggies, tuna fish, shellfish, egg foo young, whiskey
beth
boston
48
f
Stone or Md. crabs, lobster, fresh pasta,sauv blanc, dark choc
organ meats,plain milk to drink, raw seafood, seaweed wraps, red velvet cake
beth
boston
48
f
Stone or Md. crabs, lobster, fresh pasta,sauv blanc, dark choc
organ meats,plain milk to drink, raw seafood, seaweed wraps, red velvet cake
beth
boston
48
f
Stone or Md. crabs, lobster, fresh pasta,sauv blanc, dark choc
organ meats,plain milk to drink, raw seafood, seaweed wraps, red velvet cake
Name: Rosemary
Location: Bangalore, India
Age: Between 20 and 30
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Bread, Egg, Coffee, Rice, Fish
Five Foods You Can Live Without: many
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: a week
How Did You Get Here?: Clotilde’s link
Name: Erin
Location: Richmond, VA
Age: 28
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: cheese, pasta, mushrooms, chocolate, nuts
Five Foods You Can Live Without: cole slaw, celery, eel, kale, raisins
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: year and a half
How Did You Get Here?: can’t remember!
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: hopefully, my date :)
Name: Stephanie
Location: USA
Age: 35
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: chocolate, chicken, potatoes, bread, veggies/fruit
Five Foods You Can Live Without: liver, hazel nuts, brazil nuts, leeks, mustard greens
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 1-2 years (you’re awesome!)
How Did You Get Here?: originally from Chocolate & Zucchini (have since linked to you)
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: chicken w/bbq, baked potatoes, and mixed veggies
Name: Becky
Location: Louisville, KY
Age: 24
Sex: F
Can’t Live without: chicken, chocolate, cheese, pasta, salsa
Can Live without: mayonnaise, celery, sushi, shellfish, bell peppers
Reading: a month or so
How Did You Get Here: searching food blogs at work
Dinner tonight: Leftover spaghetti and garlic bread from last night
Name: Illtud, but my friends call me Bob.
Location: Pontnewydd a tiny hamlet in rural Wales, United Kingdom.
Age:26
Sex:Male
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Potatoes (which ever way they come), good quality bread (not that horrible mass produced muck), salted butter (yup, I’m real healthy), fruit cake(we’ve got a traditional cake here in Wales called Bara Brith(freckled bread) and I’m rather partial) as for meat – pork is probably my favourite(pate, chops, loin, black pudding, sausages – the choices are endless).
Five Foods You Can Live Without:Courgette, Aubergine, Liqourice, Aniseed, Olives
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?:A couple of years now I guess.
How Did You Get Here?:I think it was from Pim’s site, but I can’t be sure about that.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?:Toad in the Hole, do you have that in the States? Sausages oven cooked then covered in a batter mix and baked. With some veg from the garden, creamed leeks, some cabbage and sauteed potatoes.
Name: Jennifer A
Location: West Springfield, MA
Age:35
Sex:F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
Cheese, crusty bread, dark chocolate, pasta, seafood
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
Licorice, anything Indian, anything that leaves orange powder on my fingers, beer, raw bell peppers
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 2 years
How Did You Get Here?: Renae
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Vietnamese at the Bamboo House in Springfield, MA, with jbo (and we didn’t get carjacked.)
Name: Deb
Location: Somerset, NJ
Age: 37
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Agave nectar, peanut butter, garlic, grapeseed oil, bananas
Five Foods You Can Live Without: beef, fowl, pork, “diet” anything, poppy seeds
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: At least 2 years.
How Did You Get Here?: Kiplog’s list
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Organic whole wheat rigatoni, homemade organic tomato sauce, and spinach salad sans bacon.
Name: Jo
Location: Newton, MA
Age:42
Sex:F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
Cheese, crusty bread, olive oil, garlic, olives
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
Chocolate, Chicory, Salmon (cooked, I love it raw or smoked), Lima beans, licorice
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 3 years
How Did You Get Here?: Can’t remember now
What’s For Dinner Tonight? At the moment, turkey cutlets, mashed potato (skin on with chive), green veg to be decided – however I am about to embark on a shopping trip for my thai class on Monday, Super 88 could change my mind when I start sniffing and touching things. We shall see.
Name: Carly
Location: Jersey City, NJ
Age: 27
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Cheese, peanut butter, avocado, pasta, grape tomatoes
Five Foods You Can Live Without: onions, mushrooms, celery, hot dogs, and strange internal organs of animals
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Probably 2 years or so
How Did You Get Here?: A link from a blog award you were nominated for.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?:
Meeting some friends at Po, so probably cavatelli, though I’m curious about the specials.
Name: Matt Johnson
Location: Atlanta, GA
Age: 30
Sex: M
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Fried Chicken, any type of cheese, siopao, spinach, bananas
Five Foods You Can Live Without: lima beans, cranberry sauce, creamed corn, green peas, liver
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Since the Atlanta days!
How Did You Get Here?: Don’t remember at this point
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Chick-Fil-A! or Crack-Fil-A as I like to call it, so addictive.
Name: Erina
Location: MA
Age: 25-30
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
dark chocolate, tomato, garlic, fresh herbs, soy sauce
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
uncommon meaty parts, drinks with artificial flavors, coffee, nuts (allergic), anything fermented
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: about a year
How Did You Get Here?: from Tuna Toasts
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: beef stew!
Name:
Location: Long Island
Age: 17
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Chocolate, Strip steak, Sweet potatoes, Mozzarella cheese, Bananas
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Shrimp, Tuna fish, Olives, Sausage, most kinds of nuts
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: About 6 months
How Did You Get Here?: Through a Google search for Babbo reviews
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Don’t know yet
Name: Anna
Location: Mill Valley, CA
Age: 48
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: strawberries, figs, asparagus, pasta, rice
Five Foods You Can Live Without: oranges, GMO, cukasaurus, liver, uni
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn’s Kitchen?: occasionally for more than a year
How Did You Get Here?: a link from Kalyn’s Kitchen
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: wild salmon and parsnips, I think.
Name: Tina
Location: Auburn, IN
Age:39
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:chocolate, nachos, pasta, fliet mignon med., potatoes, seafood
Five Foods You Can Live Without:mushrooms, coconut, raisins, tea, popcorn
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Since 2004
How Did You Get Here?: Lord I don’t even remember now!
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Grilled New York Strips, Twive Baked Potatoes and Roasted Zuccini and Yellow Squash.
Name: Joanne
Location: Indiana
Age: 32
Sex: F
5 foods I can’t live w/o: chocolate, bread, garlic, breakfast cereals, desserts
5 foods I can live w/o: tomatoes, liver, brussel sprouts, goulash, mussels
How long have I been reading AG: a year or so? not sure!
How did I get here? I believe thru a link on the Food Whore’s website but I’m not sure.
What’s for Dinner Tonight? hamburgers made from home grown, free-range, non-hormone injected beef raised by my future father in law. and whatever else i can scrounge up. maybe o-rings?
Name: Chad
Location: Florida
Age: 29
Sex: M
5 Foods I Can’t Live W/O: BBQ Pork in any form, Potatoes in any form, Lasagna, Chicken Wings
5 Foods I Can Live W/O: Olives, “Fishy” fish, anything else cooked poorly
How long: not sure, 6+ months
How did I get here: link from some other site
What’s for dinner: Fiancee’s Mom’s Birthday … so going out.
Name: LaToya
Location: NC, US
Age:25
Sex:F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Rice, chicken, potatoes, brownies, cabbage
Five Foods You Can Live Without: oysters, sauerkraut, olives, pate, goat cheese
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Around a year.
How Did You Get Here?: I stumbled upon it randomly in a search for new food blogs.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Left over improvised beef curry made with potatoes, spinach, and soy milk.
Name: Katie
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Age: 27
Gender: F
Five Foods I Can’t Live Without: bread, cheese, potatoes, sushi, tomatoes
Five Foods I Can Live Without: uni, okra, watermelon, crab, donuts
How Long Have I Been Reading AG: ages
How Did I Get Here: link from another blog
What’s for Dinner: drunken beef and wasabi mashed potatoes from Cooking Light
Name: Carrie
Location: Iowa
Age: 26
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: dark chocolate, sushi, yogurt, ripe summer fruit, fresh herbs – they make everything better
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Olives, dill pickles, sauerkraut, processed cheese…
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 2 years
How Did You Get Here?: a google search for mini bundt cake pans turned up your bundty and the bundtlettes post!
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: salmon and some roasted vegetables
Name: Eva
Location: Honolulu and Boston
Age: 20
Sex: F
Foods I can’t live with out: Hawaiian Papayas, apple bananas (also from hawaii,) fish (preferably Alan Wong’s Ginger Encrusted Onaga,) Pho and temple rolls from Hale Vietnam, almost all greek mezze, roasted squash from Hennrietta’s Table, figs, tomatoes, and asparagus.
Foods I can live with out: ARUGULA! Red meat (including pork, I swear the slogan “the other white meat” is the best marketing ploy ever.) Anything with tentacles, 90% of fried food (because usually fried food is heavy and leaden not crispy and delicious,) white chocolate.
How long have I been reading AG: two years
What is for dinner tonight? Dining hall food- I checked the menu and have already decided on grilled chicken, sauteed spinach with garlic and a side of cheerios!
Name: Court
Location: Murky Grey Boston
Age: Newly Minted 28
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Garlic, Goat Cheese, Spinach, Tomatoes, Pasta
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Olives, Radishes, Truffles, Squab, anything pickled
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: on and off a year
How Did You Get Here?: work at Oldways, foodie non-profit, all we do is food.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: good question. think I’m going to try this kale, mushroom polenta from gourmet as I had some veggies delivered and I’ve never made polenta.
name:Kathleen
Madison, Wisconsin
age:56
Sex:F
5 foods I can’t live w/o:
butter, coffee, tomato sauce, fish, garlic
5 foods I can’t live with:
hominy, tripe, canned vegetables, margarine, the curly part of calimari squid
I’ve been reading about 5 months
I tripped across the site accidentally and the name drew me in. I love your personality and Creg’s, and everyones verve. It’s the only site I read daily.
For dinner: curry pork meatballs, couscous with chopped vegetables. Not an average meal for us.
Kim
Maryland
27
F
Can’t live without: chocolate, any kind of fruit, leafy green vegetables, fresh corn tortillas, cheese
Can live without: shortening, anything processed, grocery store cakes
I’ve been reading for about 1 year
Heard about AG thru another site
For dinner: butternut squash and cauliflower curry with rice
Name: Shana Gozansky
Location:Brooklyn–Kensington to be exact
Age:28
Sex: All Woman
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: chocolate, sushi, risotto, grapefruit, lattes
Five Foods You Can Live Without:pudding, shitake mushrooms, sardines, green peppers, twinkies and the like
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: almost a year
How Did You Get Here?: the blogospere
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: roasted chicken, sweet potato fries and salad
Name: Sarah
Location: New York City (Upper West Side)
Age: 29
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: pasta, almost all cheeses, olive oil, ice cream, full sour pickles
Five Foods You Can Live Without: bleu cheeses, eggplant, sundried tomato, egg drop soup, smoked salmon
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: at least 2 years
How Did You Get Here?: I can’t remember
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: corn chowder (homemade, of course!)
Name:Mary
Location:Denton, TX
Age:25
Sex:Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:tomatoes, leafy greens, bread, butter, cheese
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
marshmallows, papaya, mountain potato, aspic, rice pudding
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: since Janet!
How Did You Get Here?:My sister told me about it.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?:not sure yet… beanie weenies?
Name: purplepops
Location: NYC
Age: 31
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Sushi, Dean&Deluca Coffee, lobster, all kinds of noodles/pasta, dairy
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Blue Cheese, canned veggies, spam, cream of wheat, fruit punch
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Not sure. about a year?
How Did You Get Here?: Googling food blogs
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Spaghetti with ground beef and parsley in tomato cream sauce.
Name: TJ
Location: New Orleans
Age: 27
Sex: Male
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Citrus, Seafood, Peanut Butter, Cheese, Bread
Five Foods You Can Live Without: jello, peas, coconut, salmon roe, instant mashed potatoes
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: about a year
How Did You Get Here?: Simply Recipies
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: shrimp & crab gumbo ( great cure for post-mardi gras hangover)
What a cool readership you have!
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Name: Meghan
Location: Brooklyn
Age: 25
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: aged gouda, avocados, olive oil, a perfect tomato, pork belly, those crack dumplings from Yeah Shaghai Deluxe in Chinatown
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Bananas, raisins, Mentos
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: only recently, but I’m a fan
How Did You Get Here?: NY Times
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Winter squash soup, after I pick up my long-anticipated immersion blender, with some croutons and a salad.
Name: Carmen
Location: D.C.
Age: 23
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: almonds, berries (esp. wild blueberries and cherries), rice, Greek yogurt, and chocolate
Five Foods You Can Live Without: carbonated beverages, most meat, mayonnaise, bacon, sausage
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 2-2.5 years
How Did You Get Here?: Probably a link from another food blog. I think through Chocolate & Zucchini.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: homemade veggie soup and brown rice
Name: Carmen
Location: D.C.
Age: 23
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: almonds, berries (esp. wild blueberries and cherries), rice, Greek yogurt, and chocolate
Five Foods You Can Live Without: carbonated beverages, most meat, mayonnaise, bacon, sausage
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 2-2.5 years
How Did You Get Here?: Probably a link from another food blog. I think through Chocolate & Zucchini.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: homemade veggie soup and brown rice
Name: marc
Location: Washington, DC
Age: 30
Sex: M
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: A’Matriciana, Bacon, Curry, Espresso, Mangos, squash
Five Foods You Can Live Without: brussel sprouts, ham (i.e. ham that is a source of income, not a birthright), liver & onions, asparagus (unless obscenely fresh), tinned jalapenos
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 3 or 4 months
How Did You Get Here?: don’t remember anymore
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: pasta with olive oil, Parmesan and rapini.
Name:Jennifer
Location:live in Germany,born/grew up in Italy and married to an american
Age:29
Sex:f
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: my eggplant parmigiana, nutella, pasta with ragu’ sauce(meat sauce),my husband’s apple pie and bread
Five Foods You Can Live Without:american popcorn,beets, fatty meat,bell peppers and cooked onions
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: about 10 months
How Did You Get Here?:from an other food blog
What’s For Dinner Tonight?:chicken stir fry
Name: Clary
Location:Santiago, Chile
Age: 52
Sex: Not anymore, thank you. He, he. Now seriously, F.
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Chocolate, walnuts, coffee, any dessert, bread.
Five Foods You Can Live Without: coliflower, beans, beets, any animal interior (except liver), grapefruit, mint candy.
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 3-4 years
How Did You Get Here?: Looking for cupcakes, the first hit was Janet’s cupcakes.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Scrambled eggs in pita, fruit salad and yoghurt. And a small piece of chocolate, of course.
Thanks!
OH. MY. GOD.
You are one popular dude!
Name: Caley
Location: Chicago
Age: 22
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Udon, Pork Ribs, sea bass sashimi, Dubliner’s Cheese, green beans
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Ground Beef, Mayo, canned tuna, American cheese, Most Box Cereal
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Almost a year
How Did You Get Here?: Write for Chew on That Blog and Recipe4Living.com, love the site!
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Chicken and Mushrooms, red wine, and couscous
laura k
Boston, MA
27
lady
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: pasta, peanut butter, tomatoes, chickens, olive oil
Five Foods You Can Live Without: moldy cheese, peas, cod, kimchee, tripe
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: at least a year
How Did You Get Here?: If I recall correctly, The Paupered Chef. And thus spawned a new obsession.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Mmm, Zon’s for the mister’s birthday dinner. Lamb burgers? Mac and cheese? The options are staggering…
Nicole
Culver City in Kirk Faulkner’s apartment
27
Tomato, cheese, dark chocolate, lettuce, chicken
raw fish, eggplant, organ meats, papaya, orange bang
1 year
blog to blog contact
i want to make pizza…
Name: Al
Location: Berkeley, CA
Age: 21
Sex: M
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: wine, heirloom tomatoes, citrus, greek yogurt, cheese
Five Foods You Can Live Without: pasta, taro root, durian, sea urchin, tripe
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: early 2005
How Did You Get Here?: followed some links
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: scallops and salmon over greens + citrus and shallot vinaigrette
Name:
Location:
Age:25
Sex:f
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: cheese, bacon, kimchi, tacos, cured meats
Five Foods You Can Live Without: offal, chocolate & mint combo, raisans, anything licorice, processed cheese
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 2 years
How Did You Get Here?: hmm don’t remember
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: kalbi & king oyster mushrooms with red leaf lettuce, sesame leaves, scallion salad
Name:
Location:
Age:22
Sex:please
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: perfect chips & salsa, feta cheese, lemon, fresh fish, and dark chocolate
Five Foods You Can Live Without: chicken breast, iceberg lettuce, english peas, raisns, and red onion
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: few months
How Did You Get Here?: links? don’t remember anymore but I love it!
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Wingfield’s (Voted best burgers in Dallas) for dinner with the in-laws!!
Name:Deanna
Location: Toronto
Age: 30 (but i swear, i was 29 just last year)
Sex: not much
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: oranges, berries, chocolate, cinnamon, something creamy
Five Foods You Can Live Without: cabbage, ground beef, radicchio, chicken skin, gummi candy
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: couple years
How Did You Get Here?: typed in the address
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: no idea! Maybe some kind of soup?
Name:Anastasija
Location: New York/London (studying)
Age: 21
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: ice cream, bagels, raspberries, chicken, salad
Five Foods You Can Live Without: tomatoes, licorice, burgers, boiled carrots (i’m sorry but carrots are a food meant to be eaten raw), microwavable foods
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: almost a year?
How Did You Get Here?: link from some other food blog, maybe orangette?
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: just made zucchini in oyster sauce (is that weird? it’s good anyway) with rice
Name: Beth
Location: Twin Cities area
Age: 40
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
cheese
bread
chocolate
asparagus
squash (both summer and winter)
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
onions
radishes
oysters
liver
bell peppers
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: since shortly after the infamous Janet Jackson cupcakes
How Did You Get Here?: from the Not Martha website
What’s For Dinner Tonight?:
a white bean soup and freshly baked bread
Name:MEGASTEIN
Location:L.A., CA
Age:32
Sex:FEMALE
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:BEETS, MARYLAND BLUE CRABS, OATMEAL, RED BEAN PASTE, PICKLED ANYTHING
Five Foods You Can Live Without: BEEF LIVER, RAW TOMATO, SOUR CANDY, RED CURRY, ARUGULA
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 2 YEARS
How Did You Get Here?: 101 COOKBOOKS
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: POLENTA TOPPED WITH MUSHROOM RAGOUT, WINTER SALAD WITH BEETS AND FETA, RED BEAN ICE CREAM FOR DESSERT
Leslie
San Jose
21
Female
+: eggs, fish, wonton soup, fresh ripe fruit, and oysters
-: cilantro, boudin noir (and other blood related products), white chocolate, soda, wonder bread
reading for 3 years, accidentally through the janet jackson cupcake post
dinner: corned beef and braised cabbage/carrots
Name: Debbie
Location: St. Louis
Age: 49
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: proscuitto, goat cheese, tomatoes, rice, olives
Five Foods You Can Live Without: peas, green peppers, beets, grapefruit, lima beans
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: about 1 year,
How Did You Get Here?: found through friend’s blog (food migration)
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Greek Salad with Gyro meat
Name: Tom
Age: 35
Sex: M
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Pizza, Pork (generally, but especially bacon, barbecue shoulder, prosciutto… ah hell, the whole thing), red wine, tomatoes, foie gras
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Collard greens, Spelt, Veggie Burgers, Congee, Minestrone Soup
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet? A month or two
How Did You Get Here? Link from grub street, I think?
What’s For Dinner Tonight? Quiche, most likely, probably with spinach salad.
Name: Lee
Location: Mildura, Australia
Age: 30
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Pasta, steak, salad, baked potatoes, bread (toast)
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Sultanas, Christmas pudding, hot cross buns, salad dressing, creamy pasta sauces
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: four months
How Did You Get Here?: through smittenkitchen.com
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: garlic and chilli prawns
Name: Trav
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Age: 28
Sex: M
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: blood orange, dark chocolate, bread (white, wholemeal, cibatta, sourdough, garlic), olive oil, red meat
Five Foods You Can Live Without: fennel seeds, margarine, organ meat, most cheese, nuts
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Many, many months
How Did You Get Here?: link from another blog
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Fish and Chips from the local.
Name:Susan
Location:Helena, MT
Age:???
Sex:F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Beef, cheeses, chocolate, coffee, potato chips.
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
Avocado, ketchup (yuck), oysters, hothothot chilies, Rocky mountain oysters (different than sea oysters!)
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Forever, it seems, but truly just after “Janet” and a long time before Craig was introduced!
How Did You Get Here?Hmmm, obviously a link from somewhere…
What’s For Dinner Tonight?:Gotta make do with leftovers…homemade mac and cheese, fresh veggies and some roasted chicken before we go to our daughter’s concert.
Name: Valerie
Location: New Mexico
Age: 53
Sex: I prefer “gender”: female
Five foods I can’t live without: New Mexican-grown green chile, pasta, potatoes, butter, filet mignon
Five foods I can live without: brains, tartare, fried grasshoppers, kidney beans and tofu
How long have I been reading Amateur Gourmet: maybe three or four months
How did I get here? web surfing; who knows?
What’s for dinner tonight: green chile chicken enchiladas, extra hot!
Name: Kris
Location:Caribbean
Age: 26
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
Chocolate
Cookies
Pizza
Red Onions
Granny smith apples
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
Peanut Butter
Beets
Chick peas
Chicken
Rice
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Years
How Did You Get Here?:don’t recall!
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: i’m devouring a giant vanilla mockshake – dont feel like food and my wisdom teeth are being crappy.
Name: Cate
Location: Delaware
Age: 42
Sex: F
Can’t live without: french fries, roasted brussels sprouts, bacon, beef, eggs
Can live without: pineapple, offal, tea with hibiscus in it, lima beans, artichokes
Reading Amateur Gourmet: for a very long time and can’t remember how I found you.
Dinner tonight: breakfast, cooked by my husband. Hitting three of the favorites: hash browns (almost french fries), bacon, and eggs.
Name: Courtney
Location: Daytona Area Florida
Age: 23
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Boursin, fresh fruits of any kind, sushi, french fries, wine (if that counts!)
Five Foods You Can Live Without: pickles, ranch dressing, chocolate ice cream, raisins
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: several months
How Did You Get Here?: stumbled along a link from another blog — I think it was Orangette
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: just got back from sushi at our favorite local place
Name: Adam H.
Location: West Springfield, MA
Age: 35
Sex: M
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
Sushi/sashimi
Eggs
Cheese
Milk
Bagels
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
Uni
Okra
Turnip/mustard greens
Turkey
Vegemite/Marmite
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Years
How Did You Get Here?: Through one of the food bloggers at masslive.com.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Tonight it was a roasted bone-in chicken breast and some steamed organic green beans, and a half glass of 2% milk, all from Trader Joe’s. On the chicken breast was a liberal shake of Goya Adobo.
Name:Sarah
Age: 29
Sex: Yes!
5 Foods: Unpasteurized Cheesees, Wine, Artisan Breads, Pate, Dark Chocolate (clearly, I’m a Francoholic)
How Long: From nearly its inception
How Here: A good friend (with whom you later had lunch with at a soul food spot) forwarded a link of your Les Mis/egg post
What’s for Dinner: Pasta Amatriciana
Oooh, I am a bad student–I didn’t read the questions as thoroughly as I should have.
Location: Atlanta (Sandy Springs)
Can Live Without: Sweet Potatoes, Angel Food Cake (blech), Haggis, anything Arby’s,Schnapps
Oooh, I am a bad student–I didn’t read the questions as thoroughly as I should have.
Location: Atlanta (Sandy Springs)
Can Live Without: Sweet Potatoes, Angel Food Cake (blech), Haggis, anything Arby’s,Schnapps
Name: Lydia
Location: Vancouver, BC
Age: 26
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: olive oil, blueberries and bananas on my oatmeal, good bread, good cheese.
Five Foods You Can Live Without: avocado, blue cheese, bison, doritos, non-free range eggs
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: a month or 2
How Did You Get Here?: Orangette
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: spaghetti with pesto and salmon- out of groceries, had to go with cupboard stuff
Name: Erin
Location: Tennessee
Age: 29
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
-Chicken
-Cheeses, especially Boursin & Smoked Gouda
-Honey Crisp Apples
-Fresh Raspberries/Mango
-Dark Chocolate
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
-Bad BBQ (I Live near Memphis)
-Chitterings- gag!
-Liver
-Sweet Potatoes/Yams
-Offal meats
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Almost a year
How Did You Get Here?: Through My Yahoo page
What’s For Dinner Tonight?:
BBQ’d Kielbasa
Youkon gold potatoes
Seasoned cabbage cooked with onions and bacon.
Thanks! No, Thank You Adam!!!
Name: Tracy
Location: Illinois
Sex: yes please
Five foods you can’t live without:
Freshly baked bread, fruit, shrimp, popcorn, ice cream
Five foods you can live without:
Liver & onions, hominy, store bought white bread, canned spinach, most any frozen entree
How long have you been reading AG? Since you were in Atlanta
How did I get here? My Net NewWire feed…you are on RSS
What’s for dinner tonight? Um, since we were late to kids’ events-Jimmy John’s. Tom Turkey with spouts, and a couple of Vitos (the original Jimmy John’s is here)
Name: Alto2
Location: Southwest Florida a/k/a ethnic food hell
Age: 44
Sex: female
Five foods I can’t live without: sushi, pho, popcorn, Doritos, Pink Lady apples
Five foods I can live without: brussels sprouts, okra, grits, Vienna sausages, beets
How long have I been reading AG: 3 months, since 11/06
How did I get here? From Shuna Fish Lydon’s “Eggbeater” blog.
What’s for dinner tonight? DS2’s favorite “Crunchy Chicken”, baked potatoes and tossed salad. Suburban but delicious: nothing beats crisp chicken skin with the fat rendered off.
Name: Seema
Location: Seattle (but I missed the AG get-together :()
Age: 29
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Chocolate, apples, dim-sum, bread and charcuterie of all sorts.
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Liver(excluding foie gras), broccoli, fake meat products, processed cheese, cooked carrots.
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Since around the time Pancetta made her appearance I suspect.
How Did You Get Here?: Twas something related to a discussion on egullet that brought me here..
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Rotis, methi matar malai and Dal.. just simple, homecooked Indian food, that’s all.
Name:WokkingMum
Location: Singapore
Age: 36
Sex: Female
Five Food I can’t live without: Chinese, Japanese, Ice Cream, Coke, Dessert
Five Food I can live without: Too many I don’t know which to list. ;p
How long have I been reading Amateur Gourmet?: It’s my first visit here! Will be back for more!
How did I get here?: thru GroupRecipe.com
What’s for dinner tonight?: The kids are have sweet Chicken Wings and ABC Soup. We have having Stir-fried Prawns in Dark Soy Sauce. … Come visit me at http://wokkingmum.blogspot.com when you are free. I’ll be posting the recipes tomorrow!
Name: Sijbrich
Location: temporarily in Italy, but live in Boise, ID
Age:28
Sex:F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:Chocolate, cheese, ice cream, pasta, green vegetables
Five Foods You Can Live Without: chicken feet, marzipan, Vegimite, sea cucumber, durian
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 1 week
How Did You Get Here?:link from http://www.definitelyra.blogspot.com
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: gnoicchi
Name: Agata
Location: Sopot, Poland
Age:27
Sex:F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: yoghurt, bread, tomatoes, muesli, ice cream
Five Foods You Can Live Without: brussels, meat, margarine, candies, chips
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 6 months
How Did You Get Here?: by links
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: pasta
Name: Nanda
Location: Portugal
Age: 25
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
Chocolatte
Eggs
Bread
Fresh vegetables
Aromatic Herbs & spices
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
meat
artichokes
shitake
canned foods
junk food
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 1 year
How Did You Get Here?: links from other food bloggers
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Vegeterian Lasagne with lots of muzzarella cheese and tomato sauce. And for desert maybe a delicious chocolatte brownie with vannila ice cream or a petit gateaux.
Congratulations to your blog!
Name: Linda
Location: Paris
Age: 50
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
chocolate
Beef
Potatoes
Tomatoes
Eggs
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
Any “innards” except fois gras
sausage
coffee
Thai food-hate lemon grass
yogurt
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 2 years
How Did You Get Here?: link from Chocolate and Zucchini
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Pot au Feu, which is really a boiled beef dinner with veggies cooked in broth.
Name: Page
Location: Coastal South Carolina
Age: 46
Gender: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Dark beer, Mexican food, beans, tofu, leaf lettuce
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Liver, other organ meats,fish,shell fish,fast foods
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 2-3 years
How Did You Get Here?: link on Yahoo
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Pizza w/ a huge leafy salad!
Name: Claire
Location: Tokyo
Age: 28
Gender: F
Five foods you can’t live without: Vegemite, eggplant, Chicken, Fetta, Bread.
Five foods you can live without: Natto, Kidneys, shellfish, peanut butter, Natto
How long have you been reading: 1 month
How did you get here: Google reader
Whats for dinner tonight: Chicken and couscous salad.
Name: ben bloom
Location: brooklyn
Age: 29
Sex: M
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: cereal, eggs, pizza, chicken, PB&J, does beer count as food?
Five Foods You Can Live Without: brocolli, cauliflower, bitter greens, asparagus, milk.
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 2 years
How Did You Get Here?: yahoo i think
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: probably pizza at capones, or leftover roasted chicken that i made last night.
Name: Amy
Location: Providence, RI (from Berkeley, CA)
Age: 21
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Avocado, tomato, olives/oil, cheese (the reason I stopped being vegan), hearty whole wheat bread
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Meat/fish/poultry, orange-flavored chocolate, soda, eggs, kale.
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: A few years…
How Did You Get Here?: Probably Clotilde @ chocolateandzucchini.com
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Homemade soup (carrot, sweet potato, and spinach), probably something carb-related that I grab randomly – oh, college.
Name: emma firestone
Location: cambridge, UK (late of boston, MA)
Age: 23
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: carrots, Turkish yogurt, crusty bread, hummus, onions / garlic / ginger.
Five Foods You Can Live Without: mayonnaise, milk, any sort of melon, any sort of juice, mashed potatoes.
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: maybe 8 months. (it’s great!)
How Did You Get Here?: food-blog browsing.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: either braised chicken thighs & greens over rice or bucatini w/ ragu. depends what’s gonna go off first.
pam
thailand
42
f
truly excellent coffee, truly excellent red wine, steamed maine lobster, dark chocolate, and great bread
durian, brussel sprouts, black jelly beans, red Fanta (and green, for that matter), and grass jelly
6 months
chezpim
pad thai gai (that’s with chicken)
Name: Elke
Location: San Jose, CA
Age: 29
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: homegrown tomatoes, ripe apricots, sausage, wine, any kind of cheese (preferably soft, especially on crusty bread with avocado)
Five Foods You Can Live Without: soup, tripe, boiled veggies, tongue, BBQ sauce
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 6 months
How Did You Get Here?: food blog browsing (Chez Pim?, I love Manresa!)
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: mushroom bread pudding, similar to a quiche
Name: Hannah
Location: Providence, RI
Age: 22
Sex: female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: DARK chocolate, bread, eggplant, SPICES, beets
Five Foods You Can Live Without: mayonnaise, brains (only because of the disease factor). everything else i could take or leave.
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 1 year
How Did You Get Here?: chance
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: CAMPING FOOD.
Name: Scott
Location: Boston, MA
Age: 31
Sex: M
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
Pizza, Sushi, fresh mozzarella, pad thai, Gu energy gel
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
grasshopper empanadas, broccoli rabe, that’s about it, I like everything.
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Six months?
How Did You Get Here?: I honestly don’t remember, some other food blog, Chez Pim maybe?
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Wonton Noodle Soup and Szechuan chicken raviolis.
Name:eva
Location:east village, nyc
Age:21
Sex:F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:oysters, stinky cheese, feta cheese, peaces, raspberries, lamb chops
Five Foods You Can Live Without: offal, hazelnuts
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: year-ish
How Did You Get Here?: can’t remember
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: big greek salad, glass of red wine
Name: Sarah
Location: Atl, GA
Age: 26
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Fois Gras, Goat Cheese, Lobster, Sausage, almonds
Five Foods You Can Live Without: califlower, mustard greens, fennel
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 2 years
How Did You Get Here?: heard about you when you were still in Atlanta from John Kessler
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: homemade Bolegnese sauce that i spent last Sunday cooking. yum!
Name: Väös
Location: The Netherlands
Age: 29
Sex: M
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: steaks, red thai curry, fresh pasta, zoervleis (a local stew), cote-d’or chocolate
Five Foods You Can Live Without: salmon, liver, fish that look you in the eye, chicken on the bone, caramel pudding
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 2 years
How Did You Get Here?: fellow foodblogger link
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: fresh pasta with red pepper and tomato sauce and a little sour cream
Name: Gillian
Location: Toronto, Canada
Age: 20
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
tuna
salmon
sweet potatoes
mutsu apples
meditteranean yoghurt
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
potato chips
fries
canned soup
frozen vegetables
low fat yoghurt
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 2 yrs
How Did You Get Here?: I think it was Chocolate and Zuchinni…
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: hostess at a restaurant, so I’ll probably get a goat cheese salad with walnuts and grilled chicken as my free meal!
I can’t believe how many people answered Sex: yes please!
Maybe this blog’s the fault of us not getting enough sex… Or is it the food?
Name: Marti
Location: Stamford, CT
Age: 26
Sex: I’m a chick
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Cashew butter, medjool dates, brown rice sushi, chocolate cakes in all sorts of varieties, tomatoes.
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Raw onions, liver, pork of any kind, oranges, raisins.
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: At least a year, but quite possibly more than that. I’m not very good at keeping track of these things.
How Did You Get Here?: I have no idea.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Lentil vegetable soup, tilapia fajitas, onion scented quinoa with stir-fried zucchini and mushrooms, applesauce spice cake. Friday dinner and Saturday lunch are big meals in my house. Tomorrow it’s curried chicken with vegetables over brown rice with split pea soup and mango salad.
Name: Shawn
Location: Boston, MA
Age: 26
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
Chocolate
Coffee
Sugar
Milk
Garlic
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
Hmm, I’d rather not. I love variety–even if I don’t love something I’d try it again, especially in some new combination.
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Since Winter 2004
How Did You Get Here?: I think I followed a link from Chocolateand Zucchini after finding Clotilde from a NY Times article.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Yogurt and fruit. But last night it was baingan bharta, my favorite Indian dish (made with eggplant–you should try it! Or better yet, make it!)
Name: Susan
Location: California
Age: 58
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Dark Chocolate, homemade Mac and Cheese, seafood, artichokes, and lemons
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Cooked carrots, tofu, green bell peppers, already masticated or processed meats, store bought cookies
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: couple of months
How Did You Get Here?: Google
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Tilapia with sautéed spinach and whole wheat roll
Kathy
Illinois
22 (this week!)
Yes: Good bread, hummus, snap peas, pancakes, scones
No: Olives, natto, non-vegan things
Reading: About a year
How: Food Porn Watch
Tonight: A great baguette with honey, peanut butter, and avacado (not together!), then grapes and Turkish coffee.
Name: Lu
Location: Huntington Beach CA
Age: 55 (but don’t tell anyone!)
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Mango, artichoke, yogurt, steak, romaine
Five Foods You Can Live Without: peanut butter, cold cereal, hmmm…think I like most everything
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Maybe a year.
How Did You Get Here?: I have no idea.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Grilled fish tacos at a local Mexican restaurant (It’s Lent and we’re Catholic -> no meat)
Name: Paula
Location: Colorado
Age: 53
Sex: Female
Five foods you can’t live without: Buttered toast, popcorn, yogurt, apples,chicken
Five foods you can live without: liver, bacon, chocolate, bananas, avacados.
How long have you been reading Amateur Gourmet? Only a couple months.
How did you get here? Megnut to Serious Eats to Amateur Gourmet.
What’s for dinner? Homemade turkey pot pie.
Name: Ryan Melzer
Location: Arizona
Age: 27
Sex: M
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
1.)Avocados
2.)Beef
3.)Fish
4.)Potatoes
5.)Horchata
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
1.)Tomatoes (really)
2.)Blue Cheese
3.)Cilantro
4.)Menudo
5.)Diet Soda
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: A year maybe?
How Did You Get Here?: By way of TDK
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Don’t know yet
Name: Trish
Location: Omaha, NE USA
Age: 57
Sex: Female
5 foods I can’t live without: almost anything italian, almost anything mexican, bread, cream cheese and steak
5 foods I can live without: liver, brussels sprouts, eggplant, processed cheese food (velveeta – dog loves it though), lamb
How long reading AG: 6 months
How did I get here: Another blog – maybe simply recipes?
What’s for dinner tonight: Homemade lasagna, salad, homemade italian bread dipped in good olive oil, parnesan cheese and cracked pepper…
Name: Sarah Campbell
Location: Sydney, Australia
Age: 30
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: fresh oysters, gooey cheeses, sushi of any kind/description, prosciutto, fresh bread
Five Foods You Can Live Without: tinned pig’s trotters I had in Spain and cold black pudding (I’ll eat it fried but cold is wrong) and that’s about it
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Hm. 2 years? Maybe 3?
How Did You Get Here?: I can’t remember – I think you were linked from another blog I read (that I don’t read anymore!)
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Squid stuffed with feta, parsley and chorizo
Name: Sheri
Location: Northern California
Age: 30-something
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: pizza, green salad, chocolate, coffee/tea, tacos, cheese (ooops, that’s six)
Five Foods You Can Live Without: uncooked tomatoes, uncooked onions, canned green beans, dr. pepper, arugula
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: several months
How Did You Get Here?: serious eats
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: (blushing) frozen pizza…hey, it’s friday pizza night! yeah, what can i say? we suck in the cooking deparment lately…
Name: Sarine
Location: Pennsylvania
Age: 31
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
– warm bread + butter
– eggplant
– stuffed arthichokes
– argentine empanadas
– chocolate pudding
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
– gummi bears
– sea vegetables
– mass produced smoothies
– iceberg lettuce
– meat
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: about a year
How Did You Get Here?: straight to it
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: red cabbage, apple and beet salad with mustard vinagriette and warm goat cheese crostini
Name: Carol
Location: Baltimore, MD
Age: Not 40 yet!
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Roasted chicken, pasta, broccoli, cheese, garlic
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Mushrooms, eggs, liver, cilantro, candied citron
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: A few months
How Did You Get Here?: You’re in my blogroll.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Roasted chicken with garlic mashed potatoes, corn, and…some kind of baby green salad with a vinaigrette.
Name: Randi
Location: Southwestern Ontario, Canada (But I’m American)
Age: 40(gasp)
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Pizza,pasta,berries,peanut butter cheese, skim milk
Five Foods You Can Live Without: beef,salmon,blue cheese, dark tuna,ham
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: about a year
How Did You Get Here?: linked
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: potstickers and brocoli cheese soup.
Name: Sharon
Location: NJ–outside NYC
Age: 50
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: pasta, cheese, olive oil, garlic, asparagus
Five Foods You Can Live Without: string beans, Wonder Bread, any fast food, ham, meat loaf
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 1 year
How Did You Get Here?: don’t remember
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: grilled wild salmon (following Mark Bittman’s recent tips on using the broiler), wild/brown rice, broccoli, pinot noir.
Name: Rosie
Location: Sacramento, CA
Age: 34
Sex: Female
5 Foods I Can’t Live w/Out: cheese, bread, pasta, tomatoes, garlic
5 Foods I Can Live w/Out: anything processed and fast foods in general
How Long Have I Been Reading: 6-8 months
How Did I Get Here: Linked at some point now you are one of my favorites
What’s for dinner tonight: A big salad (but I may ask hubby to pick up some Mexican)
Name: Grace
Location: Orange County, CA
Age: 21
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: cheese, sushi, pasta, fruits, mexican food
Five Foods You Can Live Without: mushrooms, olives, cheesecake, walnuts, diet sodas
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Over a year, bare minimum
How Did You Get Here?: I can’t even remember, but you are linked as a favorite now
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Not sure yet. I’m kind of in the mood for something really unhealthy (young metabolism and all, HA)
Name: Arloe
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Age: 27
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Procuitto, cheese, mushrooms, pasta, spinach
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Raw onions, okra, black licorice, cilantro, green peppers
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: About 1 month
How Did You Get Here?: There’s a site called http://www.ottawafoodies.com that has a forum, and one of the topics was “What foodie websites do you frequent?”. One of the responders mentioned this site and had a link connectin to the Ducase/White Truffle post. Click!
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Gah! Nothing. I’ve been cooking for 11 strait hours – 8am – 2pm Lunch Service at my cooking school’s restaurant (my first ever!!! My recipe!!! People paying MONEY for MY recipe!!!! Booyah! It was Bison Medallions with Foie Gras Mustard, and Pear, Onion and Blueberry Compote), then at 2:30pm I had to go strait into a 5 hour blackbox workshop. The overall theme of my day today was “don’t cough in the food” seeing as I have a disgusting chest cold too, which is another reason why I’m having no dinner…no appetite. Blah.
Name: Sandra
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Age: 31
Sex: Lady
Five foods I can’t live without:
Swiss Chalet Chicken, fresh cherries, chocolate chip cookies, orange pekoe tea, milk
Five foods I most definitely can live without: Internal organs, cheesecake (yes, it is true!), beets, lamb, fishy mackerel
How Long a Reader: Definitely over a year, likely longer and enjoy it very much!
How did I get here: via Chocolate & Zucchini
What’s for dinner tonight? The hubby and I enjoyed fresh 3-cheese tortellini with Nana’s home made tomato sauce accompanied by a lovely salad, all very yum.
Name: Lorraine
Location: Manila, Philippines
Age: 32
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Rice, Sinigang (sour tamarind or miso soup), Sashimi, Chocolate, Squid.
Five Foods You Can Live Without: I like everything.
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Two years.
How Did You Get Here?: Via TypePad’s featured site, I think.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Chicken and Pork Adobo. Yum…
Name: Montse (www.paradayfonda.com)
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Age: 31
Sex: female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: artichokes, bread with tomatoe (Catalan recipe), fish, pasta and soups
Five Foods You Can Live Without: peas, chick peas, fried eggs, beans and brussel sprouts
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 6 months
How Did You Get Here?: not sure, another blogger
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: spinach
rachel
connecticut (for now)
32
f
5 foods I can’t live without: malai kofta, dark chocolate, brussels sprouts (braised), black beans, avocado
5 foods I can live without: meat, mealy tomatoes, overcooked veggies, white chocolate, cake
how long reading AG: years
how did I get here: from chocolate&zucchini, je pense
dinner tonight: something yummy- we’ll be in NYC!
Name: Sophie
Location: London
Age: 26
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
Pizza, onions, prawns, steak, asparagus
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
Coconut, anything containing aniseed, bony fish, salt n vinegar crisps, chocolate.
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?:
About a year I reckon.
How Did You Get Here?:
Obsessive recipe searching on the internet!!
What’s For Dinner Tonight?:
We’re out to dinner but tomorrow it’s a roast chicken (of course!)
Name: emily
Location: virginia
Age: 27
Sex: f
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: ice cream
Five Foods You Can Live Without: green peas
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 6 mo
How Did You Get Here?:I don’t remember
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Vietnamese
Name: Ben
Location: Park Slope, Brooklyn
Age: 23
Sex: Male
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
Sushi, Chocolate, Spaghetti, Burgers, Cheese
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
Celery, celery, celery, celery, celery
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Over a year now
How Did You Get Here?: Some sort of best of the web list
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Chili Dogs
Name: Carol
Location: Northern Nevada
Age: 47
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Cotswold Cheese, Stilton Cheese, Fresh Homemade Bread, Devon Double Cream Butter, Chilled Vodka.
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Anything processed or with additives, Brussels Sprouts, white bread, Spam, Velveta, fish sticks.
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: About a month.
How Did You Get Here?: Google Reader.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: My homemade lasagna.
Name: Christine
Location: Monterey Park, east of Los Angeles
Age: 57
Sex: female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: bacon, pasta, tequila, pastrami from The Hat, chocolate
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Big Mac only ate once, natto, atole, over-cooked veggies, iceburg lettuce
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: since 2006
How Did You Get Here?: baking sheet blog
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: homemade sun-dried tomato foccacia, pasta, salad, wine
Name: Miriam
Location: Los Angeles, CA/Philadelphia, PA
Age: 21
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Potatoes, cheese, cheesecake, bread and other grains, nuts
Five Foods You Can Live Without: All seafood (except shrimp), any kind of innard (e.g. liver, brains, etc.), cantaloupe, broccoli, bleu cheeses
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: About a year and a half
How Did You Get Here?: By clicking on various other foodblogs’ favorite food blogs
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Roasted Acorn Sqush Lasagna
Name: e
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Age: 25
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Spinach, Chocolate, Coffee, Cheese, Tortillas
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Cauliflower, Baby Corn, Circus Peanuts, Mint, Cantaloupe
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Three years
How Did You Get Here?: Mike Compitello’s blog
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: White Bean and Broccoli Rabe soup
Name: Marta
Location: Panama City, Panama
Age: 30
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: cheese, fruits, pasta, fresh vegetables, seafood
Five Foods You Can Live Without: hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken, turkey, casseroles
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 1 year
How Did You Get Here?: don’t remember
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: sushi
Name: Kim
Location: Portland, OR
Age: 30
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: gelato, beets, fresh baked artisan bread, hot chocolate, coffee, good cheese, fresh fruit, fresh tomatoes dungeness crab
Five Foods You Can Live Without: pistachios, walnuts, top ramen (not really a food methinks), my moms halibut and almonds (again, not really food methinks)
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: a year
How Did You Get Here?: tuna toast
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: spicy hot dogs from zachs shack and then dessert at st cupcake
Name: Emily
Location: Vancouver, BC
Age: 30
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: bacon, rice, tofu, leafy greens, pate
Five Foods You Can Live Without: fast food, junk food, salmon, chocolate, bananas
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 2 years?
How Did You Get Here?: Chez Pim? I can’t even remember anymore.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Taiwanese spicy beef noodles in soup!
Name:Liz
Location:Providence, RI
Age:20
Sex:F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: spinach, cheese, chewy crusty bread, salmon, udon
Five Foods You Can Live Without: kai seki (japanese classical cuisine), chicken feet, sashimi, foi gras, birds nest soup
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 2 years or so
How Did You Get Here?: a review in a magazine or something
What’s For Dinner Tonight?:spinach salad with raisins, black beans, cucumbers and hummus, a veggie burger
haha, no way you are going to read all of these. say hi to me if you ever get to this one.
Name: Jessica
Location: Yale College
Age: 22
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: CHOCOLATE, refried beans, hummus, apples, cheeeese
Five Foods You Can Live Without: mayonnaise, meat, fast food, eggs (when not baked into things), cereal that has turned mushy in milk
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: since last fall
How Did You Get Here?: probably from slashfood?
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: the first time I have cooked with fresh food in two months! (I’m a poor college student.) Pasta with fresh broccoli, portabellas and tempeh.
eSA
East Gowanus,Brooklyn NY
36
Yes
Cheese, wine, pasta, bread + fruit
Things that have a long lifespan, are in a can or in plastic
1 year
Surfing for recipes no doubt
Pan fried semi-bonesless quail, rosemary tates and braised leeks.
Name: Emily
Location: Washington, DC
Age: 43
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: avocados, cheese of any kind, potato chips, garlic, quesadillas
Five Foods You Can Live Without: pasta salad, raw onions, cooked green peppers, fake banana-flavor, most beef
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: a few weeks
How Did You Get Here?: Guy Kawasaki’s blog
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: reheated latkes, frozen and saved for me by a friend
Name: Christine
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
Age:31
Sex:F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:avocados, tomatoes, chili, tortillas, cheese
Five Foods You Can Live Without:liver, chamomile, monkfish, gizzards, capers
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 2 years
How Did You Get Here?: C & Z
What’s For Dinner Tonight? Cashew chicken and green tea
Name: Andoni
Location: Ataun (a tiny village in the Basque Country, Spain)
Age: 26. Painfully closer and closer to 30s…
Sex: Very few, I’m afraid. (Male)
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Onions, rice, tea (can it be considered as a food?), tuna and of course, CHOCOLATE (!).
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Mint, “cod cheeks” (“kokotxa” in basque/spanish, does it exist elsewhere in the world???), coffee and… I can’t remember anything else.
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: A couple of months or three.
How Did You Get Here?: I can’t remember.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Probably some “pintxos” in San Sebastian (Spain). You should definitely try them.
Name:
Location:
Age: 41
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: onions and garlic (they nearly always go together!), tomatoes, olive oil, pasta, coffee (hard to believe I’m from the South, isn’t it?)
Five Foods You Can Live Without: I CAN’T THINK OF ANY!! all food is wonderful
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 1 day
How Did You Get Here?: ruhlman.com
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: going out in the ATL! tomorrow: who knows? depends on what looks good at the DeKalb Farmer’s Market
Name: Demara
Location: Bowling Green, KY
Age: 30
Sex: F
Five foods I can’t live without: Ice cream, trail mix, coffee, chocolate (preferably in the form of a brownie), whole grain breads and (I know this is six), I never met a vegetable I didn’t like.
Five foods I can live without: pork, beef, canned/processed foods, twinkies (and anything else along that line), fast food
How long have you been reading? probably close to a year
How did you get here? I think I saw you in Parade magazine- Sunday newspaper.
What’s for dinner? Leftover lasagna (homemade of course)
Name: Jodi
Location: Toronto, ON, Canada
Age: 34
Sex: F
Five foods I can’t live without: Cheese; bakery bread; tomatoes/onions/garlic (there’s a constant supply of these in my kitchen so they feel like a unit); greens; coffee
Five foods I can live without: Shellfish (sadly, I’m allergic); brazil nuts (again, allergic); cinnamon-raisin bread or bagels; head cheese; tongue
How long I’ve been reading: About six months
How I got here: I can’t remember exactly — perhpas via Meg Hourihan’s blog?
Dinner tonight: Barley risotto with kale and butternut squash
Name: Robin
Location: Kansas City, MO
Age: 47
Sex: F
Five foods I can’t live without: good bread, pasta, bananas, garlic, cheese
Five Foods I can live without: clams, liver, not much else
How long have you been reading? about 3 years; about the time my son started at NYU
What’s for dinner: Whatever my husband makes me
Name: Lukas
Location: Brooklyn
Age: 25
Sex: M
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: bleu cheese, bread, asparagus, chocolate, scrambled eggs
Five Foods You Can Live Without: coconut, banana, raisins, baked potatos, poached eggs
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: almost a month
How Did You Get Here?: via friend
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: poached salmon!
Name: Ross
Location: Wash.DC.
Age: 28
Sex: Male
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: bread, cheese, meat
Five Foods You Can Live Without: asparagus
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: two years? at least back to the pancetta days. bring her back!
How Did You Get Here?: followed some links.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: tomatoe soup and mac and cheese (from tyler florence of the food network)
Name: Amanda (Manders is an old nickname)
Location: Waco, TX (which isn’t as boring as it sounds. And yes, there are actually still people at the Branch Davidian complex)
Age: 22
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Peanut butter, cheese, oranges, 2% milk, or barbecue (hey, honey, this is Texas)
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Cauliflower, hard cider (I am, weirdly enough, allergic to it), green peppers, bad tomatoes, and potato salad
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 3 years? Don’t rightly recall.
How Did You Get Here?: I think from Chocolate and Zucchini.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: I have no idea–all I have is cereal and peanut butter at the moment.
Name: Colleen
Location: Boston
Age: 33!
Sex: Female
5 Foods Can’t Live w/o: Spinach, Tofu, Coffee, Cheese and Beer
5 Foods Can Live w/o: Hot Dogs, Chicken Feet, Eggplant, Tapioca and Tequila
Reader for 1 month
Got here by browsing for polenta recipes
Dinner will be improvised and largely consist of rice
Name: Colleen
Location: Boston
Age: 33!
Sex: Female
5 Foods Can’t Live w/o: Spinach, Tofu, Coffee, Cheese and Beer
5 Foods Can Live w/o: Hot Dogs, Chicken Feet, Eggplant, Tapioca and Tequila
Reader for 1 month
Got here by browsing for polenta recipes
Dinner will be improvised and largely consist of rice
Name: Steve
Location: Boston
5 foods I can’t live without: cheese, carrots, peanut butter, beer, and beer
5 foods I can live without: meat, squash, sweet potatoes, eggplant, and figs
I’ve been a reader for about 5 minutes now
I got here by being interrupted by Colleen
I will eat what she puts in front of me and like it
Name:Kim
Location:Canada
Age:Older than 21 and younger than 100
Sex:F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:Chocolate, bread, pasta, diet pop, broccoli
Five Foods You Can Live Without:Bananas, sauerkraut, organ meat, most fish, cooked apple in any form
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?:A few years
How Did You Get Here?:Google search for Ina Garten’s Caramel Chocolate Pecan Ice Cream
What’s For Dinner Tonight?:Leftover noodles and homemade tomato sauce
Berkay
Turkey
22
Male
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Egg, Tomato, Cheese, Yoghurt, Eggplant
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Pork, Dark Chocolate, Okra, Sausage, Salami
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 1 years
How Did You Get Here?: Google!
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Spiced grill chicken and rice with spices
linda
51
female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: NE clam chowder, chocolate,bread, ribeyes, babyback ribs
Five Foods You Can Live Without: sardines, anchovies, lima beans, sweet potatoes,liver
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 20 minutes
How Did You Get Here?: Yahoo, searching for a site to teach me how to start my own food related blog.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: rice cakes with peanut butter and a bowl of chili.
Name: Robin
Location: Victoria, BC, Canada
Age: 19
Sex: F
Five foods I can’t live without: no-salt peanut butter, ruby red grapefruit, grilled BC salmon, dark chocolate, fresh bread
Five foods I can live without: mushrooms, raw onions, mayonnaise, egg salad, oysters
How long I’ve been reading: Over a year!
How I got here: I read about food blogs existing, was intrigued, discovered you and have been faithful ever since
Dinner tonight: spicy black bean soup and chocolates left over from my birthday
Name- Dee
Location- North Shore Long Island
age-58
Sex- yes please
5 foods I can’t live without-cheese, chinese, greek, Italian, Japanese
5 foods I can live without-liver, brussels sprouts, organ meats, head cheese, liver again?
Been reading 2 yrs +
Chocolate & Zucchini or becks & Posh-can’t remember
Name: Mary
Location: New York
Age: Almost 40
Sex: At least once a day.
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: cheese, bread, tomatoes, garlic, wine
Five Foods You Can Live Without: mochi, natto and anything with high fructose corn syrup, hydrogenation (even partial) or red dye (any number)
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: A little more than a year
How Did You Get Here?: serendipity
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Homemade pizza (using the no-knead bread for the dough) with homemade tomato sauce (the last batch from last summer), fresh mozzarella and basil. Green salad with shallots and simple vinaigrette. Red wine.
Name: Carol Gillott
Location: Astoria
Age:
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Pomegranetes, Artichokes, Tarte Citron, Lobster, ice cream/gelato
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Innards, Fish heads, dumplings, expresso, raw onions,
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: I forget :(
How Did You Get Here?: from another blog…
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: salad and salmon..
Name: Maria
Location: Rochester, NY
Age: 22
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Ethiopian Food, Indian Food, Steak, passion fruit, dark chocolate
Five Foods You Can Live Without: hot dogs, sausage, guacamole, sardines, sheep’s eye balls
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Jan 2007
How Did You Get Here?: Through other blogs
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: going out to Indian Buffet (tomorrow I’ll make twice baked potatoes with cheddar, bacon, and broccoli)
Name:Liz
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Age: 31
Sex:F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: NY Pizza, pulled pork, bread, french cheese, poblano peppers
Five Foods You Can Live Without: tripe, hamburger helper, chicken nuggets, twinkies
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 1 month
How Did You Get Here?: New York Magazine article about food blogs What’s For Dinner Tonight?:roast pork loin, baked sweet potatoes, kale.
Name:Liz
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Age: 31
Sex:F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: NY Pizza, pulled pork, bread, french cheese, poblano peppers
Five Foods You Can Live Without: tripe, hamburger helper, chicken nuggets, twinkies
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 1 month
How Did You Get Here?: New York Magazine article about food blogs What’s For Dinner Tonight?:roast pork loin, baked sweet potatoes, kale.
Name: Katie
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Age: 26
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: papaya, bartlett pears, risotto, udon noodles, all manner of vegetable soups
Five Foods You Can Live Without: all red meat, eggplant, olives, figs, raisins
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 2 years
How Did You Get Here?: recommended by a friend
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: leftover oscar night turkey/vegetable chili
Name: Guillermo Ysusi
Location: Mexico City
Age: 24
Sex: Male
Five (or some more?) Foods You Can’t Live Without: Amaranto with chocolate, chilly, some good meat and fish (salmon), coffee, and some mexican weird stuff like insects.
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Grapefruit, tofu, chips, hot dogs, and coconut.
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: About 6 months ago.
How Did You Get Here?: surfing the net.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: nothing yet and probably nothing very special…
Name: lisa
Location: suburban nyc
Age: 36
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: sushi, chocolate, bagels, cheese, smoked fish
Five Foods You Can Live Without: chicken, organ meat, cauliflower, duck, cabbage
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: a long time; at least since you were halfway through law school
How Did You Get Here?: can’t remember
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: leftover pasta fagioli from the Minimalist cookbook
Name: Caroline
Location: Berlin, Germany
Age:27
Sex:F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
Chocolate(min 40%)with Salt & Caramel, Cheese in all variations, good tea, selfmade pasta, red wine, fresh vegetables & fruits
Five Foods You Can Live Without: foie gras, any inner organs, “consistence food” that´s wobbly and slimy,typical fast food and “super lowfat, no sugar, skinny…without flavour-things”
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: since 1 month
How Did You Get Here?: Google Reader
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Classic Couscous with vegetables & pomgranate & some Mint Tea
Name: Rene
Location: Singapore
Age: 29
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Rice, Bread, Beef, Tofu, Mushrooms
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Salmon, Celery, Nuts, Low-fat yoghurt, Oats
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: More than a year
How Did You Get Here?: via Kiplog.com
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Breaded Fish Fillets, Miso soup and Rice
Name: Amanda
Location: London
Age: 34
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Coriander, Lime, Sweet Potato, Goats Cheese, Pumpkin
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Sea Urchin, Chicken, Lima Beans, Aubergine, Liquorice
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Two and a half years
How Did You Get Here?: I wish I could remeber.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Spicy peanut sauce, sauted vegetables and rice
Name: Arthur Carvalho
Location:Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
Age: 26
Sex: Male
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
Moqueca (brazilian shirmp stew), Risoto, cheesecake, Beens, sushi
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
liver, chocolate, all kind of intestines, fresh oister, olives
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?:
6 months
How Did You Get Here?: Luciana´s Froes food blog
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: A salad
Name: Carlo
Location: Philippines
Age: 31
Sex: M
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: chocolate, steak, pasta, rice, wine
Five Foods You Can Live Without: mayo, innards, raisins, soda, kraft parmesan cheese, “lite” food
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 2 years
How Did You Get Here?: other food blogs
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Ramen
Name: Silvana
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Age: 31
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: chocolate, dulce de leche,red meat,pasta,fruit
Five Foods You Can Live Without: lamb,snails,peanut butter,tea,cinamon
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: couple of years
How Did You Get Here?: I think David Lebovitz web…
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: I don’t know, it’s too early yet.
Name: Jessica
Location: Delaware, US
Age: 20
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: gelato, iced tea, pasta in all its incarnations, chocolate, yellow squash
Five Foods You Can Live Without: brussels sprouts, snails, shrimp, liver, mushrooms
How Long have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: since mid-2005
How Did You Get Here: can’t even recall
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: the unspeakable food at my college dining hall. foodie arsenic.
Name:Miriam
Location: Seattle, WA
Age:24
Sex:Femail
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
cheese, wine, chicken, eggs, and fruit
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
beets, lamb, liver, cauliflower, and fish tacos
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 1 year
How Did You Get Here?: from another food blog
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: good question!
Name: Michael M.
Location: NYC
Age: 32
Sex: M
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Cheese, Carrots, French Fries, Apples, fresh baked bread
Five Foods You Can Live Without: maraschino cherries, sugar-loaded cereals, brazil nuts, edible underwear, black truffles (overrated)
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: since its inception, roughly.
How Did You Get Here?:
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Turkey burgers at home, though I unfortunately had to turn down a free dinner at Rock Center Cafe this evening.
Name:Courtney
Location: Florida
Age: 23
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Chocolate, cheese, mushrooms, bread, pasta/potatos
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Mayonaise, mustard, baked beans, hotdogs, olives
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 3 months
How Did You Get Here?: link from either another blog, or food porn watch (don’t remember)
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: beef stroganoff
Name: Amy
Location: San Diego
Age:37
Sex: F
Five Foods you can’t live without: Sushi, Avocados, Potatoes, Bread, Cheese
Five Foods you can live without: Pork,
Offal,Black Licorice,Okra, Ice Cream
How long have you been reading Amatuer Gourmet? About a year or so
How did I get here? From some other food blog – can’t recall which one.
What’s for dinner tonight? Chicken Picatta with Capers
Name:Sindy
Location:Fayetteville, NC
Age:40
Sex:F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:How can I pick just 5??? spinach,lemon, onions,steak, cheese
Five Foods You Can Live Without:okra,tripe,feet (pig, chicken..whatever) Gosh I can’t think of anymore but I am sure there are some.
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: about 4 months
How Did You Get Here?:I think from IndyFoody blog ..but maybe slashfood
What’s For Dinner Tonight ? I wish I could say something fancy but just spaghetti tonight.
Name: Naomi
Location: Aspen, CO
Age: 30
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Artichokes, chocolate, soft cheese, pasta, tortillas
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Beets, overcooked asparagus, oysters, papaya and blood sausage
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Three years
How Did You Get Here?: A friend who is a chef was researching blog and pointed me here. We love it!
What’s For Dinner Tonight? Jambalaya
Name: Amanda
Location: Minneapolis
Age: 31
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Avacado, Chewy Bread, Sushi, Mushrooms, Blackberries
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: today
How Did You Get Here?: Smitten Kitten
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Blackened Salmon over carmelized onions, topped with bleu cheese
Name: Judy
Location:Atlanta, GA, USA
Age:58
Sex:F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: like so many there’s no way to choose
Five Foods You Can Live Without: any organ meat, brussel sprouts, anchovies, caviar, sushi, eggplant
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: brand new
How Did You Get Here?: via Homesick Texan
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: no clue yet
Name: Cheryl
Location: New Jersey
Age: 34
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Ice cream, sugar, cheese, bread, chocolate
Five Foods You Can Live Without: fish, peas, porkchops, cottage cheese, rice pudding
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: today was the first day I found it
How Did You Get Here?: was recommended from another food blog
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: not sure yet, husband will be making it.
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Age: 45
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: bread, cheese, salad greens, ice cream, wine
Five Foods You Can Live Without: lima beans, brussel sprouts, liver, ?, ?
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet? about 2 years
How Did You Get Here? Probably from another food blog
What’s For Dinner Tonight? leftover Beef Bourguignon that I made on Sunday
Name: Chuck
Location: Right here, in front of my computer. Duh.
Age: 30
Sex: Male.
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Sushi (although I rarely get to eat it, it’s always a treat when I do). Spinach. Italian sandwiches with great dry-cured deli-meats. Homemade soups of all kinds. “Fancy” bagged salad mixes.
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Pre-seasoned rice mixes. Fake, crappy artificial cake frosting (which is disturbingly common, even when you buy a cake from an official bakery). Canned soups. Pears. Campbell’s sorry attempts at canned chili and stew. (Enough with the corn syrup, jerks!) “Cake” mixes that don’t even ask you to add a perfunctory egg.
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Maybe a year or two.
How Did You Get Here?: I don’t remember, but when I find the party responsible, believe you me…
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: A bag of Cheese Doodles. Kill me now.
Location: eastern Connecticut
Age: 27.8
Sex: girl
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: white rice (it goes under everything), small easily-peeled citrus fruit, Thai red curry, coffee, fresh spinach
Five Foods You Can Live Without: bell peppers, raw tomatoes, Miracle Whip, hot dogs, yogurt
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: I don’t know. A year? A little less than that.
How Did You Get Here?: I think Gothamist linked to one of your restaurant reviews.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Leftovers from an attempt at a vaguely French chicken stew. Not one of my great culinary triumphs, but it was edible, and I learned important lessons for next time, mostly involving parsnips.
Name Kaye
Location:Dublin
Age:28
Sex:Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Peppers, olive oil, good bread, real in season tomatoes, aubergines, courgettes
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Fish, meat, poulty, dairy, stuffed vine leaves
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: About a year
How Did You Get Here?:link from another site
What’s For Dinner Tonight?:not sure, propbably noodles and steamed vegetables
Name Shauna
Location:Cayman Islands
Age:24
Sex:Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Conch, Chilis, Chocolate, Stinky Cheese and Plantains
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Smoked Salmon, black olives … that is about it.
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: About a year
How Did You Get Here?:link from another site
What’s For Dinner Tonight?:pan seared snapper with a watermelon, mint and scotch bonnet salsa and twice-fried smashed green plantains.
Name: Tracy
Location: Newly arrived in Jackson, WY
Age: 36
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: York Peppermint Patties, Dark Roast Coffee, Chicken, Pasta, Salsa
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Liver, gizzards, sardines, vienna sausages, potted meat (girl raised in the South).
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Around 6 months???
How Did You Get Here?: I don’t even remember.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Because my kitchen isn’t fully unpacked, a Bertolli frozen meal – shrimp scampi w/linguine & deli garlic bread. My first “real” meal in the new house is Sunday…mustard chicken & steamed asparagus!
Name: Michelle
Location: Kettering, Ohio
Age: 35
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Pasta, Tofu, Fresh Greens, My veggie and herb garden, chocolate
Five Foods You Can Live Without: any organ meat and most meat in particular, lima beans, mushrooms, nuts
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Since the beginning of the year
How Did You Get Here?:Through my Google reader labs – one of the few sites NOT blocked by my work proxies!
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: My favorite dish of whole grain angel hair pasta, browned butter and Myzithra Cheese, crisp romaine and baby green salad topped with Asiago cheese and Amy’s Goddess dressing, and for dessert homemade brownie bites.
Name: Melissa!
Location: Huntsville, AL
Age: 26
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
Creme brulee, cheese (of any kind!), sweet potatoes, bisque (lobster, crab, crayfish, yum), sweet tea
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
Octopus, squash, ham (I know! what’s wrong with me, I dont like ham??), sesame seeds, onion
How Long Have You Been Reading mateur Gourmet?: Probably about half aA year
How Did You Get Here?: I think a link off of Simply Recipes?
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Hm… I’m in the mood for a salad with lots of veggies, and some fresh fruit.
Name: Emma
Location: Los Angeles
Age: 24
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Chicken, Garlic, Tea, Roasted Duck, lily bulb
Five Foods You Can Live Without: those small dried shrimp in Chinese cooking (xia mi), horsemeat flavored ice cream (i had the misfortune of losing a bet), oysters, cauliflower, salami
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Around a year
How Did You Get Here?: Through Chocolate&Zucchini, I *think*
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: white bean soup with garlic and prosciutto, grilled ciabatta, baked tomatoes, leftover princess torte
Name: Frostilicus
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Sex: Female, last time I checked
5 foods I can’t live without: Sushi, Spaghetti Bolognaise, Salami, Camembert, Mashed Potato
5 foods I CAN live without: Peas, Brussel Sprouts, Chokos, Really spicy food
How Long have I been reading Amateur Gourmet: About a year and a half, I think.
How Did You Get Here: Honestly, I don’t remember, but I come back periodically to read!
What’s for Dinner Tonight: Chicken Schnitzels and Pasta Bake…
Name:Clint
Location:NorCal
Age:69
Sex:M
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Pork ribs, Shrimp, Chicken, snow peas, onions
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
Oatmeal, White bread, Tofu, celery, parsley
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: one month
How Did You Get Here?: looking for a recipe
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: broiled chicken, cauliflower, glazed carrots.
Name: Adriana
Location: Florida
Age: : ) Wouldn’t you like to know? Hi Hi……. Ok 37.
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Organic fruits and veggies : ) Love blueberries, sushi, mygrandma’s gourmet plantain covered picadillo albondigas (family recepie), kosher organic lamb, icecream (homemade,frozen yourt, sorbet, sherbets and on a hot summer day a fresh lime margarita w/ tequila anejo sorbet!)
Five Foods You Can Live Without: hmmm. I’m a pretty good eater, hove not found one I trully despise.
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 5 minutes
How Did You Get Here?: through a search for coliflower recipies
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: hmmmm…Coliflower (cream of) most likely unless I am sidetracked by a must try tonight recepie, chayotes (maybe grilled or maybe as a filling for some delicious peppers, greek style Lamb chops, fresh lemonade and expresso home made icecream w/ a hint of kalua!
Name:Nick
Location:Philly
Age:14
Sex:M
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Foie Gras, Granola, Bleu Cheese, Roast Chicken, Raw Fish.
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Uncle’s Thanksgiving turkey, papaya, pate, potato chips, chicken mcnuggets.
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 4 months
How Did You Get Here?: Searching for restaurant reviews.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Braised shortribs with bordelaise sauce and chantrelles.
Name: Madalyn Brooke
Location: Northern NJ
Age: 17
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Sushi/sashimi, a good loaf of bread, any kind of shellfish, practically all cheeses (ROOM TEMPERATURE — cold cheese is bland), potato pancakes
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Gorganzola, processed deli meats, wonder bread, baba ghanoush, lamb
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: About 3 months
How Did You Get Here?: I honestly have no idea. I stumbled across it in the middle of the night, probably through a google search for something obscure.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Vegetable matzo ball soup. It’s like 17 degrees out, perfect soup weather.
Name: Madalyn Brooke
Location: Northern NJ
Age: 17
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: Sushi/sashimi, a good loaf of bread, any kind of shellfish, practically all cheeses (ROOM TEMPERATURE — cold cheese is bland), potato pancakes
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Gorganzola, processed deli meats, wonder bread, baba ghanoush, lamb
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: About 3 months
How Did You Get Here?: I honestly have no idea. I stumbled across it in the middle of the night, probably through a google search for something obscure.
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Vegetable matzo ball soup. It’s like 17 degrees out, perfect soup weather.
Name: Sarah
Location:Brooklyn NY
Age: 23
Sex:F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:
Artichokes, Oysters, manchego, crab cakes, cheeseburgers
Five Foods You Can Live Without: honey, carrots, squid, sushi, rice crackers
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?:
a year or so
How Did You Get Here?: don’t remember, restaurant reviews maybe?
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: Chicken enchiladas, last night was ratatouille.
Name:Wendy
Location:Seattle
Age:29
Sex:F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without:Tim’s Cascade Chips, Jones Soda, Feta, EVOO, salt (does that count)
Five Foods You Can Live Without:Seriously, I’m willing to try anything once…as long as its not bugs, durian or slimy goo
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: Been lurking for a year, but started commenting recently
How Did You Get Here?:recipe search for Roasted Feta and/or anything with feta and cherry tomatoes..
What’s For Dinner Tonight?WOW, i have no idea yet. Something Asian thats for sure. Probably Pancit Bihon and/or steamed mackerel in a coconut/ginger sauce/soup thing. There is a name for it in Filipino but just too lazy to google it..
I used to think that being a foody was for the birds, but ty, ty ,ty…i am saved.
Name: adkim
Location: dallas, tx
Age: 30
Sex: M
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: just 5? too overwhelming to think about it
Five Foods You Can Live Without: ummmm.
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 2 mos and loving it!
How Did You Get Here?: through chez pims blog
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: something out of rick stein’s cookbook.
Name: Tina
Location: Bne, Australia
Age: 35
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: all types of veges, prawns, chicken, eggplant, dessert
Five Foods You Can Live Without: liver, hmmmm.
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: 1st time today!
How Did You Get Here?: google search
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: something with prawns and baby octopus, hence the search on google
Name: Carol
Location: Harper Woods, MI
Age: 40
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can’t Live Without: bread, avacado, chicken, lemons, fresh pasta
Five Foods You Can Live Without: lima beans, chorizo, okra, tripe…
How Long Have You Been Reading Amateur Gourmet?: three years
How Did You Get Here?: serious eats
What’s For Dinner Tonight?: beef/barley/vegetable soup and grilled cheese. It snowed – so there you go.