Recipes and food adventures with Adam Roberts

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herbs

  • My Very Own Herb Garden

    My Very Own Herb Garden

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    Our neighbor Chloe is a godsend. Not only did she plant the Meyer lemon tree near our door, but when we go away on vacation, Chloe watches our cat, Lolita. If the list ended there, Chloe would still be a hero in my book. But then the other day, I received the following e-mail: “Hi…

  • Slow-Roasted Herbed Turkey Breast

    Slow-Roasted Herbed Turkey Breast

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    Finally, there’s the turkey itself. For years my mom tried to convince me to make just a turkey breast for the Thanksgivings I’d make at home. And for years I refused because I’d never made a whole turkey before and wanted to document that experience for the blog. But because I was cooking a pre-Thanksgiving…

  • Kitchen Sink Pasta Salad (with Yogurt and Herbs)

    Kitchen Sink Pasta Salad (with Yogurt and Herbs)

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    The scene? My kitchen. The day? Last Thursday. The idea? Take everything out of my refrigerator–fresh mozzarella, a red onion, scallions, celery, parsley, dill, a nectarine (ok, that wasn’t in the refrigerator, it was on the counter)–and make dinner. I didn’t know what I was going to make but then I had a thought: “What…

  • Salsa Verde via Mortar and Pestle

    Salsa Verde via Mortar and Pestle

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    I’ll let you in on a blogging secret. We bloggers want you to click all over our blogs because every time you click, we make $0.001 and, eventually, that adds up. (That’s why all successful food bloggers ride around in Porsches or, in my case, the subway.) So it’s a fairly significant fact that in…

  • The Speedy Life & Tragic Death of My AeroGarden

    The Speedy Life & Tragic Death of My AeroGarden

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    For my birthday this year, my brother Michael got me a very thoughtful gift. He got me an AeroGarden. In case you’ve never seen one, an AeroGarden is a black plastic contraption that holds a very strong light. You place little pods in little pre-set holes, fill the base with water, plug the whole thing…