The Amateur Gourmet

Back to BABBO

Babbo is located on Waverly between 6th Avenue and Washington Square West and I walk past it several times a week on my way back... read more

Spring Is Here! A-Suh-Puh-Ring is Here!

If you live in New York and you walked outside today--specifically through the Union Square Greenmarket--there should have been little doubt in your mind that... read more

Circus Food

I enjoyed this Dining & Wine > Bread and Circus" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/30/dining/30circ.html">R.W. Apple article on circus food especially the bit about the food tent in the... read more

The Answers

Here are the answers to the Bouillabaisse game. No one got all five, but two people got four: Gretchen and Emily. Good job, Gretchen and... read more

Five Prefaces to Bouillabaisse: A Game

I just watched 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould while reading a certain famous cookbook (I'm a multi-tasker) and I came up with a game... read more

Chocolate Worship: Jacques Torres's Mudslide Cookies

"Well I don't want no Anna Zabba Don't want no Almond Joy There ain't nothing better Suitable for this boy Well it's the only thing... read more

Mediocre Chef's Salad

Continuing to plow my way through the Amanda Hesser canon, tonight I attempted her Chef's Salad. I blame the results not on her recipe but... read more

Happy Easter from John and Amy

As usual, Amy Sedaris made an appearance today at Joe's on Waverly bearing a tray of cupcakes. I was there with John and soon after... read more

Eating Swan

Alex Ross tapped me on his blog to answer the question: "Would this taste good, Amateur Gourmet?" The "this" he is referring to is swan.... read more

Chef Tattoos

Thanks to James Felder for this link to the NYT Magazine's chef tattoo slide show: Magazine > Slide Show > Chef d'Oeuvres" href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2005/03/24/magazine/20050327_TATTOO_SLIDESHOW_1.html">Chef d'Oeuvres. I... read more