People wait in huge lines for these bagels. Are they worth it? amateurgourmet.com/apollo-bagels/

What Soup Are You Cooking on Repeat? amateurgourmet.com/what-soup-ar...

Extra-Crispy Hasselback Potatoes amateurgourmet.com/extra-crispy...

Espresso Tahini Granola - www.amateurgourmet.com/blog/2025/11...

Classic Shrimp and Grits - my latest take on the classic dish. www.amateurgourmet.com/blog/2025/9c...

Ep 35! We loved talking with @amateurgourmet.bsky.social about his debut novel Food Person, a comedy about a cookbook ghostwriter and their narcissistic celebrity client. Plus: ice creams, cookbook faves, and how bad AI search might be making them more relevant. 🤞 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

New recipe! Smoke 'em if you got 'em. 🍆

Dealing with some health stuff which I wrote about today.

Thank you People Magazine for putting Food Person at the top!

Old school food blogger Adam Roberts has a new novel out this week called Food Person in which “a young and socially awkward writer takes a job ghostwriting the cookbook for a famous (and famously chaotic) Hollywood starlet”. [amazon.com]

@amateurgourmet.bsky.social‬ looks at some of literature’s most iconic culinary moments from Nora Ephron, Charles Dickens, Bryan Washington, and more!

The Food Person Book Tour is coming to a city near you! Get your tickets here: www.amateurgourmet.com/my-book-tour...

Christmas dinner. 🎅

I need to make this again.... so good!

"As someone told me lately" hurts my ears.

My bagel ornament fell off the tree and shattered. Or maybe it jumped?

The most surprising part of the Marshall Brickman obituary.

The celebrity wall at my fishmonger… my Mount Rushmore.

My friend Diana is the best cook I know. Find out why!

Risi e bisi. 🍚🫛

Featuring some of your food world faves.

One of my favorite🍝 recipes. Pre-order FOOD PERSON here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/774416...

A little extra work and few more dishes, but it's worth it.

Apple pie day.

Had a bit of a mishap this weekend.

Ate at some NYC restaurants! www.amateurgourmet.com/blog/2024/3i...

So excited to have Amanda Hesser on the podcast this week. We talk about Cooking for Mr. Latte (one of my all-time favorite food books), starting Food52, and the never-aired CBS sitcom based on her life featuring “Professor Cappuccino.” open.spotify.com/episode/05EA...

For my first Bluesky post, I’m going to show you how to separate an egg. *separates an egg* Hope that was helpful!