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    <body><![CDATA[This book was a light read... I thought that it would have more information for an intermediate- to well-versed home cook, but it really seemed more geared to people who don't know how to cook at all (maybe it would be ideal for people who were just moving out on their own for the first time).<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13210056">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really hated this book.  I hated it so much I finished it to figure out why.  The premise is to teach people raised on chain restaurants and frozen dinners how to be gourmets, through a series of chapters of stories about shopping/chopping/table hopping with friends (non-gourmets) or experts (gour...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12328301">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[To me, the title of this book is a bit misleading. It sounds like an instructional manual, but I didn't pick up any specific skills from it. It's not a cookbook, either; there are a few recipes in it, but they all came from other cookbooks. This book is really an account of how Roberts connected wit...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36623983">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really don't know why I loved this book so much, but I did. I tend to find his blog unexciting, and don't really read it anymore, but the book was really good. I think that I loved the fact that it was structured around his family and friends - each chapter was a food story about someone. Adam Rob...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38580412">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book made me remember why I used to read AG's blog every day... and why I probably should do so again. <br/><br/>If there is one flaw, it's surely in the <em>marketing</em> of the book. From the cover, with its apparently &quot;too cute to be mercifully ignored&quot; subtitle of &quot;Shop, Chop, and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32825328">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Amateur Gourmet is the debut from Adam Roberts, the writer of a food blog on www.amateurgourmet.com.  Adam is a graduate of Emory Law School who ended up studying writing at NYU and chose to begin a career in food writing based on the success of his blog.  This book is written for the beginner, but ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11409935">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book doesn't do remotely what it claims to do. Instead of teaching you how to show, chop, and table hop, it just begins the first steps of doing so. It feels woefully incomplete--each chapter is framed around an &quot;expert&quot; or a &quot;student&quot; who he's going to teach/be taught by, b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28938891">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I sat and read the entire book this morning.  Wow.  It's not very long and there are recipes you can skim which makes it go by faster, but still...  it's not even the evening yet and I've finished a book.  I'm discovering that I really enjoy reading about food and cooking and this is no exception.  <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74664466">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this book.  The author takes you on his journey from being a non cook to a foodie.  An interesting look at food and cooking.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A fine little, light-hearted introduction to the world of cooking and helping people not worry too much.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this in one night, and thoroughly enjoyed it.  It has a few recipes, some advice, some funny stories, and a little bit of waxing poetic about food and what it means.  It's interesting to read this book after Peter Walsh's <strong>Does This Clutter Make My Butt Look Fat?</strong> as they both have the same bas...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31956612">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The Amateur Gourmet: How to Shop, Chop and Table Hop Like a Pro]]>
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    <![CDATA[As a self-taught chef and creator of The Amateur Gourmet website, Adam Roberts knows the challenges you face in bringing fresh, creative homemade meals to the table without burning down the house or bruising your self-esteem. But as he shows in this exciting new book, the effort is worth it and good eating doesn’t have to be difficult. To prove his point, Roberts has assembled a five-star lineup of some of the food world’s most eminent authorities for your culinary education.<br/>In this illuminating and hilarious “Kitchen 101,” Adam Roberts teaches you how to bring good food into your life. Learn the “Ten Commandments of Dining Out” courtesy of Ruth Reichl, editor in chief of <em>Gourmet </em>magazine. Discover why the<em> New York Times</em>’s Amanda Hesser urges you never to bring a grocery list to the market. Get knife lessons from a top sous-chef at Manhattan’s famous Union Square Cafe, and accompany the intrepid author as he dines alone at L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon in Paris.<br/><br/>From how to chop an onion to how to cook a seven-course meal that dazzles your friends, Roberts shares the skills you need to overcome your food phobias, impress your parents, woo a date, and create sophisticated dishes with everyday ease.<br/><br/>Packed with recipes, menus plans, shopping tips, and anecdotes, <strong>The Amateur Gourmet</strong> provides you with all the ingredients for the foodie lifestyle. All you need is a healthy appetite and a taste for adventure!]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book follows the writing that can be seen at Adam's blog. I loved how the chapters were broken down. The recipes included were good ones that I have ear marked to try. Having read his blog since '04 it felt like reading a book written by a friend. Two chapters really resonated with me. My favor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20228709">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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