The food doesn’t matter, really. What it evokes does.

Adam Roberts is the affable and infectiously curious friend we all wish we had with us in the kitchen – the one who prods us with questions, entertains us with amusing tales, and makes us feel better when our cake flops.

We don’t consider a trip to Boston complete if it doesn’t include a visit to Flour Bakery for a BLT and a couple of cookies. With Flour, Too we can live vicariously and be there whenever we want.

Writers know that if you want to portray a person succinctly, tellingly, you describe the way he eats. Food is the royal road to the unconscious.