Blog Profile / Table Talk
| URL : | http://blogs.ajc.com/table-talk-blog/ | |
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| Filed Under: | United States / Atlanta | |
| Posts on Regator: | 115 | This blog is retired. |
| Archived Since: | August 20, 2009 | |
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Explore Food and More
As the AJC’s dining critic, I will continue to offer in-depth restaurant reviews and my Top 5 picks of the week every Friday in the AJC’s weekend Go Guide, as well as on-line on the Food & Restaurant’s page of Access Atlanta. Plus I’ll...Show More Summary
Top five eats for under $30
Sure your budget’s tight. But you’ve gotta eat, right? Here are five of my favorite spots where you can grab substantial nibbles (you know – a meal) for $30 per person. Some you’ll recognize as former favorites; others are new. And some are far less than $30. Show More Summary
The best restaurants in Atlanta 2009: Songs of the South
Abattoir's chicken liver and foie gras mousse/Credit: AJC The lagging economy can’t stop Atlanta’s restaurants from setting a pace that’s continually being recognized nationally. We have great restaurants, and we’re not afraid to show it. Show More Summary
Restaurant Eugene: Cocktails
Barkeep and beverage manager Nick Hearin/Credit: AJC Pepper pot, front, and PB & J cocktails/Credit:AJC These days, great restaurants mean great cocktails – a list of signature drinks that diners will want to come back to, as well as...Show More Summary
The AJC’s 2009 restaurant of the year: Restaurant Eugene
Linton and Gina Hopkins in Restaurant Eugene's dining room/Credit: AJC RESTAURANT EUGENE It’s not unusual for Linton Hopkins to spend the better part of an afternoon making pickles with a classroom full of fourth and fifth graders from...Show More Summary
Havana Sandwich Shop opening pushed to January
This from a comment on a blog I wrote on June 8, 2009, from William Benedit: “Dear loyal customers, Thank you again for your continued support of the opening of Havana Restaurant. After many months of looking for the perfect location, we are happy to say Havana has found a home!!! The new address is 3373 Buford Hwy Atlanta, GA 30329. Show More Summary
Bistro Niko to open November 5
Niko and Pano Jr. at Bluepointe/Credit AJC Bistro Niko, one of two new concepts scheduled to open this fall from Buckhead Life Restaurants, is scheduled to open to the public on November 5. Originally to be called Balon Rouge, the restaurant...Show More Summary
Top five for Friday: All things offal
It’s time to embrace your inner carnivore: eat some offal for goodness’ sake. Whether it’s sweetbreads with a smear of velvety demi-glace or a heap of chicken livers, innards are where it’s at these days. And if you’re wondering whyShow More Summary
On Tap with Bob Townsend
Everyone’s favorite beer guy is back this week with some great beer news. Read on to find out about Tom Colicchio’s visit to Craft for a special beer dinner, and … drum roll, please … bacon-flavored beer. You knew it was coming, right? ON...Show More Summary
Publik Social House a good pre-stop nibble for Fox shows
Leonard Cohen/ Credit: AJC archive Most of Atlanta — at least those who follow music closely — has one thing to rave about today: Leonard Cohen. The Canadian songwriter, poet and novelist performed last night at the Fox Theater and pretty much blew every audience member’s mind. Show More Summary
Very easy pumpkin pie
My easy pumpkin pie, all dressed up for Halloween/ Credit: AJC Stop! Don’t discard that pumpkin you just scooped from your jack-o’-lantern. Fresh pumpkin tastes terrific in pies and cakes and is easy to use if you have a blender or food...Show More Summary
Amuse! opens tonight
Chef Lenny Robinson/Credit: AJC Anyone who eats lunch regularly downtown will tell you: Everyone misses Lenny Robinson. The peripatetic chef who both piqued and provoked the palates of downtown diners at his long gone Les Fleur de Lis...Show More Summary
Where do chefs eat?
Holeman & Finch is a fave among chefs/Credit: AJC It’s so enticing – the secret nosh. That place that has the food you crave at whatever time of day, be it two in the afternoon or four in the morning – either way, you know you can get exactly what you came for. Show More Summary
Top five for Friday: Dishes that stick to your ribs
Mushroom risotto at Sotto Sotto/Credit: Beck Stein, special to the AJC Something about the drop in temperature coupled with a bit of red on the leaves of the maple tree in my front yard makes me yearn for hearty, heavier meals. Maybe...Show More Summary
DeGustar Latin food festival is this Saturday
The Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce will host the first annual Degustar, a Latin festival with lots of food venues, this Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the central park area of Atlantic Station. Tia Maria's conchas mejor/courtesy...Show More Summary
The secret life of (my) bees
‘”Well,” said Pooh, “what I like best—” and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn’t know what it was called.’ from The House at Pooh Corner, A.A. Show More Summary
Slow Food founder Carlo Petrini to speak at Georgia Organics Conference
Georgia Organics has scored again big time with its keynote speaker for the 13th annual conference, to be held February 19 -20, 2010, called “Reclaiming Agriculture.” Last year, the conference garnered national attention due to keynote speaker Michael Pollan’s notoriety. Show More Summary
Go whole hog at Primal Atlanta
Butchers from Buckhead Beef give a demo for chefs/Credit: AJC With an emphasis on whole foods, the sustainable movement has embraced a dying art of the culinary world: Butchering. If you’re going to eat it, you ought to know where it came from, how it was raised — and how it was killed. Show More Summary
Pumpkin carving contest at Atlanta Botanical Garden
Jack 0' lanterns/ AJC Five Atlanta chefs will be up to their elbows in pumpkin innards come October 29, when the Atlanta Botanical Garden hosts the “Great Chefs of Atlanta Pumpkin Carving Contest” as part of the Garden’s Fest-of-Ale. Woodfire...Show More Summary
Ode to a pumpkin
My roasted pumpkin and beets with rosemary and garlic/Credit: AJC It sits with a stem cocked to one side, and long, deep creases streak its orange flesh from top to bottom. A pumpkin is Mother Nature’s reminder that fall is here. With...Show More Summary