Baton Supper Series Returns: Mission Chinese Food + Danny Bowien

肉 + ㆔ Were you ever around during the formative years for a band that ultimately hit it big?  If you’re anything like me, you feel somewhat responsible for that band’s success and you wear that like a badge of honor.  Ladies and gents, I think you have an opportunity to be a part of …

Someone Famous Wants To Eat In Atlanta

Bonjwing Lee, known to most as The Ulterior Epicure, is, what my good friend calls, a super blogger.  Dude be everywhere.  His eating budget is larger than most people’s living budget and he’s got the food porn to prove it.  Plus, he travels … UH LOT and he’s contributed to the pretty awesome Bluestem cookbook, …

Café Agora in Midtown Just Around The Corner [Openings]

Good news for we fans of Café Agora, a Buckhead gyro and Mediterranean spot where I’ve popped more foodie cherries at than I can count.  In July, the Atlanta Business Chronicle broke the news that Café Agora was adding a satellite location in Midtown.  At the time, ABC reported that Agora hoped to be open …

The Four Coursemen Back On The Tube

It’s been over a year since I visited The Four Coursemen supper club in Athens, but I remember it like it happened yesterday.  The group actually includes a swat team of chefs (Damien Schaefer, Eddie Russell, Matt Palmerlee, Patrick Stubbers, Randolph Dudley, and sommelier Nancy Lind to be exact) and they’ve done so well for themselves …

Café Todahmgol: Get In My Belly

Writing about Café Todahmgol in Duluth is an exercise in frustration … I just get hungry.  Perhaps that is why I’ve never spent the time to relay my thoughts on this tucked away Korean restaurant way up yonder.  You see, as you begin to reach the Northeast border of Atlanta, most often identified by Interstate …

Top Chef Texas: Tribute Dinner–What Was That Ingredient? [Buddhacation]

Things we learned on the latest edition of Top Chef Texas: 1) Apparently grandfathers made absolutely zero impact on the lives of their offspring.  2) Bravo TV now relies upon the most uncreative group of twaddlers for their inspiration.  3) Patty LaBelle can still belt it out.  Other than that … not much. Still, the …

Dude! [Laugh of the Day]

There may be nothing more engaging than a great advertisement.  These small and rare acts of brilliance are like little windows into a common understanding.  While I don’t drink beer, I sure as hell find humorous things too awesome not to share.  So when this Bud Light ad Table Hopped across my twitter feed, I …

Push Start Kitchen Gets Some TV Time

Push Start Kitchen is one of a handful of supper clubs that operate in and around Atlanta.  Trends with Benefits is a TBS TV show that talks about all sorts of trending and hot topics.  So in a marriage of the trendy and those who talk about the trendy, Push Start Got a little airtime …

H+F’s Greg Best: The Role of the Social Chemist

A little ways back, TED.com had a little event here in Atlanta called TEDx.  I’ve talked about Ted.com on here a bunch, so I’ll spare you all the background.  But suffice it to say, TED talks are some of the most interesting ways you can spend roughly 18-minutes of time. At TEDx Atlanta, Greg Best, …