In search of culinary Nirvana
I must, in all fairness, give credit where credit is due. A few months back, as my West Coast food orgy impended, I got an email from one of my best friends. Though he’s a guy who finds food as interesting as petrified wood, he happens to call East Atlanta home. Consequently, he tipped me …
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Let’s assume for a second that you have yet to step foot inside of Victory Sandwich Bar, the 9-month old bouncing baby Inman Park sandwich shop. If you find yourself in that unfortunate group of people, I have a suggestion: Lie and say you have. That’s right. I said it and I meant it. I’d …
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It’s early, it’s Saturday morning, and you’re just sitting down with your cup of coffee expecting a lazy day. BUZZ … WRONG! Why is that you ask? Well, it’s Saturday, November 5th, 2011 and that means it’s Chomp and Stomp day. Between the hours of 11am and 6pm, droves of chili fanatics will be flocking …
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Hot dogs have long been an important part of America’s food culture. Like the burger, they seem ripe for a rebirth as America’s next food trend. That was of course, until Asif Mandvi, the hard hitting investigative journalist from The Daily Show, discovered the dangers of a hot dog-a-day diet.
For most red-blooded Americans, the acronym KFC necessitates notable attention to one’s senses. Upon hearing that abbreviation, we being to conjure up an iconic image of an elderly chap with soft skin, a pair of trademark Browline glasses, and a neatly pressed white suit with a black string tie. Actually, KFC conjures up that or …
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Last night, as the premier episode of Top Chef Texas came to a close, there was a collective grunt in the world of the food literati. Not always known for their technical prowess, writers everywhere grumbled over the need to familiarize themselves with ways to insert an umlaut/diaeresis into online posts. With no traditional elimination …
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Talk show host/funny man/sage Conan O’Brien is doing his late night TV show from The Big Apple. As we all know, New York City is a bubbling metropolis of foodie heaven. One of the most amazing things about NYC is that you can get almost any type of food delivered. Seriously … even McDonald’s delivers! …
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Bravo’s Top Chef TV series is to reality food TV what the Real World is to the genre as a whole. That is, Top Chef is the longstanding stalwart of the category and the show that defined the genre. On Wednesday, October 2nd, Top Chef slips back into its familiar slot at 10pm EST as …
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Subtly tucked into a corner next to Buckhead’s year-old La Fourchette is Tartufo Pizzeria. Since we first heard about Tartufo back in late May, the pizza parlor has grown from an abstract idea into a concrete and fully operational business. As the name suggests (tartufo means truffle in Italian), Tartufo is yet another addition to …
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image courtesy of FancyFastFood.com McDonald’s decision to bring back the McRib has absolutely inundated food news over the past few days. Even mainstream media lamed things up with their coverage and there has been a surge of new “make your own McRib” posts going up. So why did I jump on the band wagon? B/c …