In search of culinary Nirvana
It’s been a few months since Fuyuhiko Ito‘s plans to open a Buckhead sushi bar started to leak out. Now, it appears things are finally starting to come together. The restaurant has been branded Umi, which is the phonetic equivalent of the Japanese word for sea. Seems appropriate. The restaurant just launched a facebook page and it’s …
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So the gang at College Humor wanted to see what would happen if they ordered a salad from the aptly named Just Salad (site) in New York City. Not much of a story there … until you realize that they decided to order every single possible topping (including double meats) for their single serving lettuce …
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Sad news from over the weekend. Charlotte Nelson of Fox Bros BBQ has passed. She was 37 and she had breast cancer. On Friday, Jonathan Fox emailed folks to update everyone on the status of Charlotte. In that email, Fox mentioned an event for “Charlotte’s Web”, to help curtail medical costs and ease the family’s …
The opportunity for me to eat at Sukiyabashi Jiro, the 3-star Michelin subway port in Tokyo, before Jiro Ono departs is looking highly unlikely at this juncture. So I must rely on others for any semblance of sushi satiation. With some luck, maybe Jimmy will get there in a few months and I’ll get a …
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Kevin Gillespie, the celebrity chef/cookbook author who is about to open Gunshow in East Atlanta, has decided to fill his time by offering his services up to small groups who want to hire him. Basically, he’s decided idle hands are the devils play toy … so if you want Kevin to cook for you and …
Support Ryan Hidinger and Team Hidi. All you need to know at http://www.teamhidi.org The bullet points: a) Several Atlanta restaurants (Muss & Turner’s, Local Three, Empire State South and Five & Ten) to name a few have added a line to the bottom of their guest checks … it’s called “Round Up for Ryan”. You …
For those of you who follow my blog and the ATL food scene with any semblance of frequency, you probably know about Ryan Hidinger and his wife Jen. They put together Staplehouse, perhaps the best supper club this city has to offer. Well, Ryan is very very sick. I’m not going to dress this up; …
Baton Supper Series, that “on hiatus” underground supper club run out of Gato Bizco in Candler Park is revving up again. Moses Archuleta & Bryson Tedford, who brought us awesomeness like this, mass mailed some people earlier tonight with some information. All you need to know is in the email, which I’ve posted after the …
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Breaking Bad is great TV. Turkey is great holiday [yes … I know that’s a grammatically flawed sentence]. Meanwhile, Breaking Bad + Thanksgiving makes for interesting cooking demonstrations. Witness … [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GnM8vwS-O0&rel=0] Enjoy! [via here]
While I’m honestly the last person to care about celebrity sightings, I can make an exception every now and then. Case in point: the mythical Silver Fox has been spotted in Atlanta. Anthony Bourdain, known to his friends and cohorts as Tony Bourdain, is in Atlanta right now filming for the soon to be defunct …
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