The Atlantic is a well established website/magazine that covers a variety of mainstream media topics. Earlier today, they published an article by Corby Kummer entitled A Food Lover’s Guide To Atlanta. Instigated by a reader question, Kummer invoked the assistance of Kim Severson, a newly transplanted employee of the New York Times, and Christiane Lauterbach, …
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Green Eggs and Ham(burgers)
John T. Edge has been showing up all over the place lately (and quite a bit in my twitter feed). The guy just rocks it. Just a short time ago, Edge’s article on Atlanta’s own Big Green Egg hit the New York Times. For those that don’t know, Ed Fisher used to sell kamados (a …
Seafood Watch And Project FishMap for iPhone/Android [Technology]
Earlier today (technically yesterday by the time you read this), I spent some time reading an article on sustainability and seafood, which prompted me to write this little bit on an associated topic: the Monterey Bay Aquarium and their Seafood Watch app (android market/apple store). The Monterey Bay Aquarium is one of the leaders in …
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The Great Food Truck Race Season 2 Trailer [RoamingATL]
Back in early June, The Great Food Truck Race came storming into Atlanta. The Food Network’s food truck TV show was filming the penultimate episode of their season two competition. Well, TFN has just released the trailer (aka preview) for the upcoming season. So all you food truck fans, mark your calendar as the show kicks …
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Guess Why His Dinner Was Free At Raging Burrito?
A few points of clarification: I have no idea which Raging Burrito this came from, so don’t immediately think it came from the one in Decatur … unless you consider the fact that the only one around is in Decatur. To the best of my knowledge, the cockroach burrito isn’t actually on the menu. My …
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El Bulli: Cooking in Progress [Documentaries]
Ferran Adrià is a culinary god. El Bulli is his muse. El Bulli: Cooking in Progress is a newish documentary that attempts to surmise in film what so many have praised as the best culinary experience of their life. Specifically, the film condenses a year (‘08-09) in the life of Adriá, his team, and the …
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Attack Of The Killer Tomato Festival [Get Your Tomato On]
It’s Atlanta, it’s July, and it’s tomato season. That can only mean one thing: it’s time for the annual Attack of the Killer Tomato Festival. This highly seasonal food festival put on by the fine folks at Georgia Organics returns to the Westside Urban Market and neighboring Westside Provisions District on Sunday, July 17th. From …
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WOW Food Truck: Arepas On Atlanta’s Streets [RoamingATL]
The tale of the WOW Food Truck is a long and sordid tale of murder, intrigue, betrayal, and arepas. Okay, not so much on the first three, but yes on those Venezuelan corn-cakes. Wonderlicious on Wheels, aka WOW in its short form, is a brand new food truck from Wendy Cross and her partners at …
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Muncheez At Northside Tavern [Openings]
Updated: 6.23 @ 8:00am After years and years of being Atlanta’s premier dive bar (sorry Clermont), Northside Tavern is finally getting in on the food game … sort of. I say sort of because the Westside’s newest food adventure is coming in the form of a new food stand named Muncheez. A lot of details …
Lucky Peach: David Chang’s Magazine For The Gourmand [Deliciousness]
My couch just became an infinitely cooler hangout spot. I’m kicking back with the inaugural copy of Lucky Peach, a quarterly publication backed by Momofuku’s David Chang and writer Peter Meehan. Dude and dudettes … this puppy is da bang. You see, each episode (aka issue) is dedicated to a particular topic. Thankfully for me (and …
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