Atlanta Journal-Constitution dining writer John Kessler chimes in with a few food trends buzzing in Atlanta right now. Pizza Wars Margherita pie from Varasano's. [Flickr: The Blissful Glutton] The opening of Varasano's Pizzeria has kicked off a new age of pizza one-upmanship in Atlanta that online pundits have dubbed the "Pizza Wars." Varasano, as Slice readers should know, is the displaced New Yorker who spent years trying to reverse engineer the pies from Patsy's. He detailed his experiments, scientific conclusions, and raucous pizza-tasting parties on a webpage that went viral in 2006. A first-time restaurateur, Varasano opened to consistency issues with his sourdough crust and mixed reviews from local critics. But he can make some phenomenal pies in his custom-designed...
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I asked some of my food critic friends and some of the correspondents from around Serious Eats where they would recommend taking your mom on Mother's Day. Intel poured in from around the country. And I added my own picks, too. Atlanta John Kessler, food columnist and feature writer for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, says: We're going to Watershed, which has a great, often overlooked brunch with cream biscuits, lard biscuits, toad in the hole, poached eggs with spinach and country ham, house-cured salmon, candied bacon. 406 West Ponce De Leon Avenue, Decatur GA 30030; 404-378-4900; watershedrestaurant.com A nice new choice might be Parish, a very cool-looking New Orleans cooking spot in an old bleach factory in one of the suddenly...
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Jason Perlow's post about his visit to Mary Mac's in Atlanta, GA has filled me with nostalgia. I lived there for a number of years and miss the spring-time explosion of dogwoods and azaleas, and my favorite non-food related festival, the Inman Park Festival. Mary Mac's should definitely be on your list of eats. Some of my other favorite eats are Colonnade Restaurant, The Flying Biscuit Cafe, and Fat Matt's Rib Shack. Mary Mac's Tea Room Address: 224 Ponce de Leon Avenue, Atlanta GA. 404-876-1800 The Flying Biscuit Address: 1655 McLendon Avenue, Atlanta GA. 404-687-8888 Fat Matt's Rib Shack Address: 1811 Piedmont Avenue, Atlanta GA. 404-607-1622...
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In honor of the upcoming Chinese New Year (Sunday, February 18 ushers in the
Year of the Pig), we talked to our food-loving friends around the country to find out where they'd send Serious Eaters for some
great Chinese food. Inside, picks from
Atlanta, Seattle, Miami, San Francisco, and more, along with the symbolism of some of the food eaten on the eve of the new lunar year. Year of the Pig—Serious Eaters, don't you love that?!?
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One of my favorite food historians, author of Near A Thousand Tables: A History of Food Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, was recently arrested for jaywalking in Atlanta. This guy is an Oxford don. His wife is a beautiful Englishwoman, and they live in a classy Mayfair flat filled with books from floor to ceiling. Their son was the Comte de Provence in Sofia Coppola's recent Marie Antoinette. The slightly built historian said the officer kicked his legs under him and pinned him to the ground, causing his glasses to fall off. Two other officers assisted in holding him down, said Fernandez-Armesto, who said he suffered a gash on his forehead and a bruise on his wrist as he attempted to break his...
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