Archive for the ‘Not Buford Highway’ Category

Atlanta Street Food

Atlanta wants food trucks. The city/state has made the process of starting a mobile food truck concession  pretty much impossible. Fortunately, there is a group that is looking to get…

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Degustar in Pictures

Escabeche de Pescado

From the pictures, you’d be excused for thinking this was a Peruvian festival. This just happened to be my first time trying food from Machu Picchu…

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Crazy Cuban – D’oh!

Ruh-roh, Shaggy – that ain’t what I ordered! (yes, I’ve mixed two cartoon idioms in one post…)

I’ve learned that the rule of thumb in ordering a Cuban…

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Hey, Food Network – We Need to Talk…

I have a dilemma. I received the message below from the Food Network the other day, asking for help publicizing their casting call for “Worst Cooks in America”. To…

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Degustar – Latin American Food Festival

The second annual Latin American food festival, sponsored by the Georgia Hispanic Chamber of commerce will be held at Atlantic Station on May 1, 2010.

Participants include:

  • Brazilian

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Old Hickory House

When I first moved to Atlanta (by way of Boston) in 1989, I remember trying the barbecue at Old Hickory House at their now defunct location on Piedmont Road…

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Pan American Bakery

You’ve got to love a good pun – especially one that works all the angles: “Pan American Bakery”. Get it? It’s a Colombian bakery (South American), but it’s in…

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Montaluce Wine and Food Conclave

Sliding southward out of the mountains, the big V-8 was sucking in sleet and freezing rain faster that gas. Turning off onto an unmarked side road, the sleet finally…

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Pork – The Cuddly White Meat

So many people have asked me what the hell my header image and Twitter avatar was, I finally decided I should post a bigger version. It’s a pig. A…

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