Taste of Sandy Springs

Participating Restaurants

Alon’s Bakery and Market | www.alons.com Bonehead’s – Perimeter Place | www.eatboneheads.com Breadwinner | www.getloafed.com Brio Tuscan Grille | www. brio italian.com Bruster’s Ice Cream | www.brusters.com Buffalo Wind Wings Grill & Bar | www.buffalowildwings.com Café Sunflower | www.cafesunflower.com Charlie Mopps Public House | www.charliemoppspub.com Chef Rob’s Carribean Café | […]

Wan Lai

Deep Fried Chicken with Crispy Garlic

Wan Lai 4897 Buford Highway Suite 104 Atlanta, GA 30341 678 530 0633

Pastries to go

This is an assortment of pastries we were lucky enough to snatch up at St John’s Mid East Food Festival 2009 (May 16, 2009). The pastries (shown above) were made by talented members of the parish.

St. John Chrysostom Melkite Catholic Church 1428 Ponce de Leon Avenue, NE Atlanta, GA 30307 404 […]

Another Visit to Hearth Pizza Tavern

Hearth Pizza Tavern’s Ring of Fire Pizza

Hearth Pizza Tavern’s Ring of Fire Pizza is topped with Chorizo Salami, sliced cherry peppers, carmelized onions, cremini mushrooms, garlic chili oil and cilantro. Sweet carmelized onions, spicy chorizo, and tangy pickled cherry peppers explode with complex flavors that mingle perfectly with one another. De-lish!

Hearth […]

Mooncakes

Snowskin Mooncake with chestnut and cashew

Mooncake with salted egg yolk

Best Cornbread in Atlanta @ Fox Bros?

Maybe… It’s certainly in the top 5.

Fox Bros. recently added cornbread to their lineup of sides. And, it is divine! Served with a side of sweet butter that’s dusted with cinnamon, this huge wedge of mildly sweet cornbread is dotted with corn and diced jalapeno. While it’s hard to tell sitting next to […]

Buford Highway — Food Finds

Cashews in their Shell

Cashew Fruit or Cashew Apple

Chulpe

Over the weekend we were able to turn 8 cashew apples into two very large jars of jam. Cashew fruit has a yummy sweet-tart flavor reminiscent of fresh ripe mango, green mango and under-ripe apricots all rolled into one yummy fruit. I […]

In Search of Huitlacoche — Rosa Mexicano

Inspired by an episode of Anthony Bourdain’s show, we decided to search for huitlacoche in Atlanta. Also known as corn smut or Mexican truffle, huitlacoche actually bares no physical resemblance to a truffle. It is a powdery substance made up of grey/black spores that grow inside an ear of corn causing the corn kernels to […]

Art on the Square 2009

Including juried art, pottery, jewelry, and photography, Gwinnett County’s Art on the Square juried art event begins today.

When:

Friday — May 22, 2009 — 10:00am to 8:00pm Saturday — May 23, 2009 — 10:00am to 5:00pm

For More Information: VisitLawrenceville

Historic Lawrenceville Square (area surrounding Gwinnett Historic Courthouse) Crogan […]

Cold Comfort @ Morelli's

Rum Raisin + Sweet Potato Pie + Sugar Cone = JOY

The absolute definition of comfort food in a cone. What a great way to turn all of the best deadly rich fall flavors into a deadly rich ice cream treat! This decadent combination is my current favorite blend of Morelli’s Ice Cream flavors. But, […]