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Top Ten Treats to Try in Turkey
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Top Ten Treats to Try in Turkey

Turkish Coffee. An upper layer as thick as molasses, a scorching liquid center, and a thick, gooey sediment on bottom, all compressed into a cup stolen from a little girl’s tea party. It’s intense, and you do feel a spike from the...

January 7, 2011
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Review: Fox Brothers Barbecue – C-
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Review: Fox Brothers Barbecue – C-

Fox Brothers bills itself as Atlanta’s best barbecue. A claim that big had better be backed up by some pretty tasty evidence, yes? I hadn’t even heard of Fox Brothers Barbecue until yesterday, when every darn barber at American Haircuts...

December 11, 2010
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My Pizza Shack Verdict Validated by USA Today
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My Pizza Shack Verdict Validated by USA Today

Remember back when I proclaimed Jackson, Mississippi’s Pizza Shack the home of the world’s fifth best pizza?
Today, USA Today listed the Pizza Shack as one of America’s 51 great American pizza parlors.
Ya heard it here first!

November 5, 2010
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Saying No to Yeah! Burger
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Saying No to Yeah! Burger

Does that look like a $17.00 meal to you? Friday night at YEAH! Burger, I found myself feeling as though I’d stepped into a parallel universe where the U.S. dollar had lost fifty percent of its value. Why? Because our order — two...

October 3, 2010
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Breakfast at Radial
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Breakfast at Radial

I haven’t yet written about Radial, an amazing breakfast spot over in Candler Park. And that’s an oversight on my part, because they’re plating some of Atlanta’s very best breakfast fare over there. Pictured above: Granny...

September 26, 2010
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Cacao – Atlanta’s Artisan Chocolatier
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Cacao – Atlanta’s Artisan Chocolatier

I've eaten some of the world's best hand-crafted chocolate, so I was delighted when, this weekend, ScoutMob sent us to Cacao, Atlanta's "bean to bar" artisan chocolatier. The chocolate here is has long been a critical darling, featured in Knife and...

June 13, 2010
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Bobby & June’s Country Kitchen
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Bobby & June’s Country Kitchen

 Because our usual Saturday morning breakfast spot was dedicated to some sort of promotional activity this weekend, we drove a few blocks further to an Atlanta institution: Bobby & June's Country Kitchen, just across the 14th Street...

March 14, 2010
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Pasquale’s
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Pasquale’s

When I was a kid, my hometown had one pizza joint: Pasquale's Pizza. In the days before our town had any of the big chain restaurants, Pasquale's was an exotic destination. Outside, the wooden sign featured a line drawing of Pasquale: a wispy chef...

February 20, 2010
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Telluride Truffles
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Telluride Truffles

The time has come, my friends, to talk about Telluride Truffles. Not too long ago, Jackie Watson -- a close friend, and the woman who recruited me to come to work for The Employer I Cannot Name Here -- retired. Not long after, she headed north...

August 7, 2009
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