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Richard L. Eldredge
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Richard L. Eldredge
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Rich Eldredge has been happily chronicling the scene in Atlanta since 1990. He began his writing career here with multiple bylines in Atlanta magazine. For sixteen years he contributed to the AJC's popular Peach Buzz column, serving as head writer from 1996 to 2009. In 2001, he edited Celestine Sibley, Reporter, a collection of his beloved AJC colleague's best reporting from her sixty-year career. Over the years, he's covered everything from the 1996 Summer Olympics to Coretta Scott King's seven-hour televised funeral attended by four presidents and the star-studded grand opening of director Tyler Perry's film and television studios in southwest Atlanta, where he offered to hold Oprah Winfrey's eyelashes. He is a graduate of Parkview High School in Lilburn. He resides in Midtown and is the proud owner of a lava floor lamp.
Fans of Buckhead restaurant mainstay scurry to book final fondue meals
After months of back and forth, stops and starts, it appears Dante's Down the Hatch will finally sail off into the Atlanta culinary sunset on July 31. The announcement was made on the venerable Buckhead fondue restaurant's Facebook fan page. "The sale of the property has been renegotiated and the restaurant will be closing on July 31. Come see us soon and we appreciate all your loyalty. It's been a great 43 years!"
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Jenny Levison dishes on Aphrodisiac Soup Week, cooking with Kathie Lee & Hoda
There’s a reason more men are loitering by the ladles this week at Souper Jenny on East Andrews Drive in Buckhead.In honor of Valentine’s Day, it’s Aphrodisiac Soup Week at the soup, salad and sandwich shop.
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In addition to his weekday sports talk co-hosting gig as part of Mayhem in the AM on 790 The Zone, Steak Shapiro is adding a tasty new venture to his plate this fall: "Atlanta Eats." Shapiro tells us the new food-focused multi-media concept was inspired by our city's obsession with eating. A 30-minute TV show will debut this fall (while Shapiro is remaining mum as he waits for the ink to dry on the contracts, we're hearing Peachtree TV and CBS 46 are both hungry to air the show and Shapiro is already part of the CBS 46 family, having presided over the station's Sportsline segments). "Atlanta Eats'" weekly radio component, meanwhile, will roll out Tuesday morning on Star 94. Video segments and other interactive content will post exclusively at AtlantaEats.com. Shapiro's partner in the venture is former 790 The Zone marketing and sales guy Cody Hicks, whose "Atlanta Eats" business card reads "Co-Founder and Chief Brisket Officer."
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Finding the current Chick-fil-A controversy a bit difficult to swallow? Here's a gay-friendly, equality-minded solution for the poultry-deprived this weekend. Urban Cannibals Bodega + Bites owners Calavino Donati and her wife Doria Roberts tell Dish, thanks to last weekend's overwhelming response to their Two Chicks-Fil-A brunch, the menu special is back this Saturday and Sunday at their East Atlanta Village-based business at 477 Flat Shoals Avenue from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Yes, they're open on Sundays.
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In 2002, always ahead of the trending culinary curve, Southern food writer John T. Edge and a friend blew $3,000 on a hot dog-shaped cart in an attempt to provide Oxford, Mississippi cubicle toilers with “an honest $3 lunch.” Their Dunce Dogs venture, showcasing all-beef wieners stuffed inside natural casings, served up with buttermilk slaw and pimento cheese was an immediate failure.
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We have good news and bad news concerning Atlanta chef and "Top Chef All Stars" champ Richard Blais' brand-new Midtown restaurant The Spence. The much-anticipated eatery will finally open its doors this Memorial Day weekend. Alas, all reservations for Saturday and Sunday are already way beyond booked to capacity and restaurant reps are now urging frantic foodies to patiently wait until The Spence goes live on Open Table for reservation bookings Monday.
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This summer, in addition to the fireworks and fly balls, Turner Field is setting the table for foodies as well. On Wednesday, Braves reps told us about the debut of Big Night Out, their summer series of pre-game events for food lovers featuring celebrity chefs whipping up tasty bites in a luxury suite setting. Nine events throughout the season have been set.
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When AJC dining critic John Kessler's review of the new high-end Buckhead steak and seafood restaurant Ocean Prime posted online last week, there was really nothing controversial about his sans-stars grade of FAIR. Expecting Kessler to rave about a chain restaurant (albeit a "swanky" model) is a bit like expecting a film critic to adore "Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen."
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Bon Appetit magazine's February 2012 The New South issue is creating quite the dust up on its cover. And it's not just from the all-purpose flour and corn starch recommended to prepare the edition's "Best Fried Chicken Ever!" recipe. In support of its issue dedicated to all things Dixie, the magazine's cover line reads: "Savor The South: 41 Soulful Recipes From America's New Food Capital." Take that, Tom Colicchio.
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