FEATURES

Best New Restaurants
Fourteen of the year's freshest arrivals, from gastropubs to modern Italian
>> INCLUDING The best new restaurant of 2009
By Bill Addison

Spice Routes
Our dining editor visits more than forty Indian restaurants, stains his tongue crimson, and discovers off-the-menu masterpieces in search of the subcontinent's truest tastes
By Bill Addison
ONLINE EXTRA The best Indian sweets and snacks

Max Cleland's Long Road Home
An excerpt from his new memoir—and a conversation with the former senator
Interview by Steve Fennessy

Lucky Stripes
Noah's Ark rescues creatures great and small—including one lost zebra
By Paige Williams

Master Class
Meet six icons of Atlanta design in their glamorous AmericasMart showcase, "b.Inspired"
Photographs by Ashley Waldron Hope

AGENDA
What to talk about this month

Starting Block: Reviving Joel Chandler Harris's Wren's Nest

Three Questions for . . . CDC director Thomas Frieden

Behind the Scenes: How Gate Gourmet feeds the flying public

Five Points: Steve Martin and Leonard Cohen come to town

In Tune: Drivin' N' Cryin'

The Shelf: Philip Lee Williams

Firsthand: Bounty hunters at large

ARBITER
Your handbook to living well

Dining
Review: Shoya

Culinary Character: In praise of uncooked pleasures

Rediscovery: Monday night barbecue at P'cheen

The A-List: Bo Bo Garden, plus new and noteworthy restaurants

Style
Hot Shop: Three local lines you'll want to try on this fall

Head to Toe: Tiffany and Amber Davis

Travel
Getaway: Aiken, South Carolina

NEW! ABODE
Atlanta home design, decor, and more

Double Take: MetroShip brings modern style to houseboating

Expert Advice: Fire pits explained by David Gatti of P.O.P.S. Landscaping

Inside Look: House number twelve is one couple's perfect home

PLUS...

Hollis Gillespie: Sockie marks her territory

Editor's Note

Contributors