Atlanta chef Richard Blais inks cookbook deal
This just in: Atlanta Flip Burger Boutique guru and "Top Chef All-Stars" winner Richard Blais has inked a deal for his first cookbook, set to hit book shelves in November 2012. Trade publication Publisher's Marketplace first reported the deal. According to PM's report, Clarkson Potter will publish Blais' inaugural effort focusing on his "creative and often quirky approach to cooking and food" and will contain 100 to 125 recipes, along with 75 to 100 four-color photos.
Revamped concept, new menu at Veni Vidi Vici
A small kitchen fire at Buckhead Life Restaurant Group’s Veni Vidi Vici closed the restaurant for two weeks last July. It destroyed the rotisserie around which the menu and concept were based and could not be restored. Since then, executive chef Jamie Adams has revamped the menu and the concept to focus more on regional Italian cuisine with an emphasis on seafood.
New details on Riccardo Ullio’s Novo in Dunwoody
Chef and restaurateur Riccardo Ullio, best known for Inman Park spots Fritti and Sotto Sotto, is set to open Novo this spring/summer in Dunwoody. Ullio’s most recent projects include the now-shuttered Beleza (Brazilian) and Cuerno (Spanish), as well as Midtown’s Escorpion (Mexican). With Novo, he hopes to return to his Italian roots.
Buttermilk Kitchen opens today on Roswell Road
You might be familiar with chef Suzanne Vizethann but, if you're like many Atlantans, you haven't had a chance to taste her food yet. Vizethann made a splash on television, winning the Food Network's 2011 season of Chopped, and she's been running a small lunch counter, The Hungry Peach, inside the until-very-recently private design center ADAC. So, unless you've been a television food judge or a design professional, Vietzthann's food has been out of reach. Today that changes, as Vietzthann's new restaurant, Buttermilk Kitchen, opens today at 4225 Roswell Road.
Anthony Bourdain announces new CNN show, Parts Unknown
A teaser clip from Anothony Bourdain's new show for CNN, Parts Unkown, was released this afternoon. Details are scarce, but Bourdain's mood and attitude are in full focus for the clip, in which he opines about the virtues of "sharing a pipe with a shaman" over "all inclusive" travel packages.
Kevin Young’s ‘The Hungry Ear’ up for a listen at Restaurant Eugene
The author dinner series at Restaurant Eugene has consistently combined the refined written word with culinary art. But next week’s event on Monday, November 19, with renowned poet Kevin Young strikes a particularly intuitive tone for those who regard dining as an opportunity to experience something lyrical.
Eric Wolitzky to headline Salon du Chocolat in NYC
Pastry chef Eric Wolitzky is having a good year. Until 2012, Wolitzky might have been best know for having a solid (but not winning) run in 2010 on the first season of Top Chef: Just Desserts. Since taking over the baking team at the expanded Bakery at Cakes & Ale, Wolitzky has recieved a glowing nod of approval on Bon Appetit's list of Best New Restaurants for 2012. "Don't even think about skipping dessert at this restaurant and bakery, where the last course gets top billing," the headline glowed. They also included a gorgeous slideshow of his sweets.
Gypsy Kitchen, the Southern Gentleman to bring Mediterranean, gastropub vibes to Buckhead Atlanta
Come September, Buckhead Atlanta, the massive mixed-use development, will add two more restaurants to its burgeoning dining scene. Backed by JP Piemonte and Chris Hadermann—the duo behind Tin Lizzy’s, the Big Ketch, and Milton's Cuisine and Cocktails—Gypsy Kitchen and the Southern Gentleman will share a 10,000-square-foot space and an executive chef, Randy Lewis, who comes from California where he worked as a culinary director at various wineries. “I was looking to get back to the South—my parents are here,” he says. “I love what’s going on here with the food scene.”
White Oak Kitchen & Cocktails opens in Downtown Atlanta
White Oak Kitchen & Cocktails quietly opened its doors Monday night for dinner service. The downtown restaurant, located in the 270 Peachtree building, is the latest to jump on the Southern chic, farm-to-table bandwagon. The menu offers the expected pimento cheese and deviled eggs but also ventures out with dishes like caramel fried chicken, trout ravioli, and a stew with roasted prawns.
How Local Three’s Chris Hall won the Waffle House Smackdown two years in a row
Local Three's Chris Hall on Waffle House, wine, and roller derby.
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