ATL Food Chatter: March 22, 2011

Big congrats to the local James Beard nominees, announced yesterday: Linton Hopkins (Restaurant Eugene, Holeman & Finch), Hugh Acheson (Athen’s Five & Ten, Empire State South

Privatization mandate likely to be dropped from MARTA bill

State Rep. Mike Jacobs, R-Brookhaven, says he's still trying to get his controversial MARTA legislation passed this year, but he isn't counting on any help from the state Senate, where his bill has languished for a solid month.

The Golden Age of Beer

Given how far we’ve come, it’s almost hard to remember just how dismal Georgia’s beer scene was a mere eight years ago. Harp was the most exotic lager found in grocery stores.

For ‘Mars, Venus’ John Gray fans, a Super alternative to football on PBA 30 Sunday

Psst, Super Bowl XLIV widows: PBA 30, Atlanta's PBS Station has a brilliant bit of counter-programming set to air opposite the Saints/Colts match up Sunday evening. At 7 p.m., the station will air the Atlanta debut of relationships expert and best-selling author John Gray's new 90-minute special, "Venus on Fire, Mars on Ice." And the guru behind the "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" empire couldn't be more pleased. "The Super

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When I was in college twenty years ago in Washington, D.C., I worked at a restaurant in Friendship Heights. I was the lowest in the pecking order, responsible for taking dishes from the expediter and topping them off with whatever they needed—a side of fries, a sprig of parsley, a ramekin of whatever. Then I’d arrange the dishes on a tray, hoist it over my shoulder, and bring it out to the servers. If they were busy with other diners, I’d deliver the plates myself. “

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