Tag: Recipes: Entrees

"This recipe has been passed down from generation to generation, and it’s definitely a favorite of our guests," says Varuni Napoli's chef and owner Luca Varuni.

"To me, nothing says comfort food like pasta, and right now, we could all use a little extra comfort," says Ian Winslade, executive chef at Mission + Market in Buckhead.

"When I think of a versatile pantry staple, I think of rice," says chef Todd Ginsberg, who owns The General Muir, Fred's Meat and Bread, Wood's Chapel BBQ.

Khichdi—an Indian comfort food dish—is "simple, warming, and delicious," Irani says. "It comforts children, grownups, the elderly, and especially the worried."

“This is the soup that I enjoy eating multiple times a week," says Eddie Hernandez, the chef of Atlanta favorite fast-casual spot Taqueria del Sol. "You can add vegetables that you have on hand, add rice, or even tortilla chips to modify.”

Local designers Hillary Mancini of Peace Design, Jill and Steve McKenzie, and Alison Weidner of outdoor furnishings shop AuthenTEAK get together every other month for game night. Here are the Midwestern comfort food recipes they use when they meet.

The Hutcheson-Redwine Plantation is a magical scene. Nestled in the rolling terrain of Chattahoochee Hills, the circa-1841 farmhouse has been lovingly restored. Here, recipes for a bucolic brunch, including watermelon spritzer, chilled melon soup, turkey sweet potato hash, and mascarpone tart with fresh strawberries.

Monelle Totah and Gary McNatton used Hudson Grace as a restaurant to serve their California-style recipes for an all-star cast of guests. Monelle and Gary had one tip for the gathering: Keep it simple so you can enjoy the evening, too.

My dear friend Liz Lapidus, whose public relations firm represents some of the city’s top restaurants and creatives, has a knack for inviting all the right people to just the right venue. The dinner she hosted one fall evening in the leafy courtyard of Susan Bridges’s Inman Park gallery, Whitespace, was no different. There, her intimate group of eight gathered to celebrate Birmingham-based artist Amy Pleasant’s show Writing Pictures.

We took the best dishes from Atlanta's barbecue restaurants and made you a perfect picnic. Here are recipes for Community Q’s three-cheese mac and cheese, Heirloom Market BBQ’s ribs, Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q's smoked brisket, and more.