Tag: Sarah O’Brien
Employee burnout in the restaurant industry has reached a tipping point. Here’s how some Atlantans are creating a better workplace.
From hostile customers to grueling hours to low wages, restaurant work has always been challenging. Those in the industry face high rates of anxiety and depression, as well as higher reported rates of substance use disorder than workers in other professions. In an industry beset with burnout, restaurant workers are paying more attention to their mental health. Their bosses are, too.
Restaurant-industry couples turn to survival mode—and to each other
Five metro Atlanta couples spoke with us about how they’re surviving, adapting, and keeping one another afloat.
Dear chefs: Stop it with the useless garnishes
There is little new or particularly cool about the practice of depositing doodads I can barely see, let alone taste, on my plate. Plus: Long live quiche! (Especially Sarah O’Brien's at Little Tart Bakeshop.)
This year’s James Beard semifinalists look a little different—and Atlanta gets multiple nods
The James Beard Foundation's 2018 Restaurant and Chef Award semifinalists include seven Atlanta-based chefs and three elsewhere in Georgia received nominations. If you look closer at the list, you'll notice a trend: Seven of these ten chefs are people of color.
Community Farmers Markets’ inaugural Red Clay Soirée has an impressive food lineup
Community Farmers Markets—a nonprofit network that likely includes at least one of your favorite Atlanta farmers markets—is hosting its inaugural Red Clay Soirée fundraising gala on Friday, November 10. The event will feature chefs from Kimball House, 8 Arm, the General Muir, Rising Sun, El Super Pan, and other favorite Atlanta restaurants.
Why Paul Calvert has a “three-ingredient goal” for cocktails
Ticonderoga Club's Paul Calvert discusses dive bars, his hangover cure, and his favorite book to read to his son.
Technique: Little Tart Bakeshop’s Sarah O’Brien on making perfect pie crusts
Sarah O’Brien uses a standard recipe for making her irresistibly flaky crusts. So how come hers taste so much better than ours? “It’s all about the little things,” she says.
What’s the weirdest thing a customer has ever done in Little Tart Bakeshop?
13 Questions is a weekly series where we ask chefs 13 changing questions to get to know them outside of the kitchen. Sarah O'Brien is a baker and owner of the Little Tart Bakeshop, which has locations in Grant Park and Krog Street Market and sells at farmers markets.
David Sweeney, Paul Calvert, and Sarah O’Brien to host Thankful Harvest Supper
Paper Plane’s Paul Calvert, David Sweeney (previously of the Bakery at Cakes & Ale and Dynamic Dish), and the Little Tart Bakeshop’s Sarah O’Brien are hosting a Thankful Harvest Dinner at Octane Coffee in Grant Park November 16. Benefiting the Grant Park Farmers Market, the event will be a German-themed four-course meal with beverage pairings.
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