Farm Cart!! As Tami and I rolled into Athens, GA for the annual Georgia Organics conference last weekend we noticed the farm cart from the folks at Farm 255 restaurant parked nearby the convention center. Forgive me for the excitement, but in Atlanta we have a small problem of legislation which it makes things a...
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Oh, Antico Pizza… There have been plenty of changes since Antico Pizza crept onto the scene last fall…the availability of seating, a POS system replacing handwritten tickets, lunch hours…but the important details are still the same — authentic ingredients, pizza ovens imported from Naples, and a fun atmosphere are the same as they ever were....
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Tags: Antico Pizza, Antico Pizza Atlanta, Antico Pizza Napoletana, Atlanta, authentic, food, Georgia Tech, Italian, Italian food, Neapolitan, pizza, Westside
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 Posted in General
My partner-in-crime and I headed up I-85 to Athens, GA to check out the Georgia Organics conference and check out what the city has to offer. It’s been a few years for since I’ve been to the land that gave birth to REM & the B-52s, or more recently, Of Montreal, and had a great time....
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Tags: Athens, Carlo Petrini, chefs, Five and Ten, food, Georgia, Georgia Organics, Ike & Jane, Modern Star, organic, photography, photos, restaurants, The National
Who’s this crazy guy completely in his element in the hills of California? That’s Hardy Wallace, a friend of mine who has been working hard and living his dream with Murphy-Goode Winery in Sonoma wine country. He’s since announced a new gig at The NPA and Michel-Schlumberger Winery and I couldn’t be happier for him....

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Tags: California, dirty south wine, Hardy Wallace, Healdsburg, natural wine, natural wine merchant, San Francisco, Sonoma County, Sonoma wine, Sonoma Wine Country, Terroir, wine