Adventurous Tastes

Atlanta Restaurant Openings

2012-05-31T23:11:00.002-04:00

Atlanta is awash in interesting new restaurants. I've traveled for work 7 weeks in a row, so I am admittedly a little bit behind schedule on checking out new places. But that won't stop me from giving you a little scoop on three of the hottest new restaurants in Atlanta. The Optimist As far as I'm concerned, everything Ford Fry touches turns to gold, delicious delicious gold. So I've long

News Round-Up: May 24, 2012

2012-05-24T20:06:00.001-04:00

The countdown is on, readers. It's almost time to fire up your grills and slap on some SPF 15 to mark the beginning of summer! The Mr. and I will be going crunchy (sort of) with a long weekend jaunt to Boulder, CO. Never fear, it won't be all granola and weed. We have reservations at the oh so popular Frasca Ease into the long weekend with some food scoop... Gawker gets hilariously enraged with

A Healthy Banana Bread

2012-05-22T21:27:00.000-04:00

The thing about being on a diet is that you suddenly have a voracious appetite for all the things you're not supposed to be eating. Seriously, I'd give my right arm for a cheeseburger right now! So when I was hankering for banana bread, I decided to figure out a way to make it healthy. I scoped out a bunch of online recipes, and ultimately settled on one that replaced flour with whole

Places I Love to Get Smashed: Bookhouse Pub

2012-05-17T23:00:00.001-04:00

You know the place: the neighborhood restaurant/bar/shop that is so good and so welcoming that whenever you walk in you feel a bit guilty that you aren't a more frequent visitor. I was overcome with that pang of guilt on a recent visit to Bookhouse Pub, tucked away on Ponce across from Murder Kroger and Greens, a/k/a the drive-through liquor store. Photo courtesy of Widespread Organic

10 Things I Learned at the Atlanta Food & Wine Festival

2012-05-14T22:45:00.009-04:00

Hello hungry Southerners! Did you attend the 2nd annual Atlanta Food & Wine Festival this weekend? Dominique Love, Elizabeth Feitcher and team have outdone themselves! Thanks to the lovely ladies at 360 Media who arranged my media credentials, I spent my entire weekend enjoying the oh-so-fab festival. If you're used to the standard bunch of chefs serving samples in a tent kind of event,

Weight Watchers - It Works, It Really Works!

2012-05-10T21:32:00.000-04:00

If you follow me on Pinterest, you may have noticed I've been pinning healthy recipes like crazy. Any food-lover who doesn't want to buy a new wardrobe each year, eventually has to reign in the excess and take of the lbs. Taking inspiration from my rapidly shrinking boss, I've been kicking it Weight Watchers style for 4 weeks now. I'd been thinking about trying a new weight loss tactic for ages,

Announcing the Winner of the Adventurous Tastes Giveaway: $25 to R. Rice!

2012-05-09T22:21:00.002-04:00

Congratulations, Heather Henningsen, you're the winner of the Adventurous Tastes giveaway for a $25 R. Rice gift certificate! I've emailed you with more details! Thank you to everyone for entering!

Restaurant Preview: Cucina Asellina

2012-05-09T22:18:00.000-04:00

The Mr. and I recently returned to Cucina Asellina, sister restaurant to STK next door and another NY transplant, to scope out more of their menu. The scene at Cucina is much lower key than the thumping steak-and-cocktails fueled party next door. We enjoyed the patio during one of Atlanta's perfect spring nights and found it to be a perfect place to unwind and people watch. Service was

Atlanta Food & Wine Festival - May 10-13

2012-05-03T19:23:00.003-04:00

The 2nd Annual Atlanta Food & Wine Festival is back next weekend and your timing to snag tickets is running out! Founded last year by Dominique Love and Elizabeth Feichter, the event brings together chefs, sommeliers, mixologists, growers and food lovers from across the country (emphasis on the South!) for a weekend of learning, dining and drinking! Many of the dinners I posted about the other

R. Rice Sushi

2012-05-02T22:27:00.000-04:00

Situated in a strip mall in Sandy Springs, R. Rice Wok. Grill. Sushi. is definitely outside of my normal dining hoods, but I was pleasantly surprised by its stylish digs and fresh, tasty sushi. Master Sushi Chef Danny Chen has recently become the co-owner and head chef at R. Rice and has revamped the menu. Although Chinese, Chen was a natural fit for the sushi world as the son of a fisherman.

Coolest...Lunchbox....Ever?

2012-04-30T22:48:00.000-04:00

I remember eagerly opening my lunchbox every day waiting to see what Mom had packed for me. While she always did a great job, my lunches of a ham sandwich, Cheetos, and Peanut Butter Boppers never quite looked like this! (Don't remember Boppers? They were only the best junk food the 80s had to offer). Perhaps the mom behind this and a bunch of other cool packed lunches had a bit too much time

Atlanta Cinco de Mayo Celebrations

2012-04-26T21:32:00.001-04:00

Photo Credit: Christy Thompson Cinco de Mayo, the excuse to get drunk and eat tacos very important celebration of Mexican heritage is next weekend. Where are you going to get your margartita on? El Taco will be open from 11am until late serving 22oz Dos Equis Lager drafts for $9, buckets of Dos Equis Amber or Lager for $12, 22oz El Jimador margaritas for $12 and its semi-famous

Atlanta Food & Wine Festival Dinners

2012-04-25T22:43:00.000-04:00

The second annual Atlanta Food & Wine Festival is coming up May 10-13. Once again food lovers and chefs from around the Southeast and beyond will pour into the ATL for a weekend of good eats and drinks and an all 'round celebration of, natch, food & wine! There is too much going on during the festival to mention in just one post, so for today, let's focus on your dinner options. Over the

Submit Your Photos to The Optimist

2012-04-24T23:17:00.000-04:00

Every wanted to be famous? Ok well this isn't quite like that, but sort of. Submit your fun in the sun pics for a chance to be on the wall of Ford Fry's new seafood restaurant/oyster bar, The Optimist. Anything upbeat and coast/water related will do, so dig up those pics of you and dad with that prize marlin or the day little Johnny buried you in the sand. The Optimist will be serving up

Rosebud's Strawberry Fields Forever Dinner - May 1 - 3

2012-04-20T15:22:00.001-04:00

Strawberry Fields, NYC Photo credit: Timsan79 Spring means strawberries, and music aficionado/angry chef Ron Eyester is celebrating with three nights of a la carte strawberry inspired dishes at Rosebud. Naturally, many of the ingredients are being sourced from local farms such as Woodland Gardens and D&A Farm. Strawberry Fields Forever Grilled Jumbo Asparagus Compressed

Atlanta Nosh at Atlantic Station

2012-04-17T22:51:00.000-04:00

The Underground Market Atlanta Nosh launched this weekend in its new legit incarnation at Atlantic Station. It was a perfect, albeit hot, day for some gluttony! The Mr. and I are on a healthy eating plan right now, and we saved up all of our splurging for Sunday, and man oh man was it worth it. A hundred vendors dished up everything from dark chocolate and port cupcakes

Adventurous Tastes Giveaway: Announcing the Nosh Ticket Winners!

2012-04-13T13:55:00.003-04:00

Thanks to everyone for entering the first Adventurous Tastes Pinterest contest! The winners are: Allison Stowers – 3 tix Terri Zuckerman – 5 tix Carley Brom – tix Emily Britt – 4 - tix Errol Tucker – 2 - tix Mary Catherine – 4 - tix Caroline Gallrein – 2 - tix Adam Zuckerman – 1 - tix Suzy Gold – 3 tix Your tickets will be at Will Call. Email me if you have any questions. See you

Blue Bell Ice Cream

2012-04-11T21:56:00.000-04:00

When someone invites you to an ice cream tasting, you go. So it was with eager anticipation of an ice cream bacchanal, that I headed over to Hal's Kitchen Cooking School for a Blue Bell media event. Alas, we didn't get to tuck straight into the creamy treats. We instead began with a hokey but informative video on Blue Bell's storied history. Brenham Creamery began producing ice cream in 1917

Update: Adventurous Tastes Giveaway Extended

2012-04-10T20:36:00.001-04:00

I'm lengthening the contest to give you one extra day to enter to win Atlanta Nosh tickets for this Sunday, April 15 at Atlantic Station. A reminder of how to enter: Pin your favorite recipe or article directly from Adventurous Tastes (the site or my Pinterest board) to Pinterest. The posting must link back to the article on this site. I've now added a pinterest option to the Share This

Travel Dining Itineraries: Washington DC

2012-04-10T20:31:00.002-04:00

Photo credit: Nicholas Raymond: The Mr. and I are about to visit friends in DC, so this dining itinerary from my brother Adam is quite timely. As a kid when I visited DC, I was always wowed by its ethnic food. It's the first place I ever tried Ethiopian or Thai. Now DC is chock full of of hip restaurants. Looking forward to some good food with good friends.Thanks for the scoop, little

Adventurous Tastes Giveaways: Atlanta Nosh Tickets for Sunday, April 15

2012-04-09T21:38:00.000-04:00

Photo credit: Atlantic Station Back in January 2011, Adventurous Tastes was the first to bring you scoop on the Atlanta Underground Market. Since then Michaela Graham's events have grown to be one of the most exciting things going in Atlanta's food scene. Atlanta Underground Market was pure bliss for curious food-lovers with everything from Filipino empanadas to Senegalese french toast to

Happy Passover/Easter!

2012-04-06T16:24:00.002-04:00

Traditional Passover Seder PlatePhoto Credit: http://normanscottphotogr- aphy.com/ This weekend is a celebration bonanza...Passover begins tonight, Easter is on Sunday, and for many, it's Spring Break! We're about to head to the burbs for the family Passover dinner, but before we go, a few links to learn more about Passover dining. For me at least, Passover is the best Jewish holiday.

Atlanta Easter Dining Roundup

2012-04-04T20:19:00.003-04:00

Pollen counts don't lie, spring is in the error. And that means it's time to put on your pastel best and head out to Easter brunch! That's right, that stealth bunny has snuck up on you once again - it's this Sunday, April 8. Never fear, there are no shortage of places where you can get your brunch on. Here's a selection of Atlanta restaurants rolling out the pink carpet... South City Kitchen

News Roundup: April 3, 2012

2012-04-03T23:11:00.000-04:00

So what's new in Atlanta restaurants and various and sundry food news? Buckhead is getting a Bhojanic In a super meta turn of events, Kevin Bacon attended the Dad's Garage Baconfest this weekend Even more reasons to sit on your butt: LivingSocial kicked off restaurant delivery in Atlanta Even Betty Draper is scarfing down ice cream

Mother Clucker Fried Chicken Festival this Saturday

2012-03-29T21:42:00.000-04:00

Feeling peckish? Head over to Rosebud on Saturday for the Mother Clucker Fried Chicken Festival from 2-6 p.m. (that joke was so bad, right?) Satisfy your hunger while top Atlanta chefs duke it out for title of King (or Queen) of the Cluck. Competing chefs: Asha Gomez, Cardamom Hill Darrell Rice, Tavern 99 Jordan Wakefield, Meehan's Public House Justin Keith, Food 101 Matt Coggin, DBA Barbeque