Favorite dish of 2012
Here’s one of last year’s picks. In 2011, dining critic John Kessler picked the Vermont burrata, a cream-filled bundle of tender mozzarella, at Cakes & Ale. Photo: Becky Stein / Special It’s time...
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Snow Mountain has 20 400-foot lanes for tubing, smaller tubing lanes for young children and a snow playground to build snowmen and forts. Photo: Jonathan Phillips / Special TUESDAY Holiday: The...
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The meatloaf meatballs at Table & Main are just one reason why our readers named the Roswell restaurant their favorite new spot for 2011. Now we’re looking for your favorite of 2012. Photo: Becky...
View ArticleBest bets: Jan. 8-14
TUESDAY Kids, visual arts: “Young Architects: Designing the Future” is an interactive exhibit inspired by famous architects. It runs through Jan. 19 at the Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center...
View ArticleBest sweet tea
It might seem a little odd to be talking about iced tea in winter, but cold weather never stops us Southerners from indulging in one of our favorite beverages. When the temperature rises to 70 in...
View ArticleBest bets: Jan. 15-21
British singer and songwriter Ed Sheeran was a big hit at the Star 94 Jingle Jam in December, where this photo was taken. He returns to town as a headliner for a show at the Tabernacle on Monday, Jan....
View ArticleBest hot dogs
Photo: Renee Brock / Special It’s an iconic American food, often mentioned in the same sentence with apple pie and baseball. And we can be very particular about our hot dogs. Should they have ketchup?...
View ArticleBest french fries
Photo: Brant Sanderlin, bsanderlin@ajc.com It seems like such a simple thing. Potatoes cut into long sticks of varying thickness, then deep fried and salted. We all know it isn’t that simple, though....
View ArticleBest meat-and-three (or -two)
Photo: Hyosub Shin, hshin@ajc.com When you want Southern home cooking, but there’s no one to make it for you, what do you do? That’s where the traditional meat-and-three cafeterias and restaurants...
View ArticleBest pizza
Photo: Phil Skinner, pskinner@ajc.com Yes, it’s that time again. Let’s talk about pizza. It’s been almost two-and-a-half years since we last asked about pizza in Atlanta, so we definitely need to...
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