wine, food, fun, etc. | Eat It, Atlanta

Jimmy on September 29th, 2011

I?ve amassed a bunch of crappy iphone pics (and crappy good camera pics) to share with internet-land. Operation photo barf commencing.

How about the above bar near Lake Burton? I?m considering opening a satellite location in College Park.

The wines I?ve tasted lately have continued to be an?embarrassment?of riches. Le Montrachet (right) is one of the most prized vineyards in the world, while the Leroy (left) one of the best producers. Though the Leroy is simply a bourgogne (unclassified grapes, not necessarily from a particular vineyard). The Grand Cru is clearly better, but the lowly Bourgogne held its ground. And it costs 1/5th the price.

Columbia has food truck parking lot get-togethers, just like Atlanta. And just like Atlanta, it?s hot, and the lines are long and the food takes a while.

Georgia Tech football has been fun. Can?t beat a night game in Midtown.

The Quality Wine & Spirits / Inland Seafood show was a few weeks ago. This is Kevin O?Connor of LIOCO. They make good chardonnay and pinot noir that you will see around town.

The Jon-David Headrick table was where all the cool kids were hanging.

These St. George gins were amazing. Gotta find me some of these.

Two dogs waiting on their owner at Octane.

Really nice white blend. I had this in South Carolina, but the Au Bon Climat wines are recently available at Holeman & Finch bottle shop.

A few tacos from the new location of Verde. The shrimp and grits special on the left was tasty, and the schlong looking buffalo chicken was way better than it looks below. Pulled pork was?surprisingly?tender with a few chunks of bark. When I want ?fusion tacos?, I much prefer Verde to Taqueria del Sol. I hate standing in line.

Playing around with the Tartine Bread pizza dough recipe with Rowdy. This was late night. He can make them look way prettier than this.

My former roommate got married last weekend, this was his groom?s cake.

Wine lunch at One Eared Stag. This one was one of my favorites.

And this one.

And this one too.

Bone marrow at OES.

Catfish at OES was extra dirty tasting (it IS a bottom feeder), but the creamed cabbage it was served on?beat still my arteries!!

Pork sandwich.

Salt and pepper shrimp. Best thing I?ve had in a while.

Crab cakes a friend sent from G&M as a wedding present. MASSIVE lumps of crab, very little batter. I made a yuzu kosho mayo to go with them. If you don?t have yuzu kosho, buy some, it?s citrusy and spicy and powerful.

Two winners from Tim Gaddis? (Star Provisions) cheese week. The goat cheese feta from Carrolton made me never wanna turn back to the mass produced stuff at the grocery store.

I?ve been cooking bomba (Spanish) rice in the paella style, then scraping up the rice from the pan once the?socarrat (the crispy layer on the bottom) has formed. Then I eat it with normal fried rice?accompaniments, or just a splash of soy sauce and sriracha. It?s uber crunchy and the short rice is so resilient with good chew and absorbs flavors like no other. I don?t want normal long grain fried rice anymore.

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