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Monthly Archive for March, 2011
Because everything’s better with butter. Even butter.
If you follow the tweets from @katiemanderson or @whiskawaynic, you probably find yourself craving whatever tantalizing concoctions the sisters are whisking up. It happened to me just last weekend when I heard mention of a tangerine thyme chocolate chip cookie the foodie duo were selling at the Atlanta Underground Food Market. I decided to try my hand at the flavor combination in the form of toffee (my personal obsession.) Toffee is such a simple recipe, and so easy to tweak. Don’t believe me? Try it for yourself. Cook two sticks of butter, one cup of sugar, and the zest of two oranges and a lemon over medium heat until it turns a golden, nutty brown, or until a candy thermometer reaches about 300 degrees. Once the butter and sugar mixture is done and has cooled a minute (not too long), add a couple of tablespoons of fresh thyme, then pour into a sheet pan and let cool. Finally, drizzle some milk chocolate on top and devour. The citrus and thyme combination is just heavenly…and very springtimey, for lack of a better (or actual) word. To see what other culinary delights Katie and Nicole are cooking up, check out their website.
Midtown Mainstay Continues to Please…
The Highlander was featured on Food Network’s “Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives,” but they haven’t let it go to their heads. They’re still as relaxed and laid back as ever. They’ve been an Atlanta staple for years, and for good reason. Besides the huge patio and convenient midtown location, they have great food and serve it until the wee hours of the morning. Go on a Tuesday night, throw down a measly twenty dollar bill, and in return you’ll receive plate after plate of steaming hot crab legs – all you can eat, until they run out. If you insist on not liking seafood (crazy!), try the Jamaican jerk chili instead; it’s a big bowl of spicy Jamaican love. Or if you haven’t had your recommended daily intake of delicious, order the “Pasta-Rella” sticks – mozzarella sticks wrapped in pasta then deep fried. Awww yeah. Just don’t bring the kids. This is a 21 and up establishment, all day, all the time. You know what that means. Party time.
The Highlander | 404.872.0060 | 931 Monroe Drive | Atlanta, Georgia 30308
My! What a big heart you have!
Have you ever left a restaurant feeling guilty for splurging on the expensive, aged bourbon, or ordering that decadent dessert, or finishing your entire porterhouse (and some of your dining companion’s too)? Well, fear not. Atlanta has several restaurants where you can eat and drink until your indulgent little heart is content and feel no guilt about it. Read on to see how to dine out for the good of us all…
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The burger is still alive and well…
So who out there is bored with the enduring burger movement in Atlanta? No one? Cool, me either. Especially when you can enjoy an intepretation that will restore your faith in what a real burger should be.
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Shots! Shots! Shots!
No doubt you’ll hear that phrase a time or two if you’re out drinking and celebrating this St. Patrick’s Day. And, if you are so inclined to forego the green beer and instead throw back a shot or two, our pick for the perfect shot is The Irish Breakfast. It’s one shot of half Irish Whiskey and half butterscotch schnapps, followed immediately by one shot of pure orange juice, which is finally followed by some crispy bacon. Between the butterscotch, the juice, and the bacon, the taste is similar to dragging your bacon through the syrup from your pancakes. And doesn’t Irish Whiskey make breakfast more fun? We think so.
For more ways to celebrate today, check out our St. Pat’s Day post on where to get your Irish on.
He shoots! He scores!
What’s not to love about March? Spring is just around the corner, St. Patrick’s Day is smack in the middle of the month, and best of all…constant basketball games. Grab your buddies and your brackets and belly up to these bars for prime basketball action and delicious libation-swilling.
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There’s whisky, and there’s whiskey…
As a part of of their seven-day “Savage Craic” (pronounced crack) extravaganza leading up to St. Patrick’s Day, Fadó Irish Pub invited whiskey titan Bushmills Distillery to host a traditional Irish four-course dinner.
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Friendly neighborhood eatery continues to please…
You can’t just go around telling everyone you ate chicken hearts. You have to choose your audience wisely. My foodie friend immediately asked about the texture, but my sister’s response was, “Do you mean…the heart of a chicken? Please say no, please say no. You must mean chicken nuggets shaped like hearts.”
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Kiss me…I may or may not be Irish.
I can think of no better way to honor one of the most commonly recognized patron saints of Ireland than by eating Irish food and guzzling many, many beers. Can you? I didn’t think so. And we’re in luck…there are plenty of restaurants and pubs in Atlanta to keep our Irish eyes smiling.
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