Friends of Dogwood Pavilion Contest - WINNER!!

And the winner is... Misty!!! Congratulations, Misty, on winning our Dogwood Festival Contest! Please send us your e-mail address so that we can send your tickets right away. Atlanta Foodies' e-mail is atlantafoodies@gmail.com.

We look forward to hearing from you, Misty! Everyone, please visit the Dogwood Festival this weekend! Atlanta Foodies will be there, and it's going to be a blast! Visit the website at Atlanta Dogwood Festival!

Held April 15th, 16th, and 17th, this year's Atlanta Dogwood Festival will be especially exciting with all of the favorite elements of the past and many new initiatives! We have a fabulous artist market, an exciting kid zone, 4 stages of music, an award winning and nationally recognized Atlanta High School Art Exhibition, an International cultural program full of color and pageantry.

In addition we have the best green component in any festival in the Southeast as determined by the Southeast Festival and Event Association, the Southeast Regional Disc Dog Competition, classic festival foods, a special comedy show, a Saturday night VIP Bar, the La Fete International Food and Wine event featuring a reggae band and a performance by Miss Georgia, the Friends of Dogwood Pavilion with superb food from Atlanta's best restaurants and fine wine pairings. As a special feature of our 75th anniversary there will be a 9 story classic Seattle Ferris Wheel built in 1963 to give visitors a whole new perspective of Piedmont Park and Midtown, and a fully restored, 1965 vintage carousel for the entire family to enjoy.

Dogwood Festival - Friends of Dogwood Giveaway!

Atlanta's Dogwood Festival - Friends of Dogwood Giveaway!





Atlanta Foodies! Simply follow this blog by clicking on "Follow" (Followers List located on left sidebar), and you will be entered to win a pair of tickets to "Friends of Dogwood" at the Dogwood Festival on April 17th! This prize is a $60 value! The contest will end on 4/10/2011, and the winner will be announced on 4/11/2011.

The "Friends of Dogwood Pavilion" is one of the best ways to enjoy the Atlanta Dogwood Festival. Find out more about the Dogwood Festival at The Dogwood Festival.

Friends of Dogwood is a ticketed event that offers an upscale hospitality experience! It will be held in the newly renovated, multi-million dollar, Greystone event facility in the heart of Piedmont Park. It features some of Atlanta's favorite restaurants offering a wide variety of foods, desserts and special wine tasting.

Friends of Dogwood Sunday Admission: Upscale hospitality experience featuring some of Atlanta's favorite restaurants offering a wide variety of foods and desserts and special wine tasting. Tickets $30 in advance; $35 at the door (if available) Thanks! Becca

Atlanta Food and Events News - April 2nd

Atlanta Food News - Week of April 2nd

Caribbean Party in Stone Mountain today! Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery Grill the most popular Caribbean restaurant chain in the nation (they were recently singled out by New York Times food critic Sam Sifton) has Customer Appreciation Day today (April 2nd), which will run from 1:00PM to Midnight, will feature free samples, giveaways, games, cotton candy, live entertainment and a fashion show.Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery Grill, 1267 South Hairston Rd, Stone Mountain, GA. Golden Crust Bakery - Stone Mountain

Hotel Restaurant Week Atlanta begins today and lasts till next Saturday. Hotel restaurants are offering specials of Three Courses for $25. Hotel Restaurant Week Atlanta

Access Atlanta Food and Restaurants always has the best events news - http://www.accessatlanta.com/atlanta-restaurants-food/

Atlanta native, Culinary author and Time reporter Lisa Abend will be at A Cook's Warehouse and the Atlanta Art Institute on April 4th and 5th to give book talks about her new book The Sorcerer's Apprentices about the renowned molecular gastronomy restaurant elBulli. http://www.lisaabend.com/?page_id=4

Fernbank has a special Tornado Alley event on Sunday, April 3rd. Filmmaker and storm chaser Sean Casey will bring the TIV to Fernbank for visitors to get an up-close look at this incredible vehicle that can travel inside the heart of a tornado. Show times are available April 3 at noon, 2pm and 4pm. The TIV will be on view noon – 5pm. http://www.fernbankmuseum.org/experience-imax/tornado-alley/

If you know a bacon lover, J & D's have everything bacon at their website. http://store.baconsalt.com/ These goofballs sent me an April Fool's press release for "BaconAir."

If you know a commercial beer brewer - I don't - The 2nd Annual Denver International Beer Competition, America's only food focused, professionally sanctioned beer competition has extended its entry deadline to April 10, 2011. All commercial brewers are encouraged to enter their food friendly beers. http://denverbeercomp.com/

I made a new friend at the Atlanta Wine School recently, a Wine Blogger named Katie Phillips. If you are an ATLien and love wine, her blog is ATL Vino http://www.atlvino.com/blog

The Atlanta Wine School is fantastic. They opened the world of wine to me, and now I am very excited about wines. Here is their course schedule - http://www.atlantawineschool.com/courses.php They also have guided tours to wine country around the world.

Have a great week! Eat, drink, and be merry in the ATL!

Help Animals at The Avenue and Vino 100 Today!

Saturday, March 5, 2011, 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Wine Tasting Benefitting Local Animal Charity
Alpharetta, GA
131 S. Main Street
(770) 343-8010
www.vino100.com/locations.fx


Our Vino 100 Wine Tasting events are always fun! You'll get to sample a variety of wines, and you can talk wine with our helpful, knowledgeable staff, fellow wine lovers, distributors' reps — and perhaps a vineyard owner from time to time. You'll enjoy our store's warm and relaxing ambience and soothing background jazz music so much, you won't want to leave!

Angels Among Us Pet Rescue

March 5, 2011 - 11:00AM - 3:00PM
The Avenue East Cobb
Angels Among Us Pet Rescue will be onsite hosting Pet Adoptions. This ongoing program is held every other Saturday near the fountain from 11:00AM - 3:00PM. Visit http://www.angelsamonguspetrescue.org or http://www.facebook.com/angelsrescue for more information. In case of inclement weather, event will be canceled.

Atlanta Casting Call - Kitchen Makeover

If you're interested... (I plan to post casting call press releases I receive from now on).

KITCHEN MAKEOVER! CASTING NEW TELEVISION SHOW

Do you have a friend or loved one who has a real passion for cooking but is trapped in an outdated, nonfunctional or just plain ugly kitchen? Now's your chance to nominate him/her to receive a kitchen worthy of a gourmet chef! We are currently casting dynamic homeowners who love to cook but are in desperate need of a completely new kitchen. We're also looking for you...our accomplice in this mission. If selected, you would help our team install a state-of-the-art kitchen for your frustrated foodie.

Please note: If you think YOU and YOUR KITCHEN are the perfect fit for this renovation, please have someone nominate you by sending all the information below to our email address. Also, your nominee must own their home/townhome/condo. Renters need not apply.

If you're interested in nominating a cook and being a part of our exciting new show, please email us the following information:
Your name, address, phone number, occupation, age and relationship to nominee
Your nominee's name, address, occupation and age
Photo of you (2 pictures max)
Photo of nominee (2 pictures max)
Photos of the nominee's kitchen (3 pictures max)
Tell us why you are nominating this person. We want to hear about his/her love of cooking - favorite type of food to cook, favorite restaurants, favorite chefs - and what she/he doesn't like about their current kitchen. The more personality/detail the better!

Only emailed submissions including all of the above will be considered. Please send to kitchenmakeovershow@gmail.com. Please put the name of your city in the subject line and where you saw this posting.

PLEASE NOTE: Although all of the materials and labor for the kitchen makeover are given to the Nominee free of charge, we are required by law to notify the IRS of the transaction. As a result, the Nominee will be responsible to pay taxes on the total cost of the makeover.

Kitchen Makeover Team
Www.kitchenmakeovershow.com

Review of US Cafe - Buckhead

US Cafe
US Cafe Buckhead
2591 Piedmont Rd, Suite 102
Atlanta, GA 30324
(404) 233 2233

Hours:
Sun-Thurs: 11am to 11pm
Fri-Sat: 11am to 12am


I meant to write this review a while ago, but I misplaced my photos. I guess I will load them on my home computer next time, and not at my parents' house or somewhere else. These are stock photos, but I will describe the cafe for you.

US Cafe is a very clean, vibrant burger joint in Buckhead (there's also a location in Smyrna). It's all polished chrome and bright red, like a brand-new little sports bar. There's a gaming room with a pool table and video games, and an outdoor patio area that's rather nice. A well-stocked bar gleams near the entrance if you're craving a liquid lunch or want to watch the game there. There are a plethora of large, flat-screen TVs seemingly everywhere, too.

Mom and I went to US Cafe to try it out. We ordered two 1/4 lb. US Cheeseburgers with fresh-cut fries, and a chocolate milkshake that we split. They also offer chicken wings, quesadillas, and other sandwiches, and there's a fun condiment bar with lots of interesting sauces and even sriracha to put on your food (Dan and I are pawing through a can of Sriracha Peas at the moment - Yow!).

The food was better than we expected. The burgers were cooked and seasoned just right - no frills, but delicious, and the fries were truly exceptional. They seemed almost like Canadian fries, which are fried twice and beat American fries hands down (my husband is Canadian). I love to put salt and malt vinegar on my fries.

The milkshake was good - what milkshake isn't? But there was plenty of chocolate. I do have to mention one blip that must have happened since they were brand-new at the time, they had to run next door to get more milk for the milkshakes, but it only took a minute.

Service: You order your food at the counter, and the guys that served us were super-friendly and funny. What more do you need at a burger joint? We had a fabulous time at US Cafe, and I would recommend it to anyone who wants a delicious burger with the best fries in town. The restaurant is clean, inviting, fun, and casual. I'm sure we will go back if we happen to be in Smyrna or Buckhead!

Becca

Valentine's Day in Atlanta - 2011

Here are some yummy ideas for this Valentine's Day in Metro Atlanta!

Willy’s Mexicana Grill (Burritos as big as your head) has a sweet treat between Feb. 11-14. Guests ordering two entrees and two beverages can receive a free chocolate silk mini-pie from Willy’s simply by saying “Valentine Pie” to their cashier.

A list of Romantic Atlanta-area restaurants on Open Table -Romantic Restaurants




John Kessler's List of Valentine's Day Desserts
Sweet Valentine's Treats

Recipes for Valentine's Cuisine from Food Network
Valentine's Day Recipes

Happy Valentine's Day! Have a wonderful day whether you're single or taken!