On Saturday, February 18, enjoy tasty tamales from Noemi’s Cocina from 11am-4pm outside the Shell Food Mart at Paper Mill Village, 133 Johnson Ferry Road.
If you haven’t tried these tamales, your taste buds are in for a treat!
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Cheeky opens at The Avenue
February 16, 2012 Leave a Comment
Cheeky, located at the Avenue East Cobb, opened on Wednesday, February 15. Even though it was a “quiet” opening there was lots of chatter and good times on its first night of operation.
With its slogan “redefining Mexican Cuisine, One Gringo at a Time,” cheeky offers a lively, sports bar- atmosphere with Mexican cuisine, pour your own beer taps and margaritas. The atmosphere is appealing to singles, couples and families looking for a fun time.
The menu features everything from appetizers to soups/salads and sandwiches to entrees of fajitas and such. Tacos are a major draw and all salsas are house made. Crunchy, salty totopo-style chips with “table salsa” arrive free of charge. Entrée prices range from $8-$15.
Cheeky makes fresh lime mix and fruit purees for its margaritas, which can be mixed with a long list of top shelf blanco, reposado or añejo tequilas.
The “Pour Your Own Beer” draft system at several tables lets diners serve themselves using an iPad touch screen. And a draft wall with eight different taps uses a card system that allows beer drinkers to sample beers by the ounce or the pint, while a screen above the bar displays the favorites of the day.
Numerous flat screen TVs are scattered throughout for optimal sports viewing. The roll top garage door windows are screened for bringing the outdoors. In warmer weather, enjoy the covered patio with television viewing.
Cheeky also has locations in Suwanee and Cumming. Find out more at www.eatatcheeky.com or call 404-841-3616.
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How Much Chocolate is Eaten on Valentine’s Day?
February 14, 2012 Leave a Comment
In terms of gorging oneself on candy, Valentine’s Day is second only to Halloween, the king of candy-induced stomach aches. The main difference is that on Valentine’s Day we skip the candy corn and go straight for the good stuff — and by “good stuff” I mean chocolate.
Just how many chocolate-covered hearts do we shove down our pie-holes each Valentine’s Day? According to Nielsen, Americans will purchase around 58 million pounds of chocolateduring the days leading up to the 14th (a small fraction of the reported 3 billion pounds per year), and we shell out somewhere around $345 million to satisfy our Valentine’s sweet tooth.
(Reprinted from Holidash. Written by Josh Loposer.)
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Of course, it’s not like we buy all this chocolate by the pound or anything — it’s much more appropriate and romantic when it comes in a heart-shaped box, obviously. So obvious, in fact, that America’s thoughtful shoppers buy 35 million heart-shaped boxes of chocolates each Valentine’s Day.
Once again, that 58 million pounds only includes chocolate candy. When it comes to the iconic “conversation hearts,” 8 billion of the chatty little pastel candies are sold between February 1st and 14th.
Sweets for your Sweetie Sunday Giveaways – WIN a Wacky Hearts cookie bouquet-compliments of Cookies By Design!!
February 12, 2012 1 Comment
Treat your SWEETIE to this yummy, whimsical Wacky Hearts cookie bouquet-compliments of Cookies By Design!
EAST COBBER is making February the sweetest month of the year with SWEETS FOR YOUR SWEETIE SUNDAY GIVEAWAYS!
This Sunday you could win Cookies By Design’s Wacky Hearts Valentine’s Day cookie bouquet! What a whimsical treat for that special someone! Cookies By Design’s cookies are baked fresh and hand-decorated. To enter,tell us what your favorite type of cookie is (chocolate chip? peanut butter?) at www.facebook.com/eastcobber, and then check back after 8pm to see if you are the winner!
The lucky East Cobber must pick-up their cookie bouquet on or before February 14th by 5pm at Cookies By Design, 3101 Roswell Road, Marietta, 770-578-0200. www.cookiesbydesign.com.
It’s a sweet Sunday for sure!
Barrington Hall’s Gullah Cooking and Culture with Sallie Ann Robinson
February 12, 2012 Leave a Comment
Roswell’s Barrington Hall, plays host to celebrity chef, cookbook author and expert on Gullah culture, Sallie Ann Robinson, on February 18, 2012 from 11am-3pm in the stately kitchen of this historic home.
This free event is offered as a part of the annual Roswell Roots Festival which celebrates African-American culture. Renowned for her regional culinary expertise, Ms. Robinson has made guest appearances on The Food Network, QVC and Georgia Public Broadcasting’s Dixie Divas in the Kitchen. During her appearance at Barrington Hall, Ms. Robinson will prepare her special Crab Rice, a featured recipe in one of her popular cookbooks, and share stories of growing up Gullah.
Hailing from Daufuskie Island, South Carolina, she provides a glimpse into the vanishing culture from the perspective of a true native. As a former student of author Pat Conroy when he taught school on the island, Ms. Robinson credits him for providing her with inspiration and advice. In the foreword of her first cookbook, Pat Conroy writes that she has made him “the proudest man on earth.”
And PW Daily for Booksellers observed that, “Robinson shares her memories and recipes from a culture and place outside the normal realm of everyday America and provides a provocative glimpse of a time gone by.”
In addition to cooking and sharing her colorful stories, Ms. Robinson will be available to sell and sign her cookbooks during this event. For more information, please call 770-640-3855.
Dinner Specials at Cafe de Paris – Offered through Valentine’s Day
February 10, 2012 Leave a Comment
Valentine’s Special for two just $49.95, accompanied by live jazz! Special includes bottle of house wine (red or white), choice of two entrees, two salads and one dessert or one appetizer. Choose from the following menu:
Appetizer Choices:
Crab Cake Trio, Artichoke or Mussels
Salad Choices:
Garden, Greek or Caesar
Entree Choices:
Steak au Poirve, Poached Salmon, Chicken Pesto Pasta or Grilled Salmon w/ Pesto Mashed Potatoes
Dessert Choices:
Creme Brulee, Chocolate Rasberry Creme Brulee, Apple Cinnamon Raisin Crepe
This Special will be valid this weekend, Valentine’s day and the following weekend. (Feb. 18 &19)
The Cafe de Paris is located at 1100 Johnson Ferry Rd., Suite 345 in East Cobb.
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CONTENDERS SOUGHT FOR NEW ‘TOP CHEF’ SEASON
February 8, 2012 Leave a Comment
So you think you can cook?
Bravo is lining up contenders for the 10th season of “Top Chef,” the reality show that made small-screen stars of local chefs Kevin Gillespie and Richard Blais, and will be coming here soon.
“We want talented, experienced chefs with that flair and hunger that puts you over the top,” the casting call reads. (Tattoo sleeves evidently not required.) The Atlanta casting call will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. February 25 at Empire State South, 999 Peachtree Street in Midtown.
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Sign up for a Scotch n’ Cigar Tasting at Wild Wing Cafe
February 6, 2012 Leave a Comment
Is a glass of good scotch and a smooth cigar your favorite way to relax after a long day? Learn the finer points of both at a Scotch n’ Cigar Tasting at Wild Wing Cafe on February 16 at 8pm.
Taste the Johnnie Walker Family collection while enjoying a perfectly paired cigar and some delicious bites to eat. The grand finale is a glass of Johnnie Walker Blue.
$45 per person, limited to 40 people. Call Wild Wing Cafe at 770-509-WING for reservations. Wild Wing Cafe is located at 2145 Roswell Road in East Cobb.
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Caffe Fortunato
February 4, 2012 Leave a Comment
Part romantic Italian trattoria, part New York-style neighborhood bistro, East Cobb’s Caffe Fortunato is wholly about sharing good food made with simple ingredients with family and friends.
Restaurant owner Michael Fortunato learned southern Italian cooking at the knees of his Italian grandparents, and he learned to hustle in the streets of Philadelphia, where he was earning baseball card money at the tender age of 9 by buying and reselling farm-fresh produce from a shopping cart.
Caffe Fortunato, located in Paper Mill Village, grew out of Fortunato’s vision for a unique, family-friendly neighborhood cafe that served the Italian food of his childhood. His pasta is handmade. His pizzas are wood-fired. Everything is fresh and flavorful.
“Our style is more European, and our food is lighter than the typical Italian fare,” Fortunato said. “I don’t serve anything in here that I wouldn’t serve to my own family.”
Michael Fortunato
One of his specialties is Cioppino, a seafood stew with fresh prawns, calamari, mussels, clams, daily catch, tomatoes, garlic and Mediterranean herbs. He also makes a killer Margherita pizza with San Marzano tomato sauce, fresh mozzarella, basil and extra virgin olive oil. Creative Loafing voted Caffe Fortunato’s pizza with truffles one of its “Top 10 Things” in 2010.
Fortunato says great Italian cooking centers around a handful of ingredients, spectacular in their humbleness: Olive oil, garlic, basil, parsley, salt and pepper.
“I’ve never read a recipe,” he said. “My cooking methods and palate are refined by years of watching my family cook and eating their food,” he said.
Caffe Fortunato, located at 255 Village Parkway, Suite 330, in Marietta, is open every night for dinner and Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for lunch. The fun, urban interior, designed by Fortunato to reflect a New York loft vibe, opens onto an airy deck overlooking the water. He’s recently added a game room for the kids.
Visit the restaurant on weeknights before 6:30 p.m. for half-price pizza and no corkage fees apply Sunday through Thursday, if you want to bring your own wine. Drink specials on Tuesdays and Thursdays include $3 glasses of wine and $2 draft beers. For more information, call 770-951-1394 or “like” Caffe Fortunato on Facebook.
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