Johnsonville Tongsman Contest – “Food Is Love”
The festive vibe of downtown ATL, during the SEC Championship, was the prefect backdrop for the exciting finals of the 2021 Johnsonville Titanium Tongsman Contest. L to R: Don Rountree – CEO Roundtree Group; April Vois, & Anne Todd – GRM, Lesley Gamwell – Roundtree Group Two talented chefs, Angelia Howard and Brent Little, went head-to-head or tongs-to-tongs (ouch! sorry) competing for the prestigious title. The...
The Joy of Julia – Review of the documentary Julia
Julia, – The Delicious Life of America’s First Food Icon Julia. The new documentary is the story of the bigger than life woman who gave home cooks permission to experiment in the kitchen – without guilt even if mistakes occurred. It’s Julia Child of course! Directors Julie Cohen and Betsy West created a film where, integrated into Julia’s delicious food journey, weaves a love story within a love story...
Interview With Chef Holly Chute
Holly Chute, Senior Georgia Grown Executive Chef Chef Holly Chute’s career journey is truly a farm-to-fork story. A Yankee from New York, Chef is the State of Georgia’s most prominent champion of all things Georgia food from farms and ranches to food makers, restaurants, and chefs. I first met this talented chef a few years ago at a local Atlanta farmers market where she was promoting Georgia foodpreneurs. As you might...
Where are the women chefs?
Are men that cook professionally chefs and women that cook professionally cooks? Well, it certainly feels that way based upon culinary media. From Time Magazine’s anointment of the gods of food in 2013 to the current issue of Food & Wine it doesn’t seem like women chefs have come such a long way baby. Recently we have been discussing the apparent lower media profile of women versus male chefs. It’s not a new...