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John Kessler
John is the AJC dining columnist as well as the keeper of the food and more blog
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Fine dining times three: A fresh look
Our annual spring dining guide paints a big picture with a lot of players — like a Hieronymus Bosch or “Where’s Waldo” tableau. Jenny Turknett, Jon Watson and I visited many restaurants in every part of the city, at every price range, and of every available genre, to cull a ...
Indian street food the draw in Decatur
At Chai Pani — a Bollywood-meets-contemporary-cool spot that opened in March in happening downtown Decatur — executive chef-owner Meherwan Irani is assisted by chef de cuisine Daniel Peach in creating what he calls “mind-blasting” Indian street food. That means sourcing produce from local purveyors and farmers and making their own ...
New dining luxury: intimacy
Consider the cloche: That shiny metal dome that covers and shields a plate of food as it makes its journey from the kitchen to the table in a certain kind of restaurant. The cloche is there ostensibly to keep the food warm during its perp walk through the restaurant and ...
Here’s how we chose restaurants for this list
Last year, when I made the decision to bring the Atlanta 50 back after a long hiatus, I used the power of executive fiat and chose all the restaurants for the list. This time around, I invited Jenny Turknett and Jon Watson to the judges’ table to hash out the ...
The Atlanta 50: Rathbun’s to Woo Nam Jeong Stone Bowl House
Here are the Atlanta 50 — the restaurants that we feel define the best of dining in the greater metropolitan area today. All of these capsule reviews are based on recent visits by members of the AJC dining team. Initials indicate they were written by John Kessler (JK), Jenny Turknett ...
The Atlanta 50: Where to eat in metro Atlanta
Has the mint overrun your garden? Have you bitten into a local strawberry that’s red to its core? Have you had your first meal on the patio? Are you happy it’s spring? The Atlanta Journal-Constitution dining team certainly is, because this is the time of year when we have the ...
The Atlanta 50: Gio’s Chicken Amalfitano to One Eared Stag
Here are the Atlanta 50 — the restaurants that we feel define the best of dining in the greater metropolitan area today. All of these capsule reviews are based on recent visits by members of the AJC dining team. Initials indicate they were written by John Kessler (JK), Jenny Turknett ...
The Atlanta 50: Alma Cocina to The General Muir
Here are the Atlanta 50 — the restaurants that we feel define the best of dining in the greater metropolitan area today. All of these capsule reviews are based on recent visits by members of the AJC dining team. Initials indicate they were written by John Kessler (JK), Jenny Turknett ...
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