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Let’s Go Parking

By at November 10, 2010 | 1:42 pm | 1 Comments

Let’s Go Parking

What’s the first and last experience you have at a restaurant, many times? You might say “hostess.” Guess again — it’s the valet. That hardy young guy who’s run for your car and brought it back with a smile — or the one you’re just certain has been rifling through your things while you and your wife were enjoying steaks and mussels over a nice bottle of more...

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“The Food Optimist,” Chef Natalie Brigmond

By at October 6, 2010 | 7:54 pm | 4 Comments

“The Food Optimist,” Chef Natalie Brigmond

Her tag line is “Real Food for Real People,” and that’s what Natalie Brigmond, known formally as The Food Optimist or more familiarly as Chef Natalie to her friends and clients, is passionate about. I sat down with her recently to talk to her about her work as a personal chef, caterer and lover of food and all things healthy (and super-tasty). Her eyes shine as she more...

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Atlanta, Unscrambled

By at August 4, 2010 | 9:43 am | 0 Comment

Atlanta, Unscrambled

[caption id="attachment_3440" align="alignright" width="250" caption="photography by Broderick Smylie"][/caption]Let’s start with something fun . . . During August, breakfast and brunch at Pacci is a scramble of fun as Chef Keira Moritz teams up with the American Egg Board to bring you the “Scramble Gamble.” A special menu boasts items that will be on the house if more...

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