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Chef vs. Critic: Internet Food Fight

By at January 20, 2011 | 11:45 am | 9 Comments

Chef vs. Critic: Internet Food Fight

Sauce is flying through the Internet airways this week between John Kessler of the AJC and Ron Eyester, chef owner of Rosebud and Angry Chef blogger for Creative Loafing. It all started Monday when Kessler posted an open letter to all chefs in Atlanta. In his open letter to our city's chefs, Kessler publicly criticized them for execution flaws and for serving food he more...

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NY-Style: The Other Pizza

By at January 4, 2010 | 9:39 am | 1 Comments

NY-Style: The Other Pizza

With the local bloggers, critics and those that follow, all busy on a Neapolitan pizza binge—I decided to get my ‘za on at two popular New York-style pizza joints over the weekend. I’ll start with the better of the two experiences, Verra-Zanno’s Pizzeria (11600 Medlock Bridge Road, John’s Creek Tel: 678.473.0209). Who remembers New York-style pizza? It more...

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Jeff Varasano of Varasano’s Pizzeria

By at October 7, 2009 | 4:54 pm | 0 Comment

Jeff Varasano of Varasano’s Pizzeria

Varasano's Pizzeria 2171 Peachtree Rd. NE Atlanta, GA 30309 404-352-8216 http://www.varasanos.com Now that the flour dust has finally settled after his highly-charged opening of Varasano's Pizzeria, I thought it would be a good time to catch up with Jeff Varasano to get his perspective into what it's like to suddenly find himself in the restaurant business, and more...

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