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Best french fries
Photo: Brant Sanderlin, [email protected] It seems like such a simple thing. Potatoes cut into long sticks of varying thickness, then deep fried and salted. We all know it isn’t that simple, though. The variables make all the difference in the world. What oil do they use? How long (or how many times) are they fried? What kind of potato do they use? How thick are the potatoes cut? All of these factors and more contribute to the ultimate success of a french fry. They’re on more menus than just about anything else, but not everyone gets them right. Who… >>
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Keane makes welcome return to Tabernacle
Photo: Alex Lake “So good to see you after such a long time…we need to make up for lost time tonight,” Keane frontman Tom Chaplin said at the start of the band’s Tabernacle show Thursday night. He was right on both accounts. It’s been nearly eight years since Keane last played Atlanta (at the Tabernacle and Music Midtown) and the band spent its nearly two-hour set taking appreciative fans on a flawlessly executed 21-song journey through their four-album career. Though the English-based Keane has never reached the stature in the U.S. that it has achieved… >>
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A golden opportunity to benefit charity
Golden retrievers Trooper and Buckley are ready to party with Adopt a Golden Atlanta President Lauren Genkinger, seated, founder Bill Hamblin; and co-chairs Justin and Allison Farmer (back). Adopt a Golden Atlanta, the second largest rescue organization in the nation dedicated solely to golden retrievers, holds its fifth annual Golden Gala at 7 p.m. Sat. 23 at Mason Murer Fine Art Gallery. The event features a silent auction with more than 250 items, music by the Centennial Jazz Trio, four food stations and signature Goldentinis, along with an appearance by artist Debra Marlin , creator of Yellowdog . The Golden Gala is chaired… >>
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Pop-up dining at the Ritz-Carlton; Poppins tea at the St. Regis
Ben Rose Photography Pop! Go the dining spaces at two elegant Buckhead hotels. First, the Ritz-Carlton, Buckhead welcomes Valentine’s diners in its Dining Room for a limited engagement Feb. 14-16. While the Dining Room closed some time ago, new executive chef Franck Steigerwald , shown at the left, will serve a four-course dinner the option of paired wines chosen by sommelier Linda Torres Alarcon during the holiday weekend. Click here for a peek at the menu . “Franck Steigerwald is a brilliant chef, and we’ve been considering ways to let our guests enjoy his menus in a restaurant setting, so the pop… >>
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So Beyonce didn’t sing live — so what?
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. OK, everyone, relax. So Beyonce sang to a track of “The Star-Spangled Banner” at Monday’s inauguration. Shrug. Whitney Houston once did the same at the Super Bowl and her rendition of the same song remains one of its most iconic versions. And let’s not forget, at the 2009 inauguration, famed celloist Yo-Yo Ma and other musicians pre-recorded their performances two days earlier and played along during the ceremony. It’s January in D.C. It’s cold. Strings break. Instruments crack… >>
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NBC plans a reality show about a newspaper? Really?
Let me preface this blog with an apology. It will probably not interest you, dear reader, who is just looking for the latest Kardashian update before dashing into a meeting, in the least. A reality show about reporters? What, couldn’t they create a show about paint drying or grass growing? But journalists find other journalists fascinating, in the way babies stare with unknowing wonder at each other. So this news bulletin first reported on Jim Romenesko’s Facebook page , the virtual water cooler where journalists hang out talking about other journalists, was too great to resist: “NBC Peacock Productions … is… >>
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New Kids on the Block team with 98 Degrees and Boyz II Men for tour
Do they still have the right stuff? Photo: ThePackage-Tour.com Get ready, ladies. The guys in New Kids on the Block, 98 Degrees and Boyz II Men are bringing you their package(s) this summer. The three ’80s-‘90s hitmakers are joining together for “The Package Tour,” launching May 31 and running through July 13. The tour has a date penciled in for Philips Arena on June 20 (amusingly, the day before the current princes of teen heartthrob mania – One Direction – play the venue). Tickets go on sale Feb. 2 (an American Express pre-sale begins Jan. 25) via Ticketmaster… >>
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Ed Sheeran captivates sold-out Tabernacle crowd
Ed Sheeran at last month’s Jingle Jam concert (though he wore the same T-shirt at last night’s Tabernacle show). Photo: Robb D. Cohen / www.RobbsPhotos.com With zero fanfare, Ed Sheeran strolled out onstage. As he plowed into “Give Me Love,” his only accompaniments his acoustic guitar, a looping mic and pedal and a wall of speakers that doubled as projection screens, the British heartthrob was bombarded with a cascade of shrieking usually reserved for the high-cheekboned glamour of One Direction. Yes, the ginger-headed singer-songwriter with the colorful sleeve tattoo, rumpled pants and T-shirt… >>
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Ed Roland talks Sweet Tea Project, residency at Eddie’s Attic
Ed Roland (center) with the guys in the Sweet Tea Project (from left) – Brian Bisky, Christopher Alan Yates, Tomi Martin and Mike Rizzi. Photo: Jolie Loren Photography Ed Roland has played stadiums and arenas. Theaters and clubs. He’s also played on the tiny stage at Eddie’s Attic for many a Christmas concert. But when Roland unobtrusively stepped onto the close quarters of the Attic’s legendary stage last Tuesday, he was bookended not by his longtime Collective Soul bandmates, but by guitarists Christopher Alan Yates and Tomi Martin and bassist Brian Bisky, with drummer Mike Rizzi a few inches behind him… >>
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“Broken City” opens today; interview with Mark Wahlberg and director Allen Hughes
Director Allen Hughes, second from left and Mark Wahlberg hear from former Falcons player Warrick Dunn at a recent Atlanta screening event for “Broken City.” V103′s Ryan Cameron, far left, hosted the event, held at Regal Atlantic Station. PHOTO: Pouya Dianat/Allied Mark Wahlberg doesn’t just star in “Broken City,” the crime thriller now in theaters about a detective, a mercurial mayor, his seductive wife and a dangerous search for the truth. He is also among its producers and has been traveling around the country with director Allen Hughes to promote it. “I’m excited to be here!”… >>
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