For Food's Sake

  What prepared you to be a farmer?  I have lived in Decatur all of my life. My dad sold vegetables from the family garden off the back of his pickup truck for years. As kids we always helped dad. By 16, I started taking gardening more seriously. I was pretty excited about the new [...]

                                                                                                                                              Chef Evan Cordes and D&A Farm Host Oct. 11 For Foods Sake What prepared you to be a farmer? When I was younger, I worked in a greenhouse at the local nursery. It was a small, family run business, similar to my farm now. [...]

                                        Q&A with Chef Evan Cordes Why is sustainability important to you & your restaurant? This really just boils down to doing the “right” thing. Supporting the local economy is essential, the more we can support the farms that surround the city, the more jobs can be be created; which, as [...]

by Amanda Trevelino of Full Dishclosure A chilly October mist settles over us the minute we step into the graveyard, making us a little unsure about having agreed to dine with the dead, but Esther Andrew and Chef Evan Cordes are about to shift our way of thinking. Photos by Kitty Ray Swain. In the [...]

The idea for For Foods Sake evolved from a simple question I was asking in 2009: “Isn’t there a way to make going out to dinner more enriching and personally rewarding? After a few discussions with friends and inspirations from Outstanding in the Field and other underground clubs, I answered that question by creating a [...]

Pod To Chocolate Thursday, February 17 at 7PM Kristen Hard of Cacao Atlanta Chocolate Co PHOTOS AT BOTTOM Luc Clairmont: [at confession] Each time I tell myself it’s the last time, but then I get a whiff of her hot chocolate, or…  Madame Audel: …Seashells. Chocolate seashells, so small, so plain, so *innocent*. I thought, oh, [...]

  Why is sourcing local and or organic produce important to you & your restaurant? Being a good chef starts with giving people the freshest food possible. The closer it is to home, the less time it takes getting in our doors. That insures a quality, fresh product. Local, usually smaller farmers, take more pride [...]

 FOR FOODS SAKE’s Christmas Party An evenining of chefs, farmers and members joined for cocktails and heavy apps. The wines were brown bagged and the judges tasted for favorite wine The judges were Chef Drew Belline, Shaun Doty of Shauns and Yeah! Burger Stephen Herman of Haven, Matt Swickerath of Valenza, Andrew Norman of Noring Farms  and Jeff [...]

What prepared you to be a farmer? Not sure I am prepared, though I was born on a farm in rural Limestone County, AL in 1941 and grew up absorbing by osmosis, the lesson that if one is to farm, certain tasks must be performed using certain methods at certain times, or things don’t work.  [...]

Cory Mosser started farming as an afterthought. After graduating from college, he hiked from Maine to Georgia on the Appalachian Trail and broke bread with several friendly farmers along the way. Upon his return, he was hooked and convinced that the secret ingredient to reinvigorate our communities was the sharing of food- produced and eaten locally! [...]