Chef Nick Melvin and Noring Farms

Home grown tomatoes, home grown tomatoes, What’d life be without home grown Tomatoes, There’s only two things that money can’t buy: That’s true love and home grown tomatoes. Lyrics to Blue Dogs Band With the Blue Dogs Band lyrics ringing in my ear “There’s only two things money can’t buy, That’s true love and home [...]

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Sunday, Southern Sunday

By Matthew Welden  My left hand fiddles with the button that rolls down the window; the sweet, warm air laden with honeysuckle dances in my hair as the 1980 Sedan DeVille sombers down Georgia Highway 16. I am getting that sticky feeling on the back of my legs as the sun glares down on the [...]

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Noring Farms

Q & A with Farmer What prepared you to be a farmer?I basically grew up on the farm located across the street and spent a lot of time in the fields.  Some of my fondest memories from childhood are picking bushels of corn in the morning and grilling some of them for lunch in the [...]

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Chef Nick Melvin

Q & A with Chef Nick Why is sourcing local and or organic produce important to you & your restaurant? I truly believe that as a cook and as a chef its my job to help introduce local and organic products to the guest.  They come to my restaurant w/ full trust that the food [...]

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Pick-Your-Own

Family Pickin’ Connect with the Earth and visit PICK-YOUR-OWN Farms in Georgia Enota Mountain Retreat 1000 Highway 180, Hiawassee, GA 30546 Dr. Suan Freed, 706.896.9966 enota@enota.com Enota is a 60-acre sustainable organic farm,campground, and retreat center on ancient Cherokee land in the beautiful Georgia Mountains, surrounded by the Chattahoochee National Forest. Our propertycontains waterfalls, crystal-clear [...]

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Farmers Markets in Surrounding Atlanta

Alpharetta Farmers Market Located under an old oak tree in historic downtown Alpharetta, this market is open Saturdays, 8am-1pm, starting in late April through October. Named “Best Saturday Morning Excursion” in 2007 by Atlanta Magazine. Address City parking lot behind Smokejack Grill Alpharetta, GA 30004 Name: Paula Guilbeau Tel: 770.844.1462 Email: hansonfarms@comcast.net Website: www.alpharettafarmersmarket.com College Park [...]

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Shades of Tea

By Dana Nahai 5,000 years of history has offered this world quite a bit of tea. It is considered as essential as salt for many, and we often forget its importance in this land of gastronomic abundance. People have been harvesting, trading, and fighting over these leaves since the birth of written history, and the [...]

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Fun & Nutritious Sweet Endings

By Amelia Pane Schaffner of  Z Tasty life  My kids are good eaters…but I am lucky. Most kids tend to be picky eaters. That said, one thing I find that all kids have in common (my kids included) is a craving for something sweet after the main meal. So, why not “bribe” them to finish dinner [...]

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Recipes

Fish Roasted with Tea Broth By Dana Nahai of  ONE HAUTE PLATE Fish roasted with tea broth You can make a concentrate of tea by steeping a pouch of black tea in a half cup (4 oz) of water for five minutes. For the below recipe you will need half of this amount. Make sure your [...]

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Chef Ron Eyester and Woodland Gardens

May 16, 2010 Breaking Bread & Theater Go Together Brunch is one of my favorite meals and to no surprise I was delighted when Ron Eyester agreed to host the May Farmers/Chef  FFS brunch!  If you haven’t been to Rosebud yet for Sunday brunch then you better make reservations as getting a table even after 2PM [...]

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