AltWeeklies Wire
The Future of Big Chickennew

Georgia's orchestrating a makeover of the world's most popular meat. Which gamble will determine the future of chicken?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Wyatt Williams |
06-27-2013 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Georgia Poultry, Poultry Industry
Almost Vegetarianismnew

Demi-vegetarians have their steak and eat it, too.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Stephanie Dazey |
07-24-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Demi-vegetarian
Origins of Atlanta's Fernet obsessionnew
How Fernet Branca became a thing in Atlanta.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Stephanie Dazey |
07-24-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Fernet Branca
Cocktail Servers Deserve Respectnew

At their best, drink waitresses are an important part of nightlife scene.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Becca Jane Griesemer |
02-01-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: cocktail waitress
Kristen Hard: The Chocolate Makernew

The local bean-to-bar chocolate maker will give Atlanta its very own chocolate factory.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Gwynedd Stuart |
01-05-2012 |
Food+Drink
Welcome to Creative Loafing's new beer columnnew

First Draft with the Wrecking Bar's Bob Sandage
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Austin L. Ray |
08-01-2011 |
Food+Drink
Atlanta's Street Food Movement Still Tied Up in Red Tapenew

Should government fail to act, street food will only putter along.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Editorial Board |
03-02-2011 |
Food+Drink
Indie Restaurateurs Deserve a Chancenew
Atlanta's Byzantine licensing process is bad for small businesses.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Besha Rodell |
12-01-2010 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Paul Luna, David Sweeney
Bitter & Stonednew

Leon's, Decatur
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alison Loughman |
06-10-2010 |
Food+Drink
Because I Like it Raw: 10 Days of Only Raw Foods, No Meat or Dairynew

I employ various methods to combat my profession's caloric surfeit, but many of those methods result in a schizophrenic seesaw of excess and deprivation. But once a year, I try for a full-on cleanse, a diet of some sort that will completely reset my system.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Besha Rodell |
02-09-2010 |
Food+Drink
Handling the Hangovernew
Here are some preventative techniques for handling the day-after doldrums.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
01-02-2009 |
Food+Drink
Corkscrew: For a Few Dollars Morenew
Would you pay $10 more for a bottle of wine that benefits a family-owned business? Or a winery that farms its land mindful of future generations? Or would you rather save that 10 bucks and buy from a company baby-sitting its bottom line? I uncovered all these scenarios during a recent trip to Sonoma Valley.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
10-29-2008 |
Food+Drink
Corkscrew: An Affair to Forgetnew
Soldiering on through wine-tasting fatigue.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
10-08-2008 |
Food+Drink
Tags: wine, wine tasting events
Corkscrew: Wine's Lascivious Labelsnew
Within the past 10 years or so, wineries have also begun dipping into our large pool of repressed sexuality by slapping "naked," "sin" and big-boobed women on their labels.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
09-24-2008 |
Food+Drink
Corkscrew: Sauvignon Blanc is Ready for its Close-Upnew
Sauvignon blanc has lost its sex appeal. Like an aging actress, the newness has worn off, exposing her raw talent and potential. I adore wines at this stage; it's when winemakers begin to experiment and let the grapes perform vinous magic.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
09-17-2008 |
Food+Drink
Tags: wine, sauvignon blanc