Recipes

International Atlanta: Around the world in 80 ways

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All illustrations by Stuart Holmes Atlanta has always been a city of transplants. In a metro population of six million, about fourteen percent of residents were born in other countries (compared with New Orleans’s seven percent or Nashville’s eight percent). But if the international presence here is sizable, it’s also scattered. You won’t find a Chinatown or Greektown or Little This or That, at least not in the urban core (Gwinnett County does have the nickname Seoul of the South). The most famous strip of immigrant-owned businesses, Buford Highway, is not a singular ethnic enclave but a melting pot. That’s...

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Restaurants pivot to groceries, cater to community amid COVID-19 woes

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The bold red and black signs just inside Paupers Pub are a blast of nostalgia. With a handpainted appearance reminiscent of simpler times, they advertise everything from all-purpose flour to apples to white bread — provisions the Toronto pub is newly peddling to stem the financial bleeding brought on by COVID-19. “We’re just evolving as opportunities develop,” says district manager Janet Lourenco. ”I wouldn’t say it’s a money-making type of strategy. It’s a survival type of a strategy, and it’s a community strategy.” The global pandemic has been a disaster for the restaurant industry, costing about 800,000 jobs across the...

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The Week Ahead: A Time To Sow

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It was a lovely week overall last week...Despite the heavy rains on Sunday and again on Thursday which threatened to wash out our roadway entirely and left the river at winter rain levels of high.  The days in between however, were sunny and nice and the air was laden with the scent of honeysuckle, privet and china berry blooms.  Sneeze worthy air that smells delicious!  I love this moment of spring above all others.  Pecan trees are also blooming and that, my dears, is where my allergies come in again.  After they are done, I should be clear of allergy...

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The Best Ground Turkey Pasta Recipes

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These are the best ground turkey pasta recipes. You'll love these indulgent turkey pasta recipes that the whole family will devour without complaint.We like to use ground turkey because it is both a little leaner and a little cheaper than ground beef. Also, sometimes it's just what we have on hand and I don't want to make a trip to the grocery store in order to use ground beef or chicken where turkey will work just fine.If you are like me and keep ground turkey on hand in the freezer or refridgerator you might be looking for a way to...

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Try It ... You Just Might Like It.

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Turkey Club Omelette with Turkey Bacon It is a dangerous world in my house right now, and I am not talking about Covid-19. My kitchen has become a war zone and I am on the attack against boredom at the dinner table. We have been in a rut recently, only making the same family favorites on an almost predictable rotation. And I have been unhappy. My tastebuds longed for variety, my senses for a new world to explore, but I didn’t know where I wanted to start. I have always been open to trying new foods. My mother was always...

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