Ligaya Figueras
Senior Food and Dining Editor at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Senior editor | Food & Dining | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution [email protected]
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4 days ago |
ajc.com | Ligaya Figueras |Olivia Wakim
Less than a month after closing its original location in Virginia-Highland, Taco Mac has shuttered the doors at its address on Peachtree Street restaurant in Midtown. As first reported by Atlanta News First, the Atlanta-based sports bar chain abruptly closed the restaurant Monday, with workers seen removing signage from the building.
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2 weeks ago |
macon.com | Olivia Wakim |Ligaya Figueras
A Georgia bartender shook, stirred and strained his way to the top of the U.S. Bartenders' Guild's World Class competition in Atlanta last night. After three days of cocktail competition, Nic Wallace, a Darien resident who works as the resort bars and spirits manager for Sea Island Properties, won the title of U.S. Bartender of the Year for his "attention to detail and creative showmanship," according to a news release.
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1 month ago |
ajc.com | Ligaya Figueras
Long before the age of the internet and social media, Jeanne Jones amassed a large following of home cooks hungry for healthy recipes. Jones wrote 32 cookbooks related to this style of cooking, starting with “The Calculating Cook: A Gourmet Cookbook for Diabetics and Dieters,” published in 1972.
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1 month ago |
ajc.com | Ligaya Figueras
Microwaves are a standard appliance in most kitchens nowadays, but it wasn’t always that way. The world’s first commercial microwave, the futuristically named Radarange, was invented by an engineer at Raytheon and hit the market in 1947. Standing nearly 6 feet tall, weighing more than 750 pounds and using about 3,000 watts of power, it was a beast of a machine that sold for between $2,000 and $3,000. The first model for residential use was introduced by Tappan Corp. in 1955.
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2 months ago |
timesfreepress.com | Olivia Wakim |Ligaya Figueras
The Michelin Guide announced Wednesday that it will debut its first North American regional guide. The American South edition, to be released later this year, will include Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and the pre-existing Atlanta guide. The rest of Georgia will not be considered for the guide. Travel South USA, the Atlanta-based destination marketing organization for the southern U.S., has partnered with Michelin to bring the guide to the South.
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