A New Type Of Festival

May 17, 2020

Atlanta Food Festivals That Won’t Leave You Hungry

Atlanta, the capital of the state of Georgia, has a longstanding culture of food, both from the original inhabitants and the European settlers. The city of Atlanta is famous for its variety of food from high-end fine dining restaurants to local food stalls and coffee shops. Many top chefs opened up restaurants in Atlanta, but the people oscillate between these multicuisine restaurants and the more traditional and ethnic restaurants on Bufford Highway. The city is also very famous for its food and beverage festivals, here is a list of Atlanta food festivals that won't leave you hungry.

Atlanta food and wine festival

The Atlanta food and wine festival is an annual fair held in spring in Midtown. It started its journey ten years ago in 2010 and has been one of the biggest attractions for foodies from around the world. It focuses on food from the south and runs on different themes which change every year. This festival puts forward the local taste of the south brought to you by the farmers and residents of Atlanta. The guests are warmly greeted, and the food is put across on tables in designated tents for tasting.

Atlanta brunch festival

Held in the season of March at Atlantic Station, the Atlanta brunch festival is organised by the Atlanta Beer Festival, and it hosts few of the most prestigious chef's restaurants and dishes with decently sized portions which are put out to be tasted. Along with the food, they serve beverages like Bloody Mary, beer, wine and brunch punch. The festival organisers make it a point to keep this event strictly for people over 21 years of age.

Atlanta ice-cream festival

The best way to enjoy summers in Atlanta is by visiting the Atlanta ice-cream festival in Piedmont Park, Midtown. This is an annual celebration where people get together to defeat the heat waves by enjoying their favourite flavour of Atlantic ice-cream. The festival was supposed to take place from the 16th to 25th of July 2020, but given the current scenario of the coronavirus outbreak, it is uncertain as to when will the festival be held. The festival will be celebrating ten years of happiness and promised some creamy surprises this year.

Attack of the killer tomato festival

Attack of the killer tomato festival is held in summers every year in Park Tavern run by chef Ford Fry, a famous personality chef from Atlanta who runs eleven restaurants around the country. Tomatoes produced in the city and around the area exceeded the demand limit, this gave birth to the ATL festival. The tomato plant has been incorporated into every dish and beverage at the festival, which makes it one of the most intriguing celebrations to be a part of....

May 7, 2020

Healthy Smoothie Recipes That Are Actually Good

A smoothie is any form of a fruit-based drink where the core ingredient, the fruit is mashed into a smooth granulated pulp, hence the name smoothie. In general, smoothies tend to thicker than regular juices or milkshakes and they can be made out of anything from fruits, vegetables, leafy greens, dry fruits or nuts. The idea is to create a thick drink which is rich in taste and does not make compromises on nutrients by diluting the mix in water or milk. Although there are some improvised versions of something where people add milk to balance the taste, they even add ice-cream or crushed ice in order to cool down the drink and make it even thicker. Smoothies are popular around the world and different cultures have different ways of preparing it, for example in the Indian subcontinent and parts of central Asia, people consume 'sharbat' which is generally made out of fresh fruit. The Arabs have been consuming grape pulp juices since the dawn of time and in India, a local drink which goes by the name of 'Lassi' is prepared in most households. Lassi is made by churning yoghurt until it turns into a thick smoothie-like consistency by adding cold water or ice, they flavour it using fresh fruits like mangoes, strawberries, pineapples or any other seasonal fruit. Here are some healthy smoothie recipes that are actually good.

Love your greens

Green smoothies have become quite popular these days and they are made by balancing fruits and vegetable in a perfect mix. Throw in some bananas, kiwi, and spinach in a blender, you can add some honey or jaggery if you are a sweet tooth and blend away. Give it a taste and you are good to go. You can try other variations of this recipe by substituting the ingredients in accurate ratios. Remember that your veggies have very strong flavours and they might overpower the taste of the fruit so decide accordingly. You can go for a mix of bottle gourd with papaya and watermelon or raspberries and apple with kale.

Sweet and fruity

Everyone loves fruits and combining them with sweeteners is a great choice for any smoothie. To begin with, you need to understand that a good smoothie is all about balancing the taste with the texture. You need to achieve a decently sweet taste but that should be secondary, the primary ingredient is the fruit, so make sure that it does not get carried away by the other stuff you are putting in. You can go for an avocado smoothie and match it up with some black currant ice cream or you can opt for a banana smoothie and pair it up with vanilla ice cream and green cardamom....

May 27, 2020

Proven Secrets to Creating Contest-Winning Recipes

Are you one of those who finds cooking to be a joyful activity and feel that your recipes could make it into one of the famous cookbooks or contests, then this article is for you. Cooking is something that we as humans have been doing since time immemorial; it is said that after the early humans discovered fire and started cooking their food, our minds went through a process of cognitive expansion which made us the smart humans we are today. Food plays a critical role in our lives, and it is something which defines our culture and forms traditions, bringing people closer to one another. It is something which reminds us of home, fills us with nostalgia and triggers all our senses of sight, smell, sound, touch and taste. Some find the activity of making food to be tedious and monotonous, they rely heavily on restaurants, takeaways and more often on street food. It takes a lot of persistence and hard work to master the art of cooking; this world is so vast with so many cuisines and cooking styles to discover that it would take forever to know about all of them. Let us look at some proven secrets to creating contest-winning recipes.

Food is a scientific art form.

Making food involves a lot of rigorous methods, cooking items of different density and textures in various temperatures and time periods. You need to understand the physical properties of each grain, spice, liquid and meat to know how do they cook, what is the best temperature to cook them, what are the chemical reactions which take place when you mix two different food items. A good chef will always know what to do in times of an emergency; if you are familiar with food science, you will know the best substitutes for things you don't have, and you will have the powers to revive a lousy tasting dish.

Experiment, innovate and improvise

You can’t be cooking the same thing over and over again, make it a point to try out new recipes, explore different cuisines and experiment with a different kind ok cooking method. If you are great at grilling, try your hand at baking or try to fuse different styles, for example, you can improvise and explore baking in a tandoor. You must know who your audience is and bring out different sets of flavour spectrums to amaze their taste buds. Look at the recipes which won the previous years, learn from them and customize something completely new. Please do not go overboard with flavours to impress the judges, the beauty of a dish lies in its subtlety and as we all know, simplicity id the ultimate sophistication....