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Atlantan competes for spot at grill
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Food Network master griller Bobby Flay better watch his butt. Specifically, his grilled Boston butt recipe.
East Atlanta resident Leigh Temple is among the Food Network fanatics who have submitted a three-minute video for a guest spot on the food cable channel’s popular “Grill It With Bobby Flay.”
For starters, Temple has a pair of impressive nicknames from childhood — “Hot Rod” and “Elvis.” He revs up his video submission atop his motorcycle in his East Atlanta Village backyard and proceeds to gun it near the grill.
“You gotta add that smoke for good flavor,” cracked Temple to Buzz on Thursday.
His impressive pompadour, tats and camouflage shorts aside, Temple, 31, is an experienced griller. His “low and slow” pork butt recipe calls for a fresh garlic and oregano-spiked marinade, followed by a basting with fresh coconut and soy sauce.
“I don’t care what the weather is, I’m out there grilling,” he says. “Rain, snow? I don’t care. I’m out there on it.”
The slow smoking allows the self-professed gearhead time to tune up his various cars and trucks or shoot a game of pool out on the back porch.
As friends gathered last month to help him and wife, longtime Atlanta fashion stylist and writer Anita Finkelstein Temple, shoot his Food Network entry, “Elvis” suddenly realized no one was leaving the building at dinner time.
“I ended up cooking for 12,” he recalled. “But it was all right. Two of them were vegetarians, too. But I had a lot of stuff in the fridge besides the grilled meat. Brussels sprouts, stuff like that.”
Atlantans can help Temple become one of the 13 people picked to grill alongside Flay by going to foodtv.com and clicking on the link to the “Grill It With Bobby Flay” contest. Temple’s video clip is featured on the third page of the contest and labeled “Spiced, Smoked Butt.”
OVERSCENE
Pop star Whitney Houston lunching at Kozmo Gastro Pub in Johns Creek. The performer ordered the popcorn shrimp with spicy mayonnaise and the restaurant’s signature drink, the Klassic Kozmopolitan.
Disney’s “Hannah Montana” star Miley Cyrus seen eating lunch at Dantanna’s Buckhead with her mother.
CHASTAIN SEASON CONFIRMED
For some, spring will be in the air this weekend as clocks once again “spring” forward. But, for many music-loving Atlantans, spring has officially arrived when the Chastain Series lineup is announced.
Here’s the Concert A series booked so far: Daryl Hall & John Oates, April 17; Seal with Peter Cincotti, April 18; Heart with Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, May 24; Zac Brown Band Memorial Day Picnic, May 25; Al Green and Etta James, June 10; The Fray with Jack’s Mannequin, June 12; Gipsy Kings, June 14; Bad Company and The Doobie Brothers, June 19; John Legend, July 5; Blondie and Pat Benatar with The Donnas, Aug. 2; Jackson Browne, Aug. 6; Bonnie Raitt and Taj Mahal, Aug. 18.
Tickets for the full series or any combination of two or more shows go on sale this Sunday at 10 a.m., at www.chastainseries.com or charge by phone at Chastain Tickets, 404-233-2227. Individual tickets will go on sale at a later date.
SURPRISE DUE FROM NASCAR’S LABONTE
Local elementary school students might want to keep a watch out the window this morning for NASCAR driver Bobby Labonte idling up in his No. 96 Ford Fusion.
Labonte will team up with Ask.com to surprise one local school with new computers. The school was selected from those who “demonstrated they are doing a good job of teaching their students about Internet safety,” reps tell Buzz.
One lucky fifth-grader from the selected school also will receive a ride to school from Labonte in the No. 96 Fusion.
In other words, getting the kids to concentrate this morning might be trickier than usual.
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
TV personality Ed McMahon is 86. Singer Mary Wilson of The Supremes is 65. Singer-guitarist David Gilmour of Pink Floyd is 63. Actor-director Rob Reiner is 62. Singer Kiki Dee is 62. Actress Connie Britton (“Friday Night Lights”) is 41. Actress Moira Kelly (“One Tree Hill”) is 41. Rapper Bubba Sparxxx (below) is 32. Drummer Chris Tomson of Vampire Weekend is 25.
SICK BAY
The Atlantans who got to see comic Robin Williams last week were lucky. The ones who have tickets for his March 12 gig back here? Not so much. The actor’s publicist confirmed Thursday that Williams needs heart surgery and must cancel the remainder of his one-man comedy show, “Weapons of Self-Destruction.”
The 57-year-old actor needs an aortic valve replacement, Diane Rosen said in a news release.
Said Williams in a statement: “This tour has been amazing fun, and I can’t wait to get back out on the road after a little tune-up.”
Williams canceled four shows this week after experiencing shortness of breath. Since September, he had been on the sold-out, 80-city tour, which is expected to resume in the fall, his publicist said. Ticket holders can either return them for a refund or hold on to them for the rescheduled date.
Contributing: Sonia Murray and news services
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