Female chefs making waves in metro Atlanta

Atlanta Restaurants & Food

Female chefs making waves in metro Atlanta

Savannah Sasser of Hampton + Hudson in Inman Park and previously of Twain's in Decatur.

Chrysta Poulos. PHOTO CREDIT: Emily Schultz

8Arm pastry chef Sarah Dodge in her kitchen prepping cookies. Photo credit- Mia Yakel.

May 15, 2014 Decatur - Hannah Chung (right) dries jars of kimchi as Ben Wills and Lollie Nabors (left) fill more jars at the Simply Seoul Kitchen in Decatur on Thursday, May 15, 2014. JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL

040112 Atlanta,GA:Chef Hilary White(cq) stands in the kitchen of her home in Palmetto,GA.(Christopher Oquendo/Special).

161020-ATLANTA- GA- Bob Townsend's Firstlook at Nexto and Chef Mihoko Obunai on Thursday October 20, 2016. (BECKY STEIN PHOTOGRAPHY)

Asha Gomez. CONTRIBUTED BY: Running Press

If you're from New England you probably recognize a Fluffernutter. Anne Quatrano, the James Beard Award-winning chef and restaurateur behind Bacchanalia, Star Provisions, Floataway Cafe and W. H. Stiles Fish Camp, certainly does. The Connecticut-raised Quatrano frequently opened the school lunch bags her mother packed for her to find this sandwich of peanut butter and marshmallow fluff on white bread. At Star Provisions, Quatrano offers an upscale version of the sandwich using homemade fluff and organic peanut butter. "It has no redeeming qualities. Everything in it is taboo. It has carbs, sugar which is the enemy and peanuts." said Quatrano of the much maligned allergy inducing legume. Besides being tasty though, Fluffernutters are filled with memories. "It makes me think of childhood and a much simpler time," said Quatrano (Bachannalia) PHOTO CREDIT: Renee Brock

Bert's Big Adventure Executive Director Stacey Weiss and Buttermilk Kitchen founder and chef Suzanne Vizethann hosted the first Breakfast for Dinner event at the Buckhead restaurant on Oct. 3. The dinner event raised money for Bert's Big Adventure, a nonprofit organization that provides an all-expenses-paid journey to Walt Disney World for children with chronic and terminal illnesses and their families. Photo courtesy of Tina Rowden.

Jenny Levison launched Souper Jenny and other Atlanta eateries even as she became a single mom. MATT KEMPNER / AJC

000224 - ATLANTA, GA. - Nan Niyomkul (cq), chef at the Tamarind Restaurant, in the Alpharetta Home Depot Expo Design center yesterday, 2/24/00. (LOUIE FAVORITE/ AJC STAFF)

110106-ATLANTA-GA- John Kessler's weekly dine review of Heirloom Market BBQ on Thursday January 6, 2011. Chefs Cody Taylor (rt) and Jiyeon Lee (lt) in the Heirloom Market dining room. (BECKY STEIN/special)

Chef Linda Harrell

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Savannah Sasser of Hampton + Hudson in Inman Park and previously of Twain's in Decatur.

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