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DEL.ICIO.USNo time to cook for Thanksgiving?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Dining out this Thanksgiving?
Here’s one option. It includes truffle froth and foie gras. Sea bass poached in coconut milk. Seared quail with mushroom risotto. Orange beignets and pumpkin pie ice cream.
With wine, the Buckhead Ritz-Carlton’s Thanksgiving feast, created by James Beard nominated Chef Arnaud Berthelier, is $207 a person.
(And no, there’s not one slice of turkey in sight. Interested? Reservations are required. 404-237-2700, www.ritzcarlton.com.)
So tell us, what’s the best Thanksgiving meal you never cooked?
To Market, to Market…
2007 Mistletoe Market chair Kelly Sheriff, left, with 2008 chair Laurie Cates. Photo courtesy of the Junior League of Cobb-Marietta.
So you’ve started thinking about Christmas?
Well, the ladies in charge of the Junior League of Cobb-Marietta’s annual Mistletoe Market started making their lists and checking them twice more than a year ago.
The event, featuring exquisite gifts from loads of unique vendors, was Oct. 18-20 at the Cobb Civic Center, and organizers estimate 5,000 shoppers turned out.
This year’s Mistletoe gala, held Oct. 19, attracted a glam crowd of about 150 and raised $25,000; the entire market raised about $54,000 for the league’s charitable activities.
This year’s chair was Kelly Sheriff. Laurie Cates is on deck for next year.
Committee members included Kendall Andrews, Suzy Cooper, Sandra Daniels, Inga Dolezar, Randy Farley, Shari Graham, Christi Hodges, Hayley Kelly, Tina Kerr, Christy Mire, Amy Moore, Beth Nix, Jennifer Ruhl, Erin Rusin and Julie Willner. They’d love to see you there next year. Find out more about the organization at www.jlcm.org.
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By too commercial
November 12, 2007 12:13 PM | Link to this
Thanksgiving is the simple sharing of a humble meal and the expression of gratitude for our blessings, a time when we remember what our ancestors went through to establish a country here for all those who love freedom. To me, a fancy restaurant meal commercializes the whole thing and cheapens the spirit of the occasion, but on the other hand I think it’s good that some use it as a fundraiser for charitable causes. I don’t go out because I don’t care for the high prices and and I didn’t want to cause restaurant employees to work when we’re all supposed to enjoy the day off with our families.