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Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Can store-bought sweet tea taste like homemade?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Many of us have tried tea in a can or bottle that claims to be ” just like homemade.” But is it truly possible to mass-produce a sweet tea whose tastes even approaches that of home-brewed? Give us your opinion.
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Where Do You Sip Sake?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Sake, and sake cocktails, have become a hot topic of late. But before the onset of sushi’s popularity, sake was merely background noise at the local Japanese steak house.
With the revolution of authentic Japanese food in the United States, comes the love of sake. Sake is mistakenly referred to as rice wine outside Japan, but this fermented rice drink actually resembles beer more than wine, since it is made from grain with many fermentations (wine is made from fruit with a single fermentation).
There are two basic types, futsū-shu (“normal”) and tokutei meishōshu (“special”), with many varieties that fall under these two basic categories. I like the sake list at Taka in Buckhead for its variety. Where do you like to sip sake?
If you’d like to learn more about sake, Silk restaurant in Midtown is having a sake dinner on September 26. It will be a multi-course dinner featuring dishes to be paired with either a sake cocktail, cold sake or hot sake. Sake master Takehiko Kobari will give a special presentation. The event is $85 per person, not including tip and taxes. 7 p.m. Silk, 919 Peachtree Street, 678)-705-8888, www.silkrestaurant.com
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