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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
JCT KITCHEN’S “CHICKEN & DUMPLINGS”: SOUTHERN GONE SAVVY
PHOTO: Bita Honarvar/AJC
The dining review in today’s Living section takes a new look at an old favorite - Wisteria in Inman Park (you can read the review here.
Jason Hill’s candid take on Southern favorites isn’t without a few twists: his black-eyed pea hummus with sweet potato chips is a clever conception that combines old-fashioned Southern ingredients with a newfangled approach.
Other restaurants around town are good at this, too:
Scott Peacock’s butterbean hummus with house-made pita at Watershed in Decatur is smooth and nutty, and the perfect combination of old style and new tack. Roswell’s Relish makes a mean serving of pimento cheese fritters. JCT Kitchen’s Ford Fry mixes French bistro style with Southern panache and comes up with chicken & dumplings that are the best of both worlds: succulent and crisped chicken leg confit with sheep’s milk ricotta dumplings. And chefs across the city are going crazy with updated versions of deviled eggs (we’ve talked about that subject before).
Do you have a favorite of the above, or an addition to the list? Where do you go to get a modern take on old-fashioned Southern cooking?
And just for laughs, check this out, from the Onion. (Many thanks to my bud Shane Harrison for that!!).
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That food picture looks like something with two eyes, a unibrow, and a lot of teeth.
By Marie
July 25, 2008 12:28 PM | Link to this
Wow. That’s amazing, B. Could it be a toad with unibrows and teeth? I can see it’s frog’s legs. It could also be a frog regurgitating marshmallows. I wouldn’t eat it.
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July 25, 2008 1:32 PM | Link to this
How about goat cheese and pepper jack grits with grilled shrimp. Served in martini glasses and topped with fresh basil. Yum!
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B White and Marie: Don’t knock it til you’ve tried it.
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I guess, when it comes to dishes like JCt Kitchen’s Chicken ‘N’ Dumplings. For me, it’s love at first sight — definitely got “curb appeal”. But it’s that first bite that will tell the tale.
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