Get your fix of Georgia peaches at this Atlanta restaurant
Dish of the week: Georgia Peach Salad at Vine & Tap
Peaches are the best pitted fruit on the planet. And while we're cooking case upon case of peaches every which way at home , we're also taking every opportunity when dining out to bite into Georgia peaches while the fuzzy fruit is still in season. We've found a fun plate 'o peaches at Vine & Tap in Buckhead.
Chef Brandon Peterson's Georgia Peach Salad isn't a ho-hum affair of rabbit food. The composition includes ripe, fleshy peach wedges, tart chunks of creamy Brebis sheep's cheese from local Many Fold Farm , a flutter of fresh arugula, droplets of basil oil that's subtle instead of in-your-face herbaceous. But the unexpected delight comes from the Southern-fruit-as-meat treat: peach skin cracklins. That is, fruit skin given pork rind treatment.
The result is a mélange that’s colorful, juicy, crunchy, salty and sweet. Forget about the compressed watermelon and pork belly combo on so many summertime menus around town. This is the salad for here and now.
Vine & Tap, 2770 Lenox Road, Atlanta, 404-600-5820, vineandtapatl.com
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About the Author
Ligaya Figueras is the AJC's senior editor for Food & Dining. Prior to joining the AJC in 2015, she was the executive editor for St. Louis-based culinary magazine Sauce. She has worked in the publishing industry since 1999 and holds degrees from St. Louis University and the University of Michigan.
