Credit: Yvonne Zusel
Credit: Yvonne Zusel
At the risk of jeering from my peers and a barrage of angry reader letters, I must admit to being underinformed about politics and current affairs right no
My energy has been wholly focused on familiarizing myself with Atlanta’s food and dining scene and, when time permits, dealing with the intricacies of relocating my family to this city. These are excuses, to be sure. But it has gotten me thinking: Will I ever be able to stay on top of all the news? Can any journalist stay on top of everything?
It’s the strangest thing to delete emails that hold (heart)breaking reports of terrorist attacks, downed airplanes and death by lethal injection. Yet, if I didn’t detach somewhat, I couldn’t focus on the issues that I’m tasked to manage, from assigning stories to editing articles to reviewing restaurants to getting out in the community to understand the issues that shape the big picture of food in this city, state and region.
The latter has meant meeting chefs, restaurateurs, food producers and growers, members of food advocacy groups and other stakeholders. Recently, I got to put a face to the aptly named Alice Rolls and her staff at Georgia Organics, a nonprofit that promotes sustainable foods and local farms in this state.
They explained their efforts over a potluck lunch at their office, located across the street from SweetWater Brewing Co. We dove into aromatic dal and rice, salad, pea soup, roasted potatoes, sautéed greens, cookies and more. Everything was homemade. Everything was fresh. Everything was delicious. But the lasting memory isn’t what was served.
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