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Photos: 30 food and drink photos from Atlanta’s 2020 James Beard Award semi-finalists

At Lazy Betty, diners relax as staff puts on gastro performance

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Ribs with hoe cakes and collard greens at B’s Cracklin’ Barbecue in Riverside. CONTRIBUTED BY MIA YAKEL

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In the Creamsicle from Lazy Betty, a vanilla semifreddo is encased in a white chocolate shell and placed over a narrow sweet biscuit, and it comes with blood orange sorbet and orbs of kumquat gelee. CONTRIBUTED BY HENRI HOLLIS

By Henri Hollis

Feb 27, 2020

The James Beard Foundation has announced the semi-finalists for its 2020 restaurant and chef awards. The list includes nine chefs and restaurateurs and two restaurants from Georgia. Here are food and drink photos from the Georgia nominees contending for these esteemed culinary awards.

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