McDonough BBQ & Bluegrass Festival canceled due to weather
This week in metro Atlanta, check out food events including a cookbook revival dinner at the High Museum of Art and a conversation with cookbook author Yotam Ottolenghi.
Expected severe weather has impacted several events in Georgia, including the McDonough BBQ & Bluegrass Festival. Follow along with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s storm coverage throughout the weekend.
McDonough BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
This festival has been canceled due to the severe weather expected across Georgia this weekend, according to a news release. Ticket holders will receive direct communication from Sweet Auburn Barbecue about how to proceed and updates will be posted on the restaurant’s Instagram account.
Recipe Revival
In honor of the High Museum of Art’s 100th anniversary, the institution will hold a Recipe Revival with four Atlanta chefs as they explore “The Recipe Collection,” a 1981 cookbook published by the Member’s Guild of the High. The cookbook was created to raise money for the High Museum and ended up selling more than 40,000 copies, according to the event website.
Chefs Craig Richards of Elise and Lyla Lila, Steven Satterfield of Miller Union and Madeira Park, Jiyeon Lee of Heirloom Market BBQ and J. Trent Harris of Mujo and Koshu Club have each selected a recipe from the cookbook to make for the evening. During the event, they will explain their choices, followed by a tasting of the dish.
Tickets include a tasting of each recipe and a signed copy of “The Recipe Collection.”
6:30-8:45 p.m. Wednesday. $155 for members, $175 for nonmembers. 1280 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta. 404-733-4400, high.org/event/recipe-revival
Yotam Ottolenghi talks new cookbook, ‘Simple Too’
Cookbook author and restaurateur Yotam Ottolenghi will be in Atlanta to celebrate his new cookbook, “Simple Too,” with New York Times food writer Kim Severson at the Carter Center.
This cookbook is a sequel to “Ottolenghi Simple,” which first published eight years ago, and it will include more recipes that “work with you, not against you,” according to the event website. Ottolenghi and Severson will discuss some of the ingredients and techniques included in the cookbook, like simple beans, black chickpeas, sesame, sweet-and-spicy balance and 15 fundamental recipes to keep in the fridge.
A ticket includes a signed edition of “Simple Too” from A Cappella Books.
7 p.m. Friday. $57 per person. 453 John Lewis Freedom Parkway NE, Atlanta. freshtix.com/events/simpletoo
Clarification
October 9, 2026This article has been updated to share the news that the McDonough BBQ & Bluegrass Festival has been canceled.