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The many delicious bites of Taste of Atlanta 2013. Laura Mercer/A Cook and Her Books |
A clear and cool October Sunday afternoon was the setting for Taste of Atlanta, a party with 90 of Atlanta's favorite restaurants set up in Midtown at Tech Square. You might assume, as I did for many years, that Taste is a grown-up event, but it's actually great for kids. My teenager enjoyed shooting photographs of food and people, and my 8-year old brought along her "autograph book" and snagged a few celebrity signatures. Both enjoyed trying new foods, from exotic produce like dragonfruit to deep-fried chicken and waffles on a a stick. My designated photographer assembled the collage, above, documenting all the bites from the afternoon.
Here are a few more pictures from our afternoon. I love street festivals where you can walk where there are usually cars.
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Taste of Atlanta, Midtown at Tech Square. Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books |
Little Bit tried her hand spinning Whole Foods' wheel of fruit and got a taste of ...
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Laura Mercer/A Cook and Her Books |
Dragonfruit! She did a dance right there in the street, she was so happy!
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Dragonfruit. Laura Mercer/A Cook and Her Books |
In the kids' section, sponsors such as Legos and Dixie Crystals made sure that young ones were entertained with crafts including painting with apple stamps and making necklaces from candy.
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Legos/Laura Mercer/A Cook and Her Books |
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Apple stamps. Laura Mercer/A Cook and Her Books |
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Apple stamp art. Laura Mercer/A Cook and Her Books |
In addition to restaurants, many food products were present, including Southern favorite Duke's mayonnaise. Community Coffee gave away copious cups at their cafe.
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Duke's Mayonnaise. Laura Mercer/A Cook and Her Books |
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Chocolate mousse with salted nut brittle from The Spence. Laura Mercer/A Cook and Her Books |
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A Top Chef and a fan. Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books |
The highlight for Little Bit was meeting Top Chef Season 7 winner Kevin Sbraga. The chef kindly signed her notebook and posed for a picture. Looking forward to Taste in 2014!
Text and images copyright 2013. Lucy Mercer.
1 comment:
Laura's photos are so good! It sounds like you all had a really fun day, complete with celeb chef hobnobbing.
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