Taste of Atlanta 2013

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.

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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Dragonfruit! She did a dance right there in the street, she was so happy!

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.

Legos/Laura Mercer/A Cook and Her Books

Apple stamps. Laura Mercer/A Cook and Her Books

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.

Duke's Mayonnaise. Laura Mercer/A Cook and Her Books

Chocolate mousse with salted nut brittle from The Spence. Laura Mercer/A Cook and Her Books

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.