Here's a glimpse of the 2014 Atlanta Food and Wine Festival tasting tents! The festival began last Thursday night with a kick off dinner at Rathbuns and ran through Sunday with more dinners and classes throughout the day and, of course, the tasting tents. This festival hosted by Food & Wine magazine celebrates southern food and the chefs who are inspired by the fresh ingredients and traditions of the South. While I wasn't able to venture to any of the classes or special dinners, I got to sample food from some of the best chefs in the southeast...along with 900 other sweaty, hungry people. Not the best Food and Wine fest of my career, but there were definitely some memorable moments like the guy who threw up in a trashcan next to a vendor's very nice looking spread (don't worry, I did not take a picture of that), but also some great foodie moments as well.
This mac and cheese was insane from Grand Champion BBQ!
My favorite wine of the day!
I actually quite enjoyed this fried oyster! The apple slaw was perfect as well.
Not a fan of this Asian style gumbo.
The freshest peas!
Acre from Auburn, Alabama!!
Chicken pot pie form the new Trace at the W midtown. If everything of there's tastes like this, I am already a fan!
Sassafras ice cream! Crazy delicious!
Pimento cheese via spoon? Yes, please!
After these and many other tastes, my best foodie friend and I were both full and tipsy to say the least. While the festival seemed more spread out in its new location off West Peachtree, the venue still seemed too crowded and the tents were incredibly hot making the hoards of people even more undesirable. Maybe next year we will try one of the dinners and skip the tasting tents all together. At least we would be guaranteed to have a celebrity chef sighting since we didn't see ANYONE at the tasting tents which is almost just as fun as eating their food. Almost.
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