On The Road Again - It's Festival Season

The Green Olive Media team's been on the road this spring at all kinds of food festivals...

South Beach Wine & Food Festival — February 20-22, 2015

Elizabeth & Celia take Miami for the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival

Goya Foods Swine & Wine event — Biltmore Hotel, Miami 

Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q at Swine & Wine

Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q Whole Pig with Crispy Skin Taco Charred Tomatillo Salsa, Pickled Radish & Cilantro 

Fox Bros. whole hog fresh from the La Caja China

Bill Schoonmacher, Justin Fox, Cecelia Strong, Elizabeth Moore, Jonathan Fox, Bennett Hollberg

BB&T Charleston Wine + Food Festival — March 5-8, 2015

Kelly English, Jonathan Fox, Justin Fox — Cross Culture BBQ 

Elizabeth & Sam Jones (Skylight Inn, Ayden, NC) — Rain or shine, the show must go on!

Some of our design work for the Southern Foodways Alliance displays at the Charleston Wine + Food Festival 

Matt Basford of Canoe & Allison "prepping" for a demo — Charleston Wine + Food Festival 

Allison with Griffin Bufkin of Southern Soul Barbeque 

Matt Basford showing off so he can sweet-talk the Evo-Grill folks into a "gift" 

On the heels of his James Beard House Dinner, Chef Drew Van Leuvan of Seven Lamps made it just in time on Sunday

Blowing off some steam — Justin Fox, Matt Basford, Allison Haber, Celia Strong, Elizabeth Moore, Drew Van Leuvan, Jonathan Fox

Love the "Make Your Own Manhattan" at Charleston's Fig restaurant

Reggie Washington & Duane Nutter (One Flew South) playing around backstage. 

Elizabeth & Linda Harrell of Cibo e Beve 

Planning to take over the world  with Elizabeth + Celia + Bill Schoonmacher (Fox Bros.Bar-B-Q)

BBQ Pitmaster John Lewis takes on Chris Hall (Atlanta Chef-Owner of Local Three, Muss & Turners, Eleanor's, etc.) in the Waffle House Smackdown

South By Southwest, Austin, TX — March 19-22, 2015

Thanks to Billy Reid for the love & helping us eat some veggies at SXSW

Smitty's BBQ, Lockhart, TX

Lambert's Downtown Barbecue in Austin - crispy boar ribs!

Combo plate at Amaya's Taco Village - Austin

Our unofficial house band, Great Peacock, playing on 6th Street in Austin (Pictured: Blount Floyd + Andrew Nelson) 

Hangin' with the band, Great Peacock — Blount Floyd, Ben Cunningham, Andrew Nelson, Jeff, Nick Recio, Elizabeth, Clay Houle

Team Hidi 2.0

 

 

Team Hidi is not a function, party, or even an event—it is unlike anything Atlanta has ever experienced. The restaurant industry is one of the most (if not the most) competitive businesses that exists.

 

Last year, when we all came together for the Hidingers, for Ryan, for The Giving Kitchen, everyone was in awe of how all of these amazing people, chefs, and restaurants could be in the same room for any reason. It was the best party the city had ever seen, and we just happened to raise a lot of money as well.

 

 

 

This year, with Ryan’s passing a little over a week prior, there was more of a somber mood in the air—this year, it had much more meaning. Hearing Jen, his wife, speak after the video that could only be described as perfect, was difficult to say the least.

 

 

Special shout out to GOM family and friends who helped make the event so special:

BoccaLupo, Canoe, Fox Bros. BBQ, H. Harper Station, Holeman and Finch Public House,
One Eared Stag, Rosebud, Seven Lamps, Taqueria del Sol, and SweetWater for all of the support. We look forward to the opening of Staplehouse in the spring and what it will do for the Atlanta restaurant community.

 

and a big thanks to Erica with Letter B Photography for the images

Southern Foodways Alliance Potlikker Film Festival: Nashville

POTLIKKER FILM FESTIVAL
Sunday, April 25, 2010
4-7 p.m. @ City House
1222 4th Ave N, Nashville, Tn 37208
www.southernfoodways.org

Tandy Wilson of City House
Tyler Brown of The Capitol Grille at The Hermitage
Pat Martin of Martin’s Bar-B-Que Joint
Silver Sands

Music from Ketch Secor and Morgan Jahnig (from Old Crow Medicine Show) and Friends


Beverages from Nashville’s own Yazoo Brewing Company, Corsair Distillery, and Mountain Valley Spring Water

$45

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW

SFA Symposium - Breakfast From Phoebe Lawless

Saturday morning featured a breakfast of livermush sandwiches and cornmeal doughnuts courtesy of our friend Phoebe Lawless of Durham, NC:

Join Us At The Peachtree Road Farmers Market Oct. 3

We're manning the Southern Foodways Alliance table at the Peachtree Road Farmers Market on Saturday, October 3. Stop by and see us as we spread the gospel...

We Love Billy - Make No Bones About It

We love Billy. Ever since the first time we visited Muscle Shoals with our friends from the Southern Foodways Alliance, we have sported the fine handiwork of Billy Reid. Billy and his lovely wife Jeanne are to fashion what Frank and Pardis Stitt are to Southern cuisine.

We love giving the gift of Billy Reid -- and receiving Billy Reid gifts (hint hint) -- Chef Sean Brock gifted a cool t-shirt to Jeff last year, I gave Kempten an amazing purple silk top in honor of her bridesmaid dresses a while back, Jeff's Mom gave him a brand spanking new cord jacket and shirts last fall, Jeff gave me an amazing leather jacket and a few shirts and a skirt, Green Olive gave Alvin a new pair of shoes so he could go on to find his way properly in this world -- and recently Meggan received a gift certificate for her birthday. Now Billy Reid has introduced shoes for women -- save me now. The new website launched this week as well -- check it out.

Here is a fun piece posted in GQ Magazine this month -- 10 Essentials By Billy Reid:

1. AARON CORD JEAN, $195, SIMILAR STYLES AVAILABLE AT BILLYREID.COM

2. SOUTHERN FOODWAYS ALLIANCE T-SHIRT, $44, AVAILABLE AT BILLYREID.COM

3. PAUL SMITH SPECTACLES, $300, AVAILABLE AT PAULSMITH.OLIVERPEOPLES.COM

4. KENTWOOD ROPER BOOT, $450, AVAILABLE AT BILLYREID.COM

5. PENTEL QE517, $8.49 FOR TWO, AVAILABLE AT STAPLES.COM

6. PAPPY VAN WINKLE FAMILY RESERVE BOURBON, $100, OLDRIPVANWINKLE.COM

7. A CAR, JEEP, TRUCK YOU CAN CALL YOUR OWN

8. A VINTAGE OLD HARMONY GUITAR

9. AN LSU SWEATSHIRT (OKAY SO HE HAS A FAULT)

10. A VINTAGE CASE POCKETKNIFE

Don't Miss the SFA Potlikker Film Fest on August 22 in Athens, GA

The Potlikker Film Fest is an opportunity to showcase SFA documentaries, alongside local food films, in all kinds of places. Each Potlikker Film Fest is infused with local flavor, but—in general—expect an evening with live music and short films, refreshing libations, and SFA snacks (including a potlikker shot with cornbread, handed as you walk in the door). Tickets for Potlikker events are SFA's most affordable; it’s a good way to meet the SFA, or introduce us to your friends and neighbors.

Click Here to purchase tickets. Print your receipt and bring it with you to the event. It's your ticket. Must be 21 to attend, as Potlikker Athens will offer music, films, SFA snacks, and cold beer. We're unable to offer refunds, but you can gift your ticket to a friend if plans change.

Ben's Chili Bowl - Washington, DC

Ben's Chili Bowl was at the top of my list of things to do in DC (Washington Monument? Meh). My plan was to stop by there Saturday night after the Southern Foodways Alliance Potlikker Film Festival. But earlier in the day I went to watch a ball game, and here's the first thing that greeted me upon entering:

I proceeded to order the 'half-smoke':

And I was proud to see that the Atlanta pork sandwich is making it to those 'Taste Of Major League Baseball' stands:

So after fried chicken, oysters, ribs, etc. at the Film Fest, I decided it was a good idea to make the trek to the original Ben's. The line of 100 or so people well past midnight didn't deter me from getting one more half-smoke...

Iberico Ham - Washington, DC

Looking through the paper for something to do on Saturday morning, I came across a mention of a place that had Iberico ham, so I high-tailed it to Canales Deli at the Eastern Market. My 1/8 pound order came up at around $20...definitely worth it: