Package Design

A cool self-promo piece designed for JCT by our very own Meggan Talley:

Blue Plate Grand Opening

Last night was the grand opening of Blue Plate in Sandy Springs, GA. See below for the sliders and gouda fritters:

Cakes & Ale Opens

Congrats to Cakes & Ale in Decatur, GA on a successful 'friends and family' opening night - official opening is on Thursday - here's a preview of our graphic work for the restaurant - a full overview to come.

Congrats to Green Olive Media Clients -- 2008 Beard Award Nominees

We are so proud of our clients who were nominated for the

2008 James Beard Foundation Restaurant and Chef Awards!

RISING STAR CHEF OF THE YEAR AWARD
Sean Brock
McCrady's, Charleston, SC


BEST CHEF: SOUTHEAST (GA, KY, NC, SC, TN, WV)
Hugh Acheson
Five and Ten
Athens, GA

Linton Hopkins
Restaurant Eugene
Atlanta

For a complete list, view: http://www.jbfawards.com/content/2008-nominees

Just Eggs

A nice photo from a recent photoshoot at JCT - eggs with Benton's ham...

Nobody likes a...

Witness the power of the mini burgers at Ron's Restaurant*. So delicious, even Helene -- GOM alumna and self-proclaimed vegetarian -- couldn't resist.

*What die-hard fan Will Moore calls the sliders at Food 101: Morningside (Exec. Chef Ron Eyester)

Launch of Top Chef Website / Premiere Tonight

We've launched the Richard Blais website, just in time for the premiere of the new season of Top Chef, featuring Richard. Good luck...

This Week's Beers

Picked up a couple of new beers from Green's today - Rogue's Morimoto Soba Ale, which, as expected, was quite buckwheaty, and Pinkus Organic Hefeweizen, which is my new favorite wheat. Start stocking up on this for summer.

Bacon Of The Month Club - March

Our friend Ben was kind enough to sign us up for the Bacon Of The Month club, and our first shipment came in today. A pound of Burgers' Pepper Country Bacon showed up at the office, and was immediately cooked & devoured. The Grateful Palate describes it as well as I can - "sweet, chewy, tantalizing interplay of pepper with sugar-cured sweetness. Great with scrambled eggs." Indeed.

Elizabeth's Birthday @ Floataway Cafe

The folks at Floataway Cafe were nice enough to make Elizabeth a birthday cake shaped like a Manolo Blahnik...as well as a whole mess of other tasty stuff:

Charleston Food & Wine Festival

Just back from the Charleston Food & Wine festival. A few highlights:

Dinner at McCrady's featuring chef Sean Brock and guest David Chang of Momofuku. The menu featured: Momofuku Pork Buns / Alaskan Crab Tail / Cured Hamachi / South Carolina Ossabaw Pork / Short Rib of Beef / Carolina Gold Rice Pudding with Pappy Van Winkle Horchata

Just-off-the-boat crab claws, shad roe at FIG

Butcher plate at High Cotton

Drinks at Cypress

Sunday Barbecue featuring ribs from Blue Smoke and whole-hog barbecue from Ed Mitchell.

Sean Brock & David Chang:


Sean working on pork buns:


Elizabeth with Ed Mitchell: