Omnivore Atlanta

It’s time for your annual fix of New Mexico green chilies. All locations of Taqueria del Sol are stocked with them and are offering chile rellenos at dinner only. As I recall, the restaurant prepared a set number of these every night during last year’s season and ran out fairly often. So, go early. …

Lance Gummere, chef at the Shed on Glenwood, continues to produce new riffs on the slider every Wednesday night, when the restaurant offers sliders for $3 each. Last night, there was a new one stuffed with cotto ham, tallegio and fig jam. The other newbie featured fried mozzarella with roasted tomatoes. Both delicious and it’s cheaper than cooking at home. …

Are you a Krystal hog? Then be sure to show up at 1 p.m. on Sun., Sept. 13, at Lenox Square:

At the Krystal Square Off VI Atlanta Qualifier,
professional and amateur eaters will battle it out to see who can
consume the most Krystal Burgers and Big Angus Burgers in an 8-minute
eating contest. For the first time in Krystal Square Off history,
eaters will contend with two new rule changes—Big Angus Burger Bonus
Points and a No Dunking policy—that drastically alter the face of the
competition and have forced eaters to rethink their strategies.

And once again, five amateur hopefuls will be chosen on the spot an
hour before the qualifying eating contest to go head-to-head and
bite-to-bite against professional eaters. The winner of this event
earns one of the 12 coveted seats at the final table of the Krystal
Square Off VI World Hamburger Eating Championship, where the top
eaters compete for a whopping $50,000 in cash prizes, the largest cash
purse in competitive eating history

Good news release: “McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurants in Atlanta are demonstrating their passion for quality ingredients and commitment to the Georgia’s food and agricultural industry by adding two new items to their daily printed menus featuring certified Wild Georgia Shrimp™ and other locally-sourced products. The new menu items – Wild Georgia Popcorn Shrimp with Vidalia Onion Marmalade dipping sauce and Wild Georgia Shrimp Low Country Boil – are being launched in honor of the restaurants’ 10 year anniversary in the Atlanta market.”. …

Go shopping and have lunch with Chinese Southern Belles this Sat., Aug. 22. Sign up for the event online. For more events, check out their website. …

Get your fresh produce at Danneman’s:

Danneman’s coffee shop in the Old
Fourth Ward has partnered with Fresh Roots Farm, an Atlanta farm
project, to provide weekly baskets of freshly picked produce to
customers. A $25 basket includes five to eight different organic
vegetables and half a dozen free-range organic eggs, and pairs
perfectly with a pound of Danneman’s locally roasted coffee and fresh
pastries. All baskets must be ordered and paid for one week before
pick up, and can be pre-ordered for multiple weeks at a lower cost.

Danneman’s is located on the corner of Boulevard and Edgewood Ave. in
the Old Fourth Ward at 466 Edgewood Ave., Atlanta, Ga.   Call
404-380-1393 for more information,

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You’ve probably read about the South Carolina woman who has been charged with criminal neglect because of her 14-year-old son’s obesity. The boy, who weighs more than 550 lbs., is now in foster care.

CNN interviewed the mother’s attorneys yesterday. …

Another Wednesday, another absurdly inexpensive meal of Chef Lance Gummere’s designer sliders at the Shed on Glenwood. I notice that in my original post on Omnivore, I suggested that the $3 treats were big enough that two would fill the average diner. The last two weeks, I’ve ordered three and Wayne has had four — and not because they’ve grown any smaller in size. Addiction. …

Blogger Amy Wallas hits Varasano’s: “We tried the salumi and the white clam pizza. The salumi was tasty, with good fresh mozzarella and Italian meats. The char on the pizza gave it flavor and body as well, but to be honest… .”

Gidget, Taco Bell’s mascot, gives up the ghost at 15. …

How to make a smoothie with your feet. …

Photographer Broderick Smylie checks out the action at Noon in Midtown. I may be mistaken, but I believe Broderick hit Noon after leaving another nearby restaurant still hungry. …

Steakhead has been quiet lately but he likes Teela Taqueria in Sandy Springs.

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We hit the Shed at Glenwood tonight for its regular Wednesday “$3 Slider Night.” I admit that I was skeptical about this but — damn — whatta deal. Chef Lance Gummere was cooking six sliders, all of which we tried: fried chicken, pork schnitzel, liver and onions, chicken salad, pork belly BLT and an Angus burger.

Wayne and I ordered four each and, despite being professional over-eaters, could not finish them all. These are smallish — compared to one of Miss Anne’s Ghetto Burgers. But as Wayne said of the one he carried home, “This here fried chicken one is bigger than a Chick-fil-a.” Indeed, I’m tempted to say they’re almost all as large as the burgers at Flip.

All of them were tasty, although I didn’t much care for the mustard on the schnitzel. I’m not sure why. It’s certainly a classic condiment for schnitzel. My favorite was probably the least adventurous — the plain Angus burger.

An average eater would be quite happy with two of these, I think — three at the outside. Thank God we scrapped our plan to order some truffled fries on the side.

I have yet to taste Chef Gummere’s fried chicken hearts. As a kid, I used to fight my father for the heart and gizzard when my mother fried chicken. Gummere is serving the hearts over so-called “toad in the hole” — toasted brioche with a hole in the center in which an egg is fried.

Gummere is  interviewed on the restaurant’s site. I like this:

What got you interested in cooking in the first place?
The television show Three’s Company!  Jack Tripper was a chef and lived with two beautiful girls.  I wanted that life.

(Photo by Cliff Bostock)

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