Familiar menu, local flavor live on at Mike and C’s

Many of you living in Fayette County will remember Shadows Restaurant. Opened in 1985 in the Peachtree Crossings shopping center, for nearly two decades the restaurant served a loyal following of customers until its closing one year ago.

For those of you still missing the delicious menu, friendly wait staff and great atmosphere Shadows offered, you will be glad to know there is another restaurant in Peachtree City keeping the memories alive. MORE

Stop the dish

The scoop on cones

By RENEE ENNA
Chicago Tribune

Abbott did it for Costello. Sonny did it for Cher. Behind every star is the straight man, humbly standing in the shadow of his glitzier partner. A lot of foods play this role too — pie crust, hot dog buns and dry vermouth spring to mind. But our vote for Best Supporting Actor in a Classic Food Combination would have to be the cone. MORE

A honey of a contest

Recipe search coincides with start of football season

For many, tailgating isn't just a pregame meal, it's an obsession. Ribs, burgers and barbecued chicken are the all-stars of tailgating feasts, and the key to a winning recipe is in the sauce.

A blend of herbs and spices starts off a great sauce, but there is one ingredient that gives barbecue an extra special flavor, and it's honey! Now tailgate chefs have a chance to enter their honey barbecue recipe and see if it scores. MORE

Frozen assets

Hautes Glaces, upscale ice creams from Vosges Haut-Chocolat, put an ultra-sophisticated spin on a summer-time staple. Flavors include: Pandan (dark chocolate infused with pandan, a fragrant Asian herb similar to vanilla); Red Fire (ancho chili powder and cinnamon heating up dark chocolate ice cream); Wattleseed (white chocolate ice cream infused with the seed from Australia, which tastes like a combination of hazelnut, chocolate and coffee); a fourth, Naga, is a sorbet (coconut, white chocolate and curry flavoring white chocolate sorbet). MORE

Sausage savvy

First, let’s get past the name: Applegate Farms’ organic Fire Roasted Red Pepper Chicken & Turkey Sausage. Phew. Now to the taste: Most tasters enjoyed the layers of flavor in these links, though one complained about blandness. The fully cooked sausages just need to be reheated; they tasted good on their own, but also would work as part of a larger recipe. A 12-ounce package of four links is $5 in the refrigerator case at specialty grocers or online at www.applegatefarms.com. MORE