By Taylor Henriquez on November 30, 2010 at 11:10 pm Under: Culture
Waking up at 7:45 a.m. on a Saturday morning is usually not my idea of a good time. After a night out at the 40 Watt Club with a pit stop at Little Italy afterwards, knocked out in my bed was the only place I wanted to spend my morning as well as my afternoon.. After five minutes of repeatedly hitting the snooze button, I got myself out of bed to venture out and experience one of Athens’ best kept secrets, the Athens Farmers Market.
In a state dominated by Wal-Marts and Krogers, the Athens Farmers Market offers the community a sampling of produce, meats, dairies, baked goods and crafts, all either locally grown or made within a 60 mile radius of Athens. “The whole idea is the pull people away from food in boxes with food from the ground,” said Jan Kozak, the market manager. Every farmer at the market produces food that is certified naturally grown, an alternative standard to the United States Department of Agriculture’s organic seal. Read More
By BLVD on November 24, 2010 at 10:45 pm Under: Style
Photographs by: Jacquelyne Pierson & Charles-Ryan Barber
Our models: Paris Rouzati, Elizabeth Turner, Meghan Crites, Jefferson Hopkins, Nicholas Hollins, & Cardin Scott Bell
And, thank you to Hotel Indigo and Dree & Co.
By Chelsea Goff on November 24, 2010 at 10:15 pm Under: Style
By Jamie Lamberski on November 13, 2010 at 5:36 pm Under: Culture
The kitchen, cluttered with kegs and beer bottles, is steaming like a tropical spring as boiling water is muffled in clouds rising from the stove. Jordan Warren, a University of Georgia undergraduate from Alpharetta, Ga., is brewing three batches of beer.
“What I’m doing here is an all-grain, 60 minute mash, 60 minute boil, brewing system,” Jordan says as he sprinkles a package of aromatic hops into the beer kettle. All-grain brewing, as opposed to extract brewing, is for the more advanced or ambitious home brewer. Read More
