Any other Southerners out there ever felt an odd mix of high brow AND down home at the same time? Like caviar on a deviled egg? Then you’re in the right place. Being Two-Sided Southern has a lot to do with food.
It means you are equally as comfortable at a five-star restaurant as Waffle House. Sometimes I feel like I’m trying to ride two horses with one ass. But instead of hiding one side of me from the other, I decided to embrace it all and start this site for people like me. Those Southerners who feel torn between two worlds, but also feel at home in both as well. If you like cheese grits or fried chicken with your Champagne, and don’t apologize for it, this is the place. From fine dining to casual joints, we explore food in the Southern culture.
If you ever feel Two-Sided Southern too, then pitch a woo, ‘cause you’ve come to the right place. A place where an affinity for both cheese grits and caviar mean you have great taste.
Micki Kimberly grew up in Warner Robins, Georgia. She’s the Executive Pastry Chef for Slater Hospitality. She’s a rising Atlanta pastry chef on the culinary scene of our city.
The best premade meal program for diabetes and nutrition is called Good Measure Meals. It’s fabulous for families. You just heat and serve.
As I finish my second year writing Two-Sided Southern, I am still having such an incredible time. I adore telling stories about the South and its people. The kind of people who embrace being both high-brow and down home as shown in these top 10 blogs of 2022.
If you are a fan of Vidalia onions like me, I’ve found four of the best onion dips around Atlanta.
I did y’all a favor and hit up some of the newest high-end, fine dining restaurants in Atlanta. And a few other new spots that aren’t quite down home, but have that casual vibe we love in the South. If you’re like me, you’ll find joy in the cuisine and ambiance at both kinds of places.
This Sausage Cream Cheese Rotel Dip Recipe is the perfect appetizer to serve for football game day or at a tailgate. It’s a big crowd pleaser.
Atlanta’s Post Meridiem Spirits have the best canned cocktails in the biz. They just won San Francisco World Spirits Competition—the Grammys of booze.
Locals are loving this new Dunwoody restaurant dubbed BAR{n} from Atlanta chef Nick Leahy and restaurant vet David Abes.
Nikki Seaman is an Atlanta female entrepreneur and the CEO and founder of Freestyle Snacking. She’s making olives sexy again. Freestyle currently is disrupting the olives industry and is a low carb, low calorie snack.
I put together a tasty list of the top 10 dishes in Atlanta that go from down home to high brow and back again.
