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The Lakeside Legacy
Lakeside Restaurant is celebrating its 27th season this year. Each year they spring back from their winter break full of fresh ideas and menu items, sure to please the most discriminating palate. Delicious appetizers, light soups, and refreshing salads are the perfect prelude to a delicious meal from their carefully chosen menu. Choose from menu favorites such as cider …
Beautiful Bites, Glorious Sips
Wine dinner dining is, in my opinion, perfect dining. It’s the unique opportunity to taste a glorious stream of dishes that passionate chefs create specifically for that one evening – beautiful, memorable bites that aren’t seen on a restaurant’s daily menu. Couple that once-in-a lifetime food experience with an array of the very best wines that a winery has to …
National Waitstaff Day
This column is the first in a series of special calendar day recognitions. Selected months and days are named in tribute to the things that make America great. For example, the entire month of May is National Peanut Month. Time to grab a big spoon and jar of Skippy. Ah’m hamneen num right mnow. Other noteworthy May days are May …
Pita Pizza
How about some easy pizza for a casual family dinner? Surprisingly, pizza made from pita bread tastes wonderful. It is very similar to thin crust pizza and takes only five minutes to make. You can top this pizza with any toppings you enjoy. Tomatoes, pesto sauce, mushrooms, broccoli, onions, garlic, peppers, cheese- are all great topping ideas. I also like …
A Wine Encounter
Ron and Jamie Coleman, owners and wine makers of Tamarack Cellars in Washington, visited The Log Cabin Restaurant in Highlands during Grapevine Distributers’ annual Trade Wine Show in April. Tamarack Cellars has been collecting 90+ ratings from Wine Enthusiast, Wine Advocate, and Wine Spectator since they hit the wine scene in 1998. Whether it’s the widely distributed Firehouse Red or …
Mama’s Salad Dressing
Listening to Deborah Berlin speak about her love of cooking is rather like taking a trip around the world. Deborah, who now shares her passion worldwide for nutrition and healthy living, is also a fascinating storyteller. Her father and mother lived in Iran while he worked for the Near East Foundation in the 1950’s. When they moved back home to …
Sublime Surprises
When I got the assignment to visit Bella’s Junction Café I was pole-axed. I’ve lived here for decades, I know the shining stars of the Highlands-Cashiers culinary scene, and the out-of-the-way places that are just testing the waters of this most Darwinian community. I’ve witnessed the waxing and waning of places that’ve earned regional, even national, reputations. I’ve seen the …
35 Years of Masterful Music
The Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival has won an international reputation for its lineup of world-class artists and budding young talents, coupled with innovative programming. This year, its 35th season, promises more of the same. In fact, the excitement starts before the season even begins. “Chamber Music in the Garden” will be held at the Atlanta Botanical Garden on Sunday May 15. …
Just Haven’t Met You Yet
This is the first in a series of articles on the amazing pool of performing talent on the Highlands’ club and restaurant scene. First up, Cy Timmons a favorite entertainer at Old Edwards Inn. Cy Timmons, an accomplished musician who has opened for headliners like Joan Rivers and Tuck and Patty, says, “At 16 I played guitar as a hobby. …
The Game’s Afoot
Highlands Cashiers Players is bringing to the stage one of Ken Ludwig’s best-loved plays, “The Game’s Afoot.” This 2012 Edgar Award winning production will be performed May 19 through 22 and again May 26 through 29 at the Highlands Performing Arts Center. The play is set in 1936 and Broadway star William Gillette, admired the world over for his role …
2 Outstanding League Artists
Two members of the Art League of Highlands-Cashiers were recently honored by the Georgia Watercolor Society by having their works selected for the 34th Annual National Competition. Art League President Patty Calderone’s painting, “The Poet,” was selected for the show and long-time Art League member Pamela Haddock’s “All That Glitters” was selected for the show and received an Honorable …
Winner Wonderland
Congratulations to Wanda Cooper, David Stroud and Hoyt Starkey! They were the top vote getters in our 2017 Winter Cover Photo Contest. Hundreds of the Laurel’s Facebook family cast thousands of votes for over 60 photo entries in the annual photo contest. And the winner is…Wanda Cooper. Wanda’s beautiful photograph (left) will be featured on the cover of the Laurel’s …
