Bob Townsend

Townsend’s Landlord Ale is a clone recipe with very expensive British ingredients that rips-off Timothy Taylor’s Landlord Ale — a Brit brew with a crazy cult following.

Recently opened at the Modera Buckhead, Lucian Books and Wine is the clever creation of Cover Books founder Katie Barringer and former Cakes and Ale and Bread and Butterfly sommelier Jordan Smelt.

Monks Meadery, the company founded by Atlanta homebrew buddies Martin Key and Justin Schoendorf, has become a viable beverage business. And its first taproom, which recently opened below Java Vino on North Highland Avenue, is a visible sign of that growth.

Halfway Crooks, a brewery located in Atlanta’s Summerhill neighborhood, celebrates its second anniversary with the release of Ctrl-Alt-Del Altbier, a Dusseldorf-inspired German-style Altbier.

“Eat Cool: Good Food for Hot Days” by Vanessa Seder (Rizzoli, $39.95) is one of the smartest and most useful cookbooks we’ve happened on in a long time — especially for anyone living in a place where summers are stifling.

Patterson Hood of the Drive By Truckers returns to the stage at City Winery for two shows on June 18. We’ll talk with him about his pandemic year and how it feels to get back to playing live.

Healthy fast-casual concept Sweetgreen opened its first Atlanta location at Ponce City Market in June 2021. Founded in Washington, D.C., in 2007, with a mission statement that reads “building healthier communities by connecting people to real food,” the company currently owns and operates some 120 l…

Blackbird Farms Brewery recently opened on a busy stretch of Lawrenceville Highway in Lilburn. Owner Matt Williams is a longtime Atlanta brewer, brewery consultant and beverage professional.

Wild Heaven brewmaster Eric Johnson is a lager aficionado. And his year-round Euro-Style Pilsner is like a local version of some of the great Czech and German classics. With that in mind, Wild Heaven Euro-Style Pilsner is this week’s Beer Pick.

These spring-to-summer desserts from Miller Union executive pastry chef Claudia Martinez feature bright flavors and seasonal fruit, but there’s a special treat for chocolate lovers, too.

Some four years after it opened in Sandy Springs, Kaiser’s can be a tough reservation, drawing the kind of classy, clubby crowd that used to be exclusive to Buckhead. And, though it faces a strip center, the design by the Johnson Studio creates an elegant mix of contemporary and traditional elements…

In Atlanta, Rightside Brewing recently released an American IPA, after debuting its Citrus Wheat beer in January 2021. The startup was founded in 2017, when entrepreneur Emree Woods, who was pregnant with her daughter at the time, decided there was a need for better nonalcoholic beverages.

Sprezzatura is a new Italian-style pilsner from Arches Brewing in Hapeville, Georgia.

In “The Twisted Soul Cookbook,” Atlanta chef Deborah VanTrece writes about a series of eureka moments, when she “became determined to give soul food a higher profile in her cooking and catering.” Recipes include Fresh Salmon Croquettes With Spring Pea, Bacon, and Radish Salad and 7UP Pound Cake.

Nestled in the heart of downtown Atlanta, on a sloping stretch of Andrew Young International Boulevard just off Peachtree Street, Amalfi Pizza is billed as “a traditional Neapolitan pizzeria.” The restaurant will open a second location in Buckhead in 2021, along with speakeasy bar Red Phone Booth.

According to Terrapin Brewery co-founder and VP Brian “Spike” Buckowski, right now, Terrapin likely has more women working in the brewery in Athens than any other craft-size brewery in the U.S.

Nichole Dandrea-Russert, Atlanta-based nutritionist and author of “The Fiber Effect,” shares one of her favorite plant-based recipes for Chipotle Chickpea Salad.

Straight Outta Munich, an export-style Helles from Round Trip, one of Georgia’s newest breweries, is this week’s Beer Pick.

In late February, Round Trip Brewing opened to the public with an impressive array of German-style lagers, including takes on Alt, Dunkel, Helles, Pilsner, Rye Alt, and Smoked Doppelbock, plus a West Coast IPA.

High Pines Imperial IPA, a new year-round offering from Highland Brewing, is good example of the artful way the Asheville, North Carolina brewery takes on and tweaks classic styles.