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Chow Club co-founders Amanda Plumb, right, and Yohana Solomon.
BY CLARE S. RICHIE
June Highlights 2
Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting
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“E.T. The Extraterrestrial” Pics in the Park
City Hall 6 p.m.
Pernoshal Park dusk
on the Green 11 Groovin’
The 80ators Brook Run Park Amphitheater 6 - 9 p.m.
City Council Meeting 13 Dunwoody
City Hall 5 p.m. Special-Called Meeting 6 p.m. Regular Meeting
14 Planning Commission Meeting 4 Free First Saturday Art Commission Meeting 7 Dunwoody 19 Juneteenth Dunwoody Nature Center
City Hall 6 p.m.
City Hall 7:30 a.m.
Throughout the month, enjoy the Storywalk at Brook Run Park, “All Different Now, First Day of Freedom”
Committee Meeting 9 Sustainability 8 a.m.
11 “Summer Gardening”
Free Master Gardener Talk Dunwoody Community Garden & Orchard
Monthly Community Bike Ride Meet at Village Burger 3:45 p.m.
20 City Hall closed
in observance of Juneteenth
Food Truck Thursdays every Thursday through Oct. 27 Brook Run Park
Dunwoody Farmers Market
presented by the Dunwoody Homeowners Association
20 JUNE 2022 | REPORTER NEWSPAPERS
every Saturday | 9-12 Brook Run Park
On May 7 and May 8, Chef Carmenia Morgan Tyrus presented an authentic five-course Liberian meal to more than 50 Chow Club Atlanta guests in a new Lindbergh-area office building atrium. Chef Tyrus served up plantains with corn beef hash gravy, sweet potato greens with smoked meats, coconut candy, homemade ginger beer and more, while sharing stories and pepper sauce. “It was amazing!” Chef Tyrus shared. “The guests really enjoyed the food and asked me a lot of questions.” Chef Tyrus migrated to the U.S as a teenager and spent 25plus years in nursing before becoming a chef and running Musulyn’s Catering & Events Planning. The monthly pop-up supper club, Chow Club Atlanta, brings chefs and members together in a way that’s mutually respectful and beneficial. “It’s about celebrating cultures through food,” Chow Club co-founder Amanda Plumb said. It’s also about supporting small business owners, she said. Ciao Chow on June 17 and 18 will feature Chef Deborah Kudelka’s Italian creations including arugula soup, eggplant “meatballs,” and Nutella stuffed crepes with coffee/liqueur sauce. “It’s not going to be things you’ve seen on an Italian menu before,” Plumb said. Kudel-
ka is a private chef with 20 years in the Atlanta restaurant and catering industry. Up next in July, Cantonese cuisine. Each dinner includes vegetarian, vegan and gluten free options. The idea for Chow Club was sparked when Plumb asked Yohana Solomon to cater a traditional Ethiopian dinner for her friends. “I used to organize Atlanta Underground Market, a pop-up food event that promoted small businesses — mostly refugee and immigrant chefs,” Chow Club co-founder Solomon said. “Amanda was a member and volunteer. One day Amanda asked if I could recommend a great Ethiopian restaurant. I said ‘my house.’” Solomon knew a lot of chefs. Plumb had friends who loved to eat. “What if we started hosting once a month?” they pondered. Since then and despite a 466-day COVID-19 pause, the venture has served more than 4,000 guests at 83 dinners from 34 different cultures including Syria, Antigua, Korea, Afghanistan, Hungary, Morocco, Nigeria, the Philippines and more. Interested chefs submit a menu for consideration. “We invite them for a tasting,” Plumb said. “We have a photographer take photos for our website and social media and share them with the chefs to help build their brands.” Chow Club lets chefs focus on the food while they handle everything else. reporternewspapers.com
