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NPU votes against Fuqua’s proposal, but city committee approves it BY COLLIN KELLEY

A candle-lighting ceremony was part of Peachtree Road United Methodist Church’s Carols by Candlelight service on Dec. 7. Here, Sean Kelly and niece Kate Calhoun share the light of their two candles. The service also included lessons and sing-along caroling that highlight the Christmas season. See more photos on page 20.

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A developer’s latest plan to build a grocery store on Lindbergh Drive is meeting neighborhood opposition, but has won approval from a City Council committee. Buckhead’s Neighborhood Planning Unit-B voted 17-to-8 on Dec. 2 to oppose a request by Fuqua Development to rezone 13 acres between Morosgo and Lindbergh drives for a mixed-use development. But on Dec. 9, the Atlanta City Council Community Development Committee voted to approve the plan. The request is expected to be considered by Atlanta City Council in January. Fuqua wants to build an 82,000-squarefoot Kroger supermarket in partnership with Greystar Development, which would build more than 190 apartments. Some of SEE NPU, PAGE 20

Proposed North Buckhead plan will be ready for city review soon BY JOE EARLE

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Joey Wilkinson liked much of what he saw when the North Buckhead Civic Association’s consultants unveiled a draft of their proposed plans for his neighborhood’s future transportation, parks and land use. “There’re definitely some ideas I like,” Wilkinson said, holding a bicycle helmet beneath his arm as he looked over one of the easel-mounted maps shown to association members Dec. 4. “I think it’s ambitious.” Planners working with the neighborhood group are drafting a proposed community plan for the neighborhood to adopt and then present to city of Atlanta officials in January. City officials will then look over and solicit comment on the proposals, which are scheduled to go to Atlanta City Council for formal consideration next March, said Caleb Racicot, who works

with consultants TSW. The plan was developed through a series of public meetings and after discussions with neighborhood groups, planners said. “We have made our best effort to respond to the wide variety of opinions we have heard [about what should be included in the plan],” Racicot told about 40 residents who attended the final plan presentation at St. James United Methodist Church. The draft proposal called for adding sidewalks, bike lanes and new crosswalks to some streets; developing new trails in the area; encouraging a mix of types of development along Roswell Road; and maintaining the single-family character of the overall neighborhood. “I like the pedestrian-friendly improvements,” resident Ted SEE RESIDENTS, PAGE 4

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Gaillard said. “I’ve got three grandchildren and we walk all over Buckhead.” Wilkinson endorsed the proposal to bring to Roswell Road differing types of development, such as a mix of Mark Wilhelmi housing and shops. “There’s a lot of stuff on Roswell Road that I think gets overlooked because people just zoom by,” he said. Marc Rioux, who lives near Roswell Road, agreed. And he said he’d like to see projects to improve transportation in the neighborhood. “We live in an upscale neighborhood with very poor roads,” Rioux said. Not everyone liked everything they saw

in the proposal. Mark Wilhelmi worried the planners were trying to preserve too much in some areas, in the face of development pressures. “I feel like we need to spread Buckhead out a little more,” he said. But Peter Rogers thought the plan didn’t go far enough. “I’d like to see more public transportation included – bus lanes on Piedmont Road and better bus service on Peachtree Road,” he said. “Buses will get you places much faster than taking your car. If you encourage people to get out of their cars, maybe you don’t need so many lanes.” “Still, I think it’s a good effort,” he said. “There’re a lot of good things here.” Resident Bob Young also seemed to approve of the proposals. “Most of the things in the plan I will never see,” Young said as he left the gathering. “But we’ve got to look beyond that and do the best we can for the folks who will still be here.”

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“Online, deﬁnitely. All online. We’ll be traveling and it’s much easier to order it all online and have it shipped to Minnesota and then wrap it. We’ll be doing more shopping, but just because the family’s grown. There are more cousins.”

Q: Are you doing more holiday shopping online than you did in years past? And do you plan to spend more, less or about the same for holiday gifts this year, as compared to last year? “All my shopping has been online. I’m spending more this year because I just graduated from school and have my ﬁrst job and a little more to spend.”

“Yes, I’m deﬁnitely doing more shopping online. I avoid the stores as much as I can. I don’t like crowds. I don’t like parking problems. I don’t like to shop, period. I’m probably spending about the same this year as last year.”

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Susan Clark “Yes. [Why?] Time. It’s great. If I’m tired, I can sit on the couch and knock out three or four presents. This year, I can spend a little more.”

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It’s the middle of December, and The Question is on everyone’s lips: Are you done yet? As if Christmas is a chore. Are you done yet? How should a person respond to that? “Yes, I’m done! I’ve washed two loads of clothes, cleaned the bathroom, made dinner and besides all that, I’m done with Christmas!” Is that any way to treat the most wonderful time of the year? The thing is, the question is gender specific—it’s the question that we mothers are asking each other. When we’re chatting at the class party, when we pass each other in the aisles of Publix, sleepdeprived and overwhelmed, we give each other a knowing look and then ask…are you done, yet?

ment stores and bakerROBIN JEAN ies, haunting MARIE CONTE us with guilt if we don’t ROBIN’S NEST spread a little joy to everyone we know, in the form of a loaf of homemade banana bread. December has become the designated “show your appreciation month.” It’s also become national “bake your best cookie month,” “light up your yard month,” “spruce up your house month,” “send cards to your friends month” and “visit your relatives month.” It makes for a daunting list of tasks. But I decided that it was time to take the reindeer by the antlers and do something about it. It occurred to me that if I was going to take the chore out of Christmas, I needed to extend the deadline. I got permission for the extension from a song. You know it, too—it’s the annoyingly redundant “The Twelve Days of Christmas”— the one that starts with a partridge in a pear tree and ends up sounding like “One Hundred Bottles of Beer on the Wall.” They’re not singing about a race through the malls from Dec. 14 to Christmas Day. The Twelve Days of Christmas start with Christmas and keep on going past the New Year and clear into January. They’re bonus days. These are the actual days of the Christmas season, and so I use these days to give gifts to the SPECIAL neighbors and the mailStop with the chores and have a cup of coffee. man. I entertain after After all, we are the purveyors of Christmas Day, when the house is still Christmas Magic. decorated and the holiday food is halfThe veritable winter wonderland that price. I give the teachers a New Year’s springs up each December—of decogift. I figure that friends can get our rations, gifts, parties, treats and greetgreeting cards around the time that the ing cards—is the product of wild-eyed Wise Men made it to the manger. women running ragged. It’s as if we Why not? moms are all swabbies on the U.S.S. It’s not a perfect solution, but it does Make It Happen and Captain Christmas help. It allows me a grace period, if you is in charge, barking orders and sending will—time to take a breath, tone down us to the poop deck. the trappings and do a bit of spiritual Somewhere along the line, Christpreparation for this holy season. It’s not mas Cheer got replaced with Christonly a traditional thing to do, it’s a sane mas Chore, and that’s a rotten, Grinchly thing to do. thing. I looked for the root of the fa-laSo put down that mop, you scurvy la-frenzy, and I discovered that it really swabs, and take a load off. Stop with the isn’t growing in my home. Rather, it’s chore and have a cup of cheer. out there with all the dashing through And make mine a double. the malls and showing our love to all of our friends, relatives and service providRobin Conte is a writer and mother of ers. The Christmas spirit has become four who lives in Dunwoody. She can be a goblin that chases us around departcontacted at robinjm@earthlink.net.

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ing end of that generosity and the caring attitude that permeates Shepherd. Myers was a member of diplomatic security on assignment in Tel Aviv. On a day off, he went for a swim in the Mediterranean Sea and a wave threw him to the ocean floor. Myers was barely able to speak and had no movement about his waist. That was in September. Today, Myers has regained movement and his speech, and is progressing daily with his rehabilitation. He sums up his experience at Shepherd succinctly: “This is an awesome place.” Shepherd also supports family members of patients. The center has 84 apartments on its Peachtree Road campus that are offered to families to use free of charge for up to 30 days. Tippett said it allows loved ones to be fully immersed in the rehabilitation process. “Training of family is just as important as training the patients to adapt and reintegrate,” Tippett said. Along with physical rehabilitation— such as sessions in the gym and the large, heated indoor pool—Shepherd also teaches patients to become self-sufficient (including cooking and driving)

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Lizette Leanza Our family’s holiday celebrations are deeply rooted in tradition. Every year we celebrate Noche Buena, or Spanish Christmas Eve, at my parents’ home in New Orleans with a traditional Cuban pork roast and an impressive four-course menu that has remained untouched by time since my grandmother was the hostess many years ago. It’s no secret that great food brings people together. On our holiday table where so many cultures converge, from my mother’s Spanish/Cuban traditions to my father’s Italian/Argentine roots, the spirit and magic of the holiday season come to life and everyone is welcome to join the festivities. I am proud of my multi-cultural heritage, and it warms my heart to know that my children are growing up surrounded by our unique family customs and traditions. During the holiday season, my girls aren’t dreaming of sugar plums but, instead, eagerly await a taste of Abuelita’s Flan. Flan is one of the most popular and classic desserts of Spain, and it’s found throughout most of Latin America. In its simplest form, flan is a creamy vanilla egg custard made with eggs, milk and sugar, baked in a water bath and served in a rich pool of sweet caramel sauce. Cream cheese is not traditionally used in flan, but it is my family’s “secret” for making the creamiest and richest flan that you will ever taste! For a step-by-step guide to making flan, visit www.onecraftykitchen.com. Lizette Leanza of Brookhaven edits the One Crafty Kitchen blog.

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For the egg custard: 8 ounces 1/3 reduced fat cream cheese, 12 ounces evaporated milk softened 2 cups whole milk Pinch sea salt 5 large eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla Whipped heavy cream for serving, op14 ounces sweetened condensed milk tional Preparation: 1. In a medium saucepan, dissolve the sugar in the water over high heat and cook until a brown caramel forms, about 6 to 8 minutes. 2. Meanwhile, in a large blender or mixing bowl, combine the cream cheese, salt, vanilla and milks until smooth and creamy. Add the eggs, one at a time, and beat just until combined. 3. Coat two round pans with the hot caramel, moving it around to coat all the way up the sides. Be careful—the caramel is extremely hot! 4. Pour the custard filling into the pans. Place the custard-filled pans into a larger pan. 5. For the water bath, fill the larger pans with enough warm water to cover halfway up the sides of the smaller pans. (I will usually do this in the oven to avoid splashing water around while transferring the pans to the oven.) 6. Bake the custards in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for one hour or until set. If it looks like the top is browning too quickly, you can cover it with aluminum foil and continue baking. Let the flan cool. Refrigerate for several hours before serving. The flan will literally be swimming in caramel sauce. To serve, spoon some of the sauce over the flan slice and top with whipped cream, if desired.

Joseph Dabney Every Christmas back in the 1940’s, our family looked forward to my mother’s big, nutty “Japanese fruitcake” creation, a scene doubtless repeated in households across the South. The cake’s oriental name has been a mystery over the years, since the cake contains no Japanese ingredients. A precursor, “Japanese Cake,” appeared in the 1895 “Tested Recipe Cook Book” in Atlanta’s “Cotton States International Exposition,” something of a world’s

HOLIDAY FOOD fair for its time. Mama bolstered her masterpiece with nuts and raisins and topped it with shredded coconut. Some friends substitute milk for water. The filling should be made first, followed by the cake layers. Joseph Dabney of Brookhaven won the 1999 James Beard “Cookbook of the Year Award” for “Smokehouse Ham, Spoon Bread and Scuppernong Wine.”

Mother Dabney’s Japanese Fruitcake For filling: 2 cups sugar 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1-1/2 cups boiling water For 3 cake layers: 1 cup butter 2 cups sugar 3 cups all-purpose flour 4 teaspoons baking powder 1 cup milk 6 eggs

1 fresh coconut, finely grated 2 lemons, finely grated 2 oranges, finely grated

1 cup pecans 3 teaspoons cinnamon 1 box raisins 1 teaspoon cloves 1 teaspoon nutmeg

For the filling: In saucepan, combine sugar and flour. Mix thoroughly. Add boiling water, then add coconut, lemon and oranges. Cook mixture on low for about 20 minutes, stirring constantly. Cook until mixture reaches proper consistency, but not too runny. Set aside. For the cake batter: Heat oven to 325-350F. In a large bowl, mix butter and sugar in mixer until fluffy. Add flour, baking powder, milk and eggs (one at a time) and beat everything together. Next, add to batter pecans, cinnamon, raisins, cloves and nutmeg. Pour batter into cake pans and bake until golden brown on top. When baked, punch tiny holes in each layer. Final step: Place first layer (with holes in it) on cake plate. Pour filling on top. Do same for second and third layers, then pour filling over top, along with shredded coconut.

Donna Lorenz When my parents married, my mother couldn’t cook. Dad loved to tell a story from early in their marriage that involved dinner guests and stuffed peppers and ended with dinner in a restaurant. But Mom practiced and was good enough by her 50s that she was teaching cooking classes in her kitchen. Christmas cookies were a specialty. She would bake large quantities, in a dozen or more varieties, and give them to friends and neighbors. These very pretty shortbread cookies were a favorite with her family and everyone lucky enough to get one of her trays of cookies. My copy of the recipe has this note on it: Aristocrats (without which it isn’t Christmas.) Donna Lorenz of Buckhead bakes at home.

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Aristocrats 1-3/4 sticks butter (14 tablespoons) at room temperature 2/3 cup granulated sugar 2 large eggs 2-1/2 cups all purpose flour 1/3 cup semisweet chocolate, finely chopped 1/3 cup walnuts, finely chopped course or pearl sugar (sometimes sold as “parl socker”) In a mixer, cream the butter and sugar, add one egg and beat. Add flour and mix just until well combined. Divide the dough in half. Wrap one half in waxed paper and refrigerate it. Divide remaining dough in half again. Knead the chopped chocolate into one half and nuts into the other half. Roll each half into a 10-inch cylinder, wrap in waxed paper and chill. Remove the reserved, chilled dough from the refrigerator and roll into a 9 x 11 inch rectangle. Cut in half lengthwise, to make two 11 inch by 4-1/2 inch rectangles. In a small bowl, beat the other egg lightly and brush one half of rectangle with the beaten egg. Place the chilled chocolate dough cylinder along the long edge of the rectangle and roll the dough tightly around the cylinder, so that it’s totally encased. Smooth the seam and press the dough firmly around the cylinder. Trim the ends. Repeat with the walnut cylinder and the other half rectangle of dough. Brush each roll with egg and roll in course sugar crystals. Rewrap the cylinders and chill 4 hours or more. When ready to bake, heat oven to 400 degrees. Remove one chilled cylinder from refrigerator and slice it into 1/3 inch disks. Repeat with other cylinder. Bake about 10 minutes, until cookies just begin to brown around the edges. Remove to a rack to cool. Note: If course sugar crystals aren’t available, the cookies will be very good without them, just not as pretty. CONTINUED ON PAGE 15

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Sage & Sausage Dressing Tools: 1 large cast iron skillet (I use a 12-3/4 inch); 1 large pot; 1 large bowl; 1 14 x 9 baking dish Ingredients: 2 rounds of cornbread 1 lb. sage sausage 1 red onion, diced 3 tablespoons dried sage 1 sweet onion, diced 1 tablespoon poultry seasoning 1 red bell pepper, diced 4 tablespoons salted butter 1 green bell pepper, diced 3 to 4 cups chicken stock (or broth) 4 stalks of celery, diced 1 tablespoon kosher salt 4 cloves of garlic, diced 1 tablespoon cracked black pepper 5 tablespoons of bacon grease (or butter…if you must) Cornbread: Mix cornbread mix/recipe of your choosing Preparation: Place 2 tablespoons of bacon grease (or butter) in cast iron skillet Put skillet in oven and heat to 450º. Once oven and skillet reach 450º, remove skillet and add cornbread mix. Replace in oven and bake for 20-25 minutes until the top is golden brown and the edges are deep brown. Remove from oven and place on rack to allow steam to escape. Prepare two rounds. Dice all the vegetables, place in a bowl to the side. Place the sausage in a large pot and brown. Add 4 tablespoons of butter to the pot and melt. Add garlic and stir for 3 minutes. Add vegetables to pot, stir and start to sauté. Add 2 tablespoons of dry sage. Sauté the mixture until onions look translucent. Remove from heat. In the large mixing bowl, break up the 2 rounds of cornbread with your hands. Add the sautéed mixture to the cornbread. Mix with a spoon and/or hands. Begin adding chicken stock, 1 cup at a time. Add the remaining sage and poultry seasoning, salt and pepper. Continue adding stock until the mixture in the bowl is firm but moist, to the point of nearly being wet. Preheat the oven to 350º. In the baking dish, use remaining bacon grease (or butter) to cover all the inner surfaces of the dish. If any of the grease (or butter) remains, just leave it in the bottom of the dish. Pour the cornbread mixture into the dish, evenly. Place dish in the oven and cook for 30-35 minutes.

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Amy and Beth Arogeti Sisters-in-law Beth and Amy Arogeti associate fried treats known as burmuelos with Hanukkah. “We never had them any other time,” Beth said. Now they share the honeydipped goodies with their families and at Congregation Or VeShalom’s Hanukkah Bazaar. “We remember our grandmothers making them and want to pass the recipe on,” Amy said. Beth and Amy Arogeti live in Sandy Springs.

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Soften yeast in 1/2 cup warm water. Place dry ingredients in a mixing bowl. Add yeast mixture, egg and the rest of the warm water; mix well. Allow to rise in covered bowl in warm place for 2 hours. Fill a 2-quart pot with 3 inches of cooking oil. Allow to get very hot. Take a teaspoonful of soft dough and drop into hot oil. Remove with slotted spoon when golden brown. For syrup: mix all ingredients together in pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until slightly sticky. Pour over Burmuelos while hot. From “The Sephardic Cooks Comé Con Gana,” compiled and published by Congregation Or VeShalom.

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I’m intrigued by restaurant names and what they say about a restaurant. Some are self-explanatory: The Atlanta Fish Market or Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q. Some are iconic, such as Bones or Bacchanalia. Some allude to history or literature, like Ink and Elm and King + Duke. Some are just whimsical, such as Sun In My Belly. Located in a former hardware store in Kirkwood, Sun In My Belly is a neighborhood café that serves brunch, lunch and dinner. If you ART HUCKABEE don’t live in the area, it’s a little hard Fried chicken, mac ‘n cheese and collards. to find the first time as there’s minimal signage. And, in typical Atlanta neighborhood fashion, there’s minimal The accompanying Parmesan mashed parking. potatoes affirmed my hunch, as they had The restaurant has a patio for warm the consistency of spackling compound. weather Sunday brunches, and just inThe Fez burger was undercooked. To side the door is a pastry/coffee counter if its credit, the kitchen re-fired a new one you just happen to want a quick bite. As rather than attempting to remedy the is the case with many old buildings that mistake in a microwave. The second itare converted into restaurants, the seating eration was properly done...hot and juicy is European banquet style with rows of on an onion Challah roll. It needed just a tables only separated by the slimmest of little more mint aioli to balance the lamb. margins that turn everyone into involunThere were lots of sweet offerings on tary eavesdroppers. The piercing “High the menu. The pumpkin crème brûlée C” screams of a nearby baby further rewas the perfect holiday sweet and the affirm that this isn’t necessarily your date s’mores parfait was a good riff on the tranight destination. ditional nighttime campfire treat. Sun In My Belly’s menu is extensive. As to the service, our experience (and From soups to salads, from “Lite Bites” that of many diners around us) suffered to “Big Bites,” and even a kids’ menu in from long pauses in between courses, the evening, there’s something for everymiscommunication between the kitchone. A four-course “Supper Club” menu en and the front of the house, and a genis available Thursday through Sunday for eral flurry of activity that came across as $35. There’s a decent wine selection and flailing. There’s a team effort at play here they offer craft beers. but the players don’t know their individAs an appetizer, we tried the fried ual roles. On a positive note, the hostess green tomatoes with pimento cheese. The did inquire about our experience at the unripe tomatoes were lightly battered and end of the meal and seemed genuinely infried to an al dente doneness with just the terested in our feedback. right dab of pimento cheese. We could Sun In My Belly may be a whimsical have eaten another serving.We sampled a name and some of the food is pretty sunvariety of salads. They were freshly assemny, but the service is mostly cloudy with bled with good ingredients. a chance of rain. For entrees, we ordered the fried Sun In My Belly is located at 2161 chicken, the meatloaf and the Fez burger. College Ave. NE, Atlanta, 30317. For The chicken was hot and crispy; the meat more information, call (404) 370-1088 moist and tender. The accompanying or visit suninmybelly.com. mac ‘n cheese had a smoky Gouda taste and the mojo collard greens were spicy, Art Huckabee is one of Yelp’s Elite Rebut a bit too vinegary. The meatloaf with viewers, as well as a pilot, gourmet cook and tomato jam had good flavor but was dry, food lover. Send feedback to atlantafoodas if it had lingered under a heat lamp. writer@gmail.com

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block of Moores Mill Road–On Nov. 24, a person was found lying on the side of the Maxi Emission Station with a gunshot wound. A witness told police that the shooter drove away in a green Silverado. The witness later refused to cooperate with police, telling the officer he “would tell him later.”

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block of Northside Drive–On Nov. 26, a man got out of his car to smoke a cigarette when another man wearing a black hoodie walked up behind him and pointed a silver pistol, demanding that the man “lay down on the ground.” The victim got on the ground. The man with a gun said, “I’m going to shoot you,” but did not make demands for anything. A PT Cruiser pulled up next to the gunman, who got in, and the car then drove north on Northside Drive.

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block of Ardmor NW–On Nov. 27, a man awoke to being punched in the face by his boyfriend because the boyfriend thought the man was cheating on him. The punched man had injuries to

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 700

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