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New city manager sees ‘great opportunity’ BY ELLEN ELDRIDGE

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As members of the council and Mayor Mike Davis looked at images of the L.A. fire, they noted how “you can see the wood frame.” Nall used the pictures to support his argument that the city should adopt tougher – and controversial – building codes. City officials have been debating the changes for

Eric Linton has been planning for the job of city manager his whole career. “It’s been a goal of mine since I first entered government service in a planning and director role,” he said. “My goal was always to get into admin. I spent 14 years with Douglas County and now I’m continuing my career path into a city manager position.” Dunwoody City Council on Dec. 8 voted unanimously to hire Linton as the 6-year-old city’s second city manager. City Councilman Denny Shortal, a member of the committee appointEric Linton ed to find a new city manager, said Linton stood out to all the committee members. “I think the citizens are going to embrace him,” Shortal said Linton said he learned of the job during the summer and saw a “great opportunity” to serve one of metro Atlanta’s “premier cities.” The area provides both high-end office developments and an ability to attract Fortune 500 companies, Linton said, as well as offering a solid residential community. “The two provide a good balance, with office, commercial and residential,” he said. Linton said his passion for planning and zoning goes back to watching the area where he grew up (he graduated from Chamblee High School) go from rural to suburban, and now is at the center of the growth cycle. “Watching the area grow and wanting to be part of that cycle has always inspired me, and I’ve wanted to help shape it into the fu-

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Best friends Tatum O’Grady, age 7, and Emme Cook, age 6, share their Christmas wish lists with Santa at the Light Up Dunwoody holiday event on Nov. 30. The girls both attend Austin Elementary School. More photos on page 22.

Council votes to toughen rules for some multi-story buildings BY ELLEN ELDRIDGE

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City Councilman Terry Nall opened a council discussion about amending building codes Dec. 8 by showing images of Los Angeles fires from that day’s television news. Nall said he woke up at 6 a.m. that morning, just like he does every work day, but on Dec. 8 he saw the news showing a giant fire consuming a structure in Los Angeles, Calif. The structure was a wood-framed apartment building, he said.

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Two proposals for new townhomes met with very different reactions when developers presented their plans to members of the Dunwoody Homeowners Association on Dec. 7. The first project, which would develop 81 townhomes at 1530 Dunwoody Village Parkway, met sharp criticism. Residents said the proposal didn’t fit the neighborhood and challenged it as creating “cookie-cutter” townhomes. “The product is unsatisfactory for this type of project,” resident Bob Lunsten said. Lawyer Den Webb, representing the developer of the second project, said the development would add 40 three-story townhomes on Old Springhouse Lane. Webb said the project would conform to the look and feel of other Dunwoody projects and would be faced with brick, stone and masonry materials. As he introduced Providence Group President Warren Jolly, Webb said many in the audience probably knew him and the work his company has done on Dunwoody Village Parkway, which is near the townhome plan that had been criticized. The audience erupted into laughter, clapping for his proposal. “And with that, I conclude my presentation,” Webb joked, before describ-

“The message is, we’re down-zoning this site. It’s probably more in keeping with what people want to see.” – DEN WEBB

ing the location and proposal of the project to include an application to rezone and a variance request. Jolly said he considers himself a “lifestyle provider” and assured residents he planned for gated entryways, a 12-foot multi-use trail, guest parking and other amenities. “The message is, we’re down-zoning this site,” Webb said. “It’s probably more in keeping with what people want to see.” The property sits directly behind the Georgetown Shopping Center, sharing its southern boundary with the rear of the Kroger grocery store. The proposals are scheduled to go before the Planning Commission on Jan. 13, City Planner Rebecca Keefer said in a memo.

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Nature Center gets $12,500 donation Cox Communications donated $12,500 to the Dunwoody Nature Center to hire a part-time employee responsible for B RIEFS community engagement and volunteerism, Executive Director of the Dunwoody Nature Center Alan Mothner said in a press release. “The magnitude of this gift lives beyond its initial donation,” Mothner said. “By adding staff to further engage the community in our mission, the Chairman’s Cup award will allow us to serve an even greater number of individuals and the more community involvement that we have, the greater our impact throughout the region.”

Council allocates more money for paving A proposed five-year paving plan strives to sustain the progress made on arterial and collector roads, while increasing the funding for neighborhood streets, city officials say. Mayor Mike Davis and members of City Council decided to allocate an additional $400,000 to paving in the 2015 budget due in part to a survey showing that the percent of residential streets in poor condition has grown from 15 percent to 45 percent. The overall pavement rating is 66, up from 69 in 2009, city officials said. They said they hope to reach a score of 50 within five years.

City looks at ways to name new parks

Dunwoody City Councilman Denny Shortal said during the Dec. 8 meeting that he’d like city staff to take a look at how other cities name their new parks. “I think citizens would like to get involved with this,” Shortal said. He said residents had told him they had no input on naming Georgetown Park. “I’d like staff to look at how other cities do it and have everybody from citizens and staff to council have a say,” Shortal said. “That’s transparency in my mind.”

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ture,” Linton said. “I’m going to work with City Council and where they see the city going over the next five to 10 years, and work with them to achieve those goals.” After earning a Bachelor of Science in Operations Management, with a minor in land development and economics, Linton continued his education at Georgia Institute of Technology and earned a Master of City and Regional Planning in 1995. Starting in 2000, Linton worked in various positions with Douglas County, becoming Douglas County Administrator in 2006. He said he is excited to return home, as he and his wife live just six miles outside the Dunwoody City limit. Mayor Mike Davis called the city’s first city manager, Warren Hutmacher, “amazingly dogged” and credited him as having “basically started this city.” “The task of replacing him was certainly difficult,” Davis said. It took nearly eight months for a committee comprised of the mayor, three council members and two residents to choose Linton. The committee unanimously voted for Linton from the top five finalists, selected from 83 total candidates.

Since April 26, Police Chief Billy Grogan stepped up to the role of acting city manager for the remainder of the year. He said he is happy that Jan. 5 will be his last day as acting city manager, but he has learned a lot while balancing two full-time jobs. He credits his success to the city’s staff members who guided him and the police officers who filled in while he was absent. Grogan said he was asked to step up in part because he was not interested in applying for the city manager job full-time. He has been with the city since the beginning and had established good relationships with the community, city department heads, mayor and city council, he said. “I think it really helped me see how the police department fits in with the whole city and what we’re trying to accomplish as a city,” Grogan said. “I already knew that from the perspective of the police department, but seeing the perspective from the other departments and being involved on that end of things...I think is going to help a lot [as chief of police].” Grogan said he looks forward to joining his police department staff, after helping Linton settle into his new job.

New Dunwoody City Manager Eric Linton, at left, chats with Mayor Mike Davis. The two attended the Light Up Dunwoody holiday event on Nov. 30.

City votes to toughen regulations for some multi-story buildings CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

more than a year. Proponents have said the changes would make future construction in Dunwoody safer. Opponents have said the changes would chill development and have criticized them as a disguised effort to limit future construction of apartment buildings. On Dec. 8, the council voted 6-to-1 to adopt the changes, which will require commercial, office, apartment or condominium buildings more than three stories tall to be framed with noncombustible materials such as metal and/or

concrete. The city had allowed buildings up to five stories to be built with wooden frames. Councilman Denny Shortal said the citizens of Dunwoody depend on the city to make sure construction is safe. “Our citizens demand quality and safety,” Shortal said. Nall noted that no resident has come before the council to speak about the amendment to the building code who doesn’t represent the development community. Though Nall and Councilman Doug Thompson agreed that the city may lose

contracts by requiring higher grade and more expensive materials, “life safety issues” should be considered the priority and require higher quality. The ordinance currently specifies that anything up to five stories above grade can be framed with light frame materials, and any structures taller than five stories above grade must be framed with more durable materials that typically include metal and/or concrete. “We don’t need just any development. We need quality,” Thompson said. Council woman Lynn Deutsch said

she felt more concerned about the way she leaves Dunwoody for its future citizens and wants to ensure that Class A buildings don’t degrade to Class C within a decade. She said that if the changes don’t work out, the city can change the law later. “Well, I’m the lone guy against this,” Mayor Mike Davis said at the end of the discussion. He said he wanted to make sure his perspective was noted. “I hate doing something with the thought, ‘Well, if we don’t like it we can change it,’” Davis said.

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Legislators walk the line between Tucker, LaVista Hills Editor’s note: To read an extended debate among online readers over the divisions between LaVista Hills and Tucker, check out the comments on the version of this article at www.ReporterNewspapers.net.

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Tucker’s adherents argued they had history on their side. LaVista Hills’ supporters pointed to neighborhood ties and police protection. State lawmakers met with residents Dec. 3 to hear their thoughts about where to draw the line between the proposed cities of LaVista Hills and Tucker. The subcommittee hearing at the Coverdell Legislative Office Building across from the Capitol drew a standingroom-only crowd of about 100 residents. Although the hearing was scheduled for 90 minutes, it lasted three hours. The five lawmakers on the House of Representatives’ special DeKalb County Cityhood Subcommittee–Rep. Buzz Brockway (R-Lawrenceville), Rep. Barry Fleming (R-Harlem), Rep. Mark Hamilton (R-Cumming), Rep. Howard Mosby (D-Atlanta) and Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver (D-Decatur)– said they were appointed to see whether they can agree on a map showing one or both cities that the Legislature could consider next year. The problem is that proponents of the two cities are both claiming some of the same territory. A portion of the area included by Tucker’s supporters in their proposed city overlaps areas that LaVista Hills proponents want included in their planned new city. And some DeKalb residents told the lawmakers they objected to creating either city, saying it could harm DeKalb Coun-

ty services or schools. About 23,000 residents live in the disputed areas, Frank Auman of Tucker 2015 told the lawmakers, so putting those people in LaVista Hills would increase its population to about 72,000, while cutting Tucker’s population to about 30,000. The area also includes a number of businesses in and around Northlake Mall, which could provide taxes needed to support the new city governments. Proponents of a proposed city of Tucker argued their map reflected the area’s history. “Tucker is a well-known place,” Auman said, showing how the name “Tucker” appears in Census records and TUCKER 2015 road names and had its own ZIP code. This map from Tucker 2015’s website But some residents of the area told the shows proposed boundaries for Tucker and lawmakers that they felt no ties to TuckLaVista Hills and areas in which they overlap. er. “This area of LaVista Hills is where we partment in the future, they said. spend the majority of our time,” one resSeveral subcommittee members asked for revenue ident told the lawmakers. “It’s where we go to church, estimates to show the effect the location of the disputed where most of our kids go to school.” area would have on each proposed city’s tax revenues. Others said they were attracted to LaVista Hills beThe subcommittee was appointed after proponents cause the plans for that new city include a new police of the two cities were unable to reach agreement on department. “I want to be in LaVista Hills and not in a map. Originally, three groups proposed cities in the Tucker because they don’t have public safety as part of area. Earlier this year, two of the groups – the ones protheir plan,” said Greg Holcomb, who lives in the disposing cities named Briarcliff and Lakeside – merged to puted area just outside the Perimeter. “To me, that’s the create the LaVista Hills plan. purpose of government. They want to be a ‘city light’ “Both LaVista Hills and Tucker were very disapand ‘city light’ isn’t right for Northcrest.” pointed and we regret we had to hand this to you,” Tucker’s supporters responded that Tucker wanted Mary Kay Woodworth, co-chair of the LaVista Hills to start out with a city that was fiscally conservative. group told the legislators. Residents could consider starting their own police de-

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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.”

“Yes, my wife and I are doing more shopping online. The deals were better. I would say about 80 percent of it we did online. We spent less money this year.”

“Yes, it’s easier. [I’m planning on shopping] about the same. I kind of have a set amount we do each year.”

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“No, I’m doing it in the stores. I love to browse and view all the holiday decorations while I make my gift selections. [We’ll spend] more money this year.”

“We’re doing half and half. We’re new to the area so we’re shopping online for out-of-town friends. We’re spending less. As our kids are getting older, their gifts are becoming more practical.”

“No. I don’t have a computer. We’re probably going to be doing less shopping. Our family has cut back by mutual agreement.”

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Sherry Bagel “I don’t do a heck of a lot of shopping, but I do more online than in stores. I’ll do about the same [as in past years].”

“I’ve already done online shopping. Probably spending a little less this year.”

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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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Interested in selling a home during holidays can also be a good time because the holidays, but not sure it can be done? it means their children will start a new Some local real estate agents say that if you school in January after winter break. “It have the time, go for it. can make for an easier transition,” she said. “There’s not that much new inventoPotential buyers looking around the ry coming in [at this time of year],” said holidays tend to be more serious, too, said Robin Blass, a real estate agent at ColdAngie Ponsell, a Keller Williams Sandy well Banker Dunwoody. Springs agent. “You’ll have “I encourage clients if more quality showings,” they can handle it during she said. the holidays with miniO’Neill added that the mal decorations, then go holidays can be advantaahead and do it. I just listgeous for buyers even if ed two houses this past the inventory is smaller beweekend, and have alcause they will likely have ready had multiple showmore downtime to search ings because of low invenfor a home. tory.” And then there’s the Stacy O’Neill, a real question of decorating. estate agent with Keller “I tell [clients] to not go Williams Sandy Springs, overboard,” Blass said. “If Robin Blass agrees. they want a Christmas tree “The holidays can be a or stockings, that’s fine. great time because the inventory shrinks,” But you don’t want buyers to get distractshe said. ed. You want them to see what all the floor Because of the holiday hustle and busplans have to offer.” tle – decorating, family visits, shopping O’Neill agrees. “You don’t want to and parties – the end of the year can seem bring out every decoration you have,” she to some to be a tough time to take a home said. “People expect to put their tree up, to market. Winter’s short and gray days but you may want to keep decoration colalso can make for a dreary setting because lections boxed.” homes can seem dark. Referring to a local home that has nuBut Blass said winter can also be posimerous inflatable decorations around tive for home sales. “When I show a house Christmastime, O’Neill added, “If that in the winter, I can at least let them know house were on the market, a buyer couldn’t that right now it’s the worst as far as pribegin to imagine that home with their bevacy is concerned. All of the greenery is longings. going to fill in and make it more private “On the flip side, a wreath on the front eventually,” she said. door and a mailbox decoration are fine,” Blass said that if folks are selling their O’Neill said. “You just wouldn’t want to home to relocate to another town, the be the house with a million lights.”

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Shepherd Center offers compassion, state-of-the-art rehabilitation BY COLLIN KELLEY Patients at Shepherd Center in Buckhead have survived life-changing incidents: car accidents, strokes, swimming mishaps, sports injuries, combat injuries or a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS). The rehabilitation facility could easily be drab and full of despair, but instead it’s infused with an air of hominess, compassion and, most importantly, hope. Founded in 1975 by Harold and Alana Shepherd after their son, James, was injured in a surfing accident, Shepherd Center has grown into the largest spinal cord and brain injury rehabilitation center in the world. It also leads in MS research, and the Shepherd Pain Institute provides care and management for those living with chronic pain. The nonprofit fundraising Shepherd Center Foundation is wrapping up a $20 million capital campaign for a new state-of-the-art MRI, pharmacy and laboratory for the facility, according to J. Tyler “Ty” Tippett, Senior Director for Planned Gifts. “We receive no government grants, so Shepherd Center relies on the generosity of the community,” Tippett said. Willie Myers has been on the receiv-

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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Left, John Bowders practices going over bumps in his wheelchair. At right, Terrill Estabrook is assisted by a Shepherd Center employee.

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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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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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When Gordon Certain first moved to north Buckhead in 1975, he used to take walks along Mountain Way. “It was just beautiful,” he said. “You couldn’t tell you were in the city.” Things change, of course. Now, “all you’ve got to do is look up,” Certain said. “[You see] the concrete cloud.” These days, Mountain Way passes beneath those most urban of developments – Ga. 400 and MARTA trains. The winding road, which connects North Wieuca and North Ivy roads, passes beneath the highway and the commuter train that runs through the area. But Certain, who’s president of the North Buckhead Civic SEE NEIGHBORS, PAGE 3

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block of Winters Chapel Road—On Nov. 22, a wanted person was located and arrested.

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block of Perimeter Center East—On Nov. 22, a wanted person was located and arrested, a man was arrested for failure to appear in court, a man was arrested for aggravated stalking, a man was arrested for marijuana possession and a woman was arrested for probation violation; On Nov. 23, an arrest was made for failure to appear in court. On Nov. 24, an arrest was made for failure to appear in court, a woman was arrested for probation violation. On Nov. 26, an arrest was made for failure to appear in court.

block of Ashford-Dunwoody Road—On Nov. 25, an arrest was made for driving while license suspended or revoked.

 6900

block of Peachtree-Industrial Boulevard—On Nov. 25, during a traffic stop for U-turn where prohibited, an arrest was made for driving while license was suspended or revoked; On Nov. 29, an arrest was made for DUI. block of ChambleeDunwoody Road—On Nov. 26, an arrest was made for possession of amphetamine drugs.

 4400

 Ravinia

 North

Parkway at Ashford-Dunwoody Road—On Nov. 23, an arrest was made for driving while license was suspended or revoked.

block of Ashford-Dunwoody Road—On Nov. 26, a wanted person was located and arrested. Peachtree Road at Dunwoody Crossing—On Nov. 29, an arrest was made for DUI.

 Peachtree-Industrial

 4500

block of Ashford-Dunwoody Road—On Dec. 2, an arrest was made for improper lane usage. 6800 block of Peachtree-Industrial Boulevard—On Dec. 2, an arrest was made during a traffic stop for headlights required. 

 4500

block of Perimeter Center West—On Nov. 27, an arrest was made for possession of marijuana.

 100

block of Perimeter Center East—On Dec. 1, a wanted person was located and arrested.

Boulevard at

 4200 block of North Peachtree Road—On Dec. 2, an arrest was made for driving while suspended or revoked.  1200

block of Ashford Crossing— On Dec. 2, an arrest was made for reckless driving. O TH ER

 900

block of Ashwood Parkway— On Nov. 21, hit and run was reported as leaving the scene of an acci-

dent.  6600

block of Peachtree-Industrial Boulevard—On Nov. 22, a hit and run was reported.

 1000

block of Dunbar Drive—On Nov. 22, suicide threats were reported.

 Ga.

285 at Ashford-Dunwoody R0ad—On Nov. 28, damage to private property was reported.

 1000

block of Crown Pointe Parkway—On Nov. 29, damage to private property was reported.

 4500

block of Pineridge Circle— On Nov. 29, criminal trespass was reported.

 1100

block of Hammond Drive— On Nov. 30, public streets (camp, sleep, store, sit or lie down) was reported.

 4400

block of Ashford-Dunwoody Parkway—On Nov. 30, hit and run was reported; On Dec. 1, a missing person was reported.

 100

block of Ravinia Drive—On Dec. 2, a hit and run was reported.

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