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Atlanta's Midtown Skyline, photo compliments of Tim Shannon Photography

Midtown Restaurant Week returns this Saturday and runs for a full week, as over 30 restaurants in Midtown and Virginia Highlands offer three-course prix-fixe menu offerings of $15 lunches and $25 dinners. This is your opportunity to return to your favorite restaurants or to try a restaurant you’ve never tried before, and save a bit of cash dining out. Midtown Restaurant Week runs for Saturday, September 4 to Sunday, September 12. For a list of more than 30 participating restaurants go to www.atlrestaurantweek.com.


Most, if not all, children are back in school, or will be very shortly, so why not welcome them home with homemade chocolate chip cookies. Just the aroma alone of freshly baked homemade chocolate chip cookie will make anyone feel at home. When I bake chocolate chip cookies I always use Ghirardelli® (pronounced “Gear-ar-delly”) Chocolate Chips ever since they were a Southern Living Cooking School sponsor back in the ‘90s. Ghirardelli has produced chocolate for more than 150 years and they are one of very few American manufacturers that make chocolate starting from the cocoa bean through to finished products. Try it and you and your family will taste the difference too.   

 

Ghirardelli Chocolate Chip Cookies, my all-time favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe.

Ghirardelli Chocolate Chip Cookies

Yields 4 dozen cookies

Ingredients

11 1/2 ounce Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

1 cup butter or margarine, softened

3/4 cup sugar

3/4 cup brown sugar, packed

2 large eggs

2 teaspoon vanilla

2 1/4 cup unsifted flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup walnuts or pecans, chopped (optional)

Directions
Heat oven to 375ºF.

Stir flour with baking soda and salt; set aside. In large mixing bowl, beat butter with sugar and brown sugar at medium speed until creamy and lightened in color. Add eggs and vanilla, one at a time. Mix on low speed until incorporated. Gradually blend dry mixture into creamed mixture. Stir in nuts and chocolate chips. Drop by tablespoon onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown.

Note: The 11 1/2 ounces of Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips can be substituted with any variety of chip flavors (i.e. Milk Chocolate Chips, 60% Cacao Bittersweet Chocolate Chips, etc.).


Our state and golf fans alike are thrilled that the PGA TOUR is coming to the Golden Isles of Georgia with the inaugural McGladrey Classic, October 4-10, 2010, being played on the legendary Seaside Course at the Sea Island Golf Club on St. Simons. The McGladrey Classic is new to the PGA TOUR Fall Series and it’s certainly expected to be an intimate and spectator-friendly event that will showcase this gorgeous coastal golf course and community.

Seaside Course at Sea Island Golf Course

The Davis Love Foundation is proud to be the host organization with proceeds from the tournament benefiting Special Olympics and local children and family charities—the Boys and Girls Club and Safe Harbor. Volunteers are essential to the operations and success of the McGladrey Classic, and the organization has provided a comprehensive Web site on its volunteer needs and benefits. It’s looking to solidify all its volunteers by next week, so if you’re interested click McGladrey Classic Volunteers for more information.

Daily and weekly ticket packages may be purchased online at www.mcgladreyclassic.com.  Tickets are limited and will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis to spectators. Fans are encouraged to purchase tickets early to ensure availability.

Stay tune for more information on With a Southern Twist about visiting the area as it gets closer to the actual event.


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With a Southern Twist is all about good living in today's South. A true Southerner, the author's passions include food, home design, travel, restaurants, shopping, and entertaining. It is a fun e-magazine about one of her most beloved regions of the country, shared through personal experiences.