atlanta cooks at home

Atlanta Cooks at Home ($36.95, includes tax and ground shipping) is a cookbook presenting 29 of Atlanta’s most popular chefs along with their favorite menus for thirty everyday celebrations at home. Five years ago, Melissa Libby, owner of an Atlanta-based public relations agency representing restaurants throughout the United States, released Atlanta Cooks to showcase the immense culinary talent in Atlanta restaurants and to give readers a chance to create favorite dishes from some of these popular dining spots. Now, due to the overwhelming popularity of Atlanta Cooks, Atlanta chefs are serving up a second helping of suggestions to spur (and stir!) even more culinary inspiration with the release of Atlanta Cooks at Home.

Atlanta Cooks at Home gives readers inspired menus for thirty occasions, from the formal tocasual, all crafted by the best chefs in the city and expertly paired with beverage suggestions. But the secrets don’t stop there. Instead, this cookbook goes far beyond the kitchen to reveal intimate Q&A sessions with the city’s top chefs and give readers a sneak peek into their personal lives. Two talented photographers provided stunning pictures to accompany the recipes and biographical information. Joey Ivansco is responsible for the four-color food photography. His award-winning images have appeared in Time, Fortune, Sports Illustrated, Glamour and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, where he is a staff photographer. Tim Wilkerson’s work has been seen in publications throughout the Southeast. Both his black and white and color photojournalism of the chefs at play graces the pages and cover of Atlanta Cooks at Home.