Next week officially

starts the season of holiday eating. For the next six weeks, we'll be

inundated with enough holiday goodies to make us start looking for those

Atkins Diet books and hitting the treadmills in January.

But until then,

we need to enjoy the camaraderie the holidays bring us and the joy of

sharing holiday meals.

Now is traditionally

the time to give thanks and reflect on the past year. Without further

ado, here are some of the things that Foodie is happy about this year:

Restaurants

like City Cafe, Village Cafe and Valentino's . These restaurants

have become good friends over the past few years and show that Fayette

Countians are willing to support genuine, independent restaurants in the

vast expanse of chain restaurant dining.

New restaurants

such as The Famous Fish Company, Ted's Montana Grill and Thai

Spice . The new wave of upscale restaurants show that business people

are starting to realize the demographics in Fayette County and our love

of dining out.

Good bread

and coffee on a dreary morning. For years, residents moaned over the lack

of good, crusty European bread in the area. Now, Atlanta Bread Company,

Starbucks and City Cafe offer a taste of the continent to the

Southside. My choice for best supermarket bread is Publix.

As war drums

keep pounding and Osama still looms over the horizon, let's give thanks

for our country this holiday season while we're polishing off the second

helping of turkey.

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