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Explore Georgia: Tybee Island Tips No One Tells You About

Ever wonder how can you maximize your visit to Tybee Island? We have gathered the best insider tips so you can plan a dream trip to one of the most unique places you'll ever visit. BEST PLACE TO LAY DOWN YOUR TOWEL Park near the Tybee Beach Beach and Pavilion ( Tybrisa St, Tybee Island, GA 31328) use the bridge  in front of the Tybee Island Marine Center  turn right and walk towards the rock formation close to the sand dunes. This portion of the beach has a smoother sand, lots of shallow areas that are perfect for little kids to bathe safely, is less crowded, and because it's close to the sand dunes you will see a large variety of seaside birds.

Food Lovers Gather at Westside Provisions District to Celebrate Cooking Channel 2nd Birthday



Celebrating its second birthday, Cooking Channel is hitting the road this summer with their Summer Eats pop-ups offering an exciting and unique culinary experience for fans around the country. Cooking Channel is a new TV network dedicated to today’s passionate food lover. For food people, by food people, Cooking Channel is the answer to a growing hunger for more content devoted to food and cooking in every dimension from global cuisines to international travel, history and unconventional how-to’s.

This week was  Westside Provision Distric time to join the celebration. Due to inclement weather conditions the party was held at Abbatoir, a modern American restaurant in Westside.

Guests were  provided with complimentary, custom menus of food and beverages inspired by summer favorites.

Considering that everything was free, the food was quite impressive.


Cooking Channel Summer Eats Menu - Atlanta


Cooking Channel Eats:
Pulled pork sandwich (cider-braised shoulder on a soft bun with coleslaw & vinegar sauce), grilled corn on the cob (rubbed with a paprikra and chipotle butter) and fried catfish (with a crisp cornmeal coating, served with tartar sauce).

 Local Flavor:
Shrimp and grits (Crispy Georgia shrimp and white grits served with a Tikka Masala and cilantro chutney).

 Desserts:
Georgia peach Pie ( A classic pie with traditional butter crust)
Red Velvet Cupcakes (with Mascarpone Frosting).

Libations: (Sweetwater brewing Company)

DRAFT
420 Extra Pele Ale
BlueWheat Ale
Low Ryeder Dry Hopped Rye IPA
BOTTLE
Exodus Porter
india Pale Ale
Georgia Brown

Entwine (new line of wines from Food Network)
Pinot Grigio
Chardonnay
Merlot
Cabermet Sauvignon

ON THE TAME SIDE
Iced Tea
Lemonade
   
Present at the event was network hosts G. Garvin (Roadtrip with G. Garvin), and Eden Grinshpan (Eden Eats). Chef Garvin latest episode "Georgia Road Trip with G. Garvin" is currently airing on Cooking Channel. Check your local listing for showtimes.



HOST Eden Grinshpan graduated from Le Cordon Bleu in London with the “Grande Diplome” in both Pastry and Cuisine. After graduating she went to India to volunteer with different organizations, one of them being an orphanage called Ramanas Garden.  Here she came up with the idea of raising money for the orphanage by re-opening their cafe, which had not been in operation for some time. In New York City Eden enrolled in a management program at The Institute of Culinary Education which led her to the bakery Babycakes.
Eden is a co-owner of ethNicitY Productions and just finished shooting her first season of "Eden Eats"  which airs August 17th at 10pm EST.

 

Music entertainment was provided by "Quiet Hounds" . Their new album Megaphona is out now.  Visit http://www.quiethounds.com for details!





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