Atlanta Magazine
Atlanta s New Way: 60 voices on the city s past, present, and future
Sixty years, three generations, six decades that’s how long we’ve covered the city. To celebrate, we talked with 60 of you about where we’ve been, where we are, and what’s next.
The editorial team immediately loved the idea of “60 Voices” for this May issue, which marks
Atlanta magazine’s 60th year. Talking with people from all over the metro area seemed like a good way to take stock of our city. Needless to say, all of us Atlantans have done a lot of soul-searching over the last 12 months, whether we were holed up at home or suiting up for yet another 12-hour shift. However, as this issue went to press in March, Governor Brian Kemp just had announced that any adult over age 16 can be vaccinated. So, we may not have emerged from a year of malaise quite yet, but there’s light at the end of the tunnel.
60 Voices: Eddie Hernandez and Maricela Vega on the state of restaurants
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Maricela Vega is leaving 8Arm, but she has big plans for the future
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Chef Maricela Vega Shows Us How to Love Eating Plants in the Winter Hilary Cadigan
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Maricela Vega what drives her cooking and she’ll talk about relationships. Relationships with farmers, with community, with family and ancestors and the earth itself. “Food doesn’t just magically appear,” she says. “I rely on so many to do what I do.”
For the chef at Atlanta restaurant 8ARM and founder of Chicomecóatl, an organization centering Indigenous foodways, using mostly vegetables and only when they’re local and in season is a form of empathy. Vega’s strong farmer ties yield lush peach pound cakes in summer and crispy-cushiony squash empanadas come fall. “If you’re eating a tomato in the middle of February, someone is feeling the consequence,” she says. “To me, cooking well is about making the most of what’s here now, and not asking for more.”