birmingham: food capital of the world
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A look at how Birmingham, Ala., has become a global leader in food and food issues. Presented at Ignite Birmingham on Feb. 10, 2011. For more, see http://birminghamblogging.com.TRANSCRIPT
Evolving from steel to banking to medicaland engineering to …
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Food has always been a part of our identity.
What makes us the food capital of the world?
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Frank Stitt• Highland Bar and Grill• Bottega• Chez Fonfon
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Chris Hastings• The Hot and Hot Fish Club• (SpringHouse, Lake Martin)
George Sarris• The Fish Market• DoDiYós• Pianeta 3
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USA Today picks Niki’s West as a top restaurant.
Miss Myra’s PitBar-B-Q praised in national newspapers.
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Destination
Birmingham has 17 food festivalsand events in 2011.
Photo: The Exceptional Foundation
Dozens of local restaurants were in the first Restaurant
Week.
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Californians among attendees ofsold-out FoodBlogSouth conference.Photo: Molly Folse (CC)
Magic City Brewfest celebratesfifth year in 2011.
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Challenges
“With great provisions come great
responsibility.”
Birminghamis the No. 2most obese city in America.
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88,000 people can’t get
to a grocery store,including 23,000 kids.
Map: Examining the Impact of Food Deserts and Food Imbalance on Public Health in Birmingham, Ala.
We needmore diversityin food choices.
We need more diversity in food providers.
Bon appétit.
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