"We have the greatest pre-nuptial agreement in the world. It's called love." - Gene Perret

A few weekends ago we went down to Atlanta for one of my college girlfriend's wedding.  Friday night before the wedding festivities began, we got to see my sister and her husband for dinner at Wood Fire Grill. 

 [my sister and her hubby]

[B and I]

For those Top Chef fans out there, the executive chef and co-owner of Wood Fire Grill is Kevin Gillespie, finalist and fan favorite from season six.  We opted for the tasting menu, and we were not disappointed.

For starters we were served with an amuse of panzanella, cherry tomato, pickled red onion, balsamic, olive oil, basil, and toast cubes.

It was refreshing and delicious.  Next, our first course was sauteed gulf shrimp served in a tomato broth with charred sweet corn and tomato concasse.

It looks simple but it was one of the most delicious things I have tasted in a long time.  For our second course, we were served cornmeal fried carolina trout

Served over a chilled salad of farro piccolo with local basil and pickled ramp with mint and topped with cucumber yogurt, the trout was good but a little bland.  Between the trout and our third course we received a taste of chilled cucumber salad.

It was not good.  Luckily the third and fourth courses were fantastic.  The third course was grilled quail.

The quail was amazing, particularly when paired with the grilled peaches, grilled corn, and peach bbq sauce, and both of the side dishes, charred vidalia onion potato salad and crispy new potatoes, were great.  The fourth and final savory course was a pork duo.

Those top chef fans out there might recall Kevin's affinity with pork (he even has a pig tattoo) so we were not surprised that he brought the savory portion of the meal to a close with a wonderful pork dish of wood smoked berkshire pork loin and slow roasted pork belly.  The pork was served over creamy grits, marinated peach roasted okra, and pepper vinegar.  Everything worked perfectly.

For dessert we were served a "tres leches" cake with chocolate cashew butter, chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream, and a cashew tuile.

Yum, yum, and more yum.  Thanks for a fantastic meal Kevin!!

Saturday night, we attended a fantastic wedding.  The bride was born in China, the groom in Chicago.  They managed to bring their two heritages together beautifully (complete with food stations that varied from a sushi-drive Asian station to a meat and potatoes station).

 [love]

[us at the end of the reception]