2018 Dining Trends Springing Up at Milton’s Cuisine & Cocktails

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2018 DINING TRENDS SPRINGING UP AT MILTON’S CUISINE & COCKTAILS

Georgia Farm-to-Fork Restaurant Makes Use of Backyard Garden for Current Culinary Forecast

ATLANTA (May 3, 2018) - Milton’s Cuisine & Cocktails is off to a farm-fresh start when it comes to dining trends. With close to 100 varieties of heirloom fruits and vegetables tended on site in the restaurant’s backyard garden, Milton’s Acre, the historic Crabapple restaurant is making produce the star of both drinks and dishes on the spring menu. Located in a restored 155-year-old farmhouse and 1930s cottage, Milton’s continues to honor its past in innovative new ways that are in line with this year’s food and beverage trends.

Farm to Shaker:

Guests at Milton’s don’t even have to get past the bar to get a taste of the garden.

·        Milton’s twist on a French 75 (la vie en rosemary) features a house-made rosemary simple syrup, while the restaurant’s Milton’s Acre-rita puts the spotlight on garden cilantro and jalapeños.

·        The restaurant enjoys substituting vegetables, such as cucumbers, for fruit to give cocktails an exciting new color and flavor profile.

·        Chocolate mint, purple basil, pineapple sage and strawberries are also grown in Milton’s Acre and used for muddling, syrups and garnishes in both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. 

Vegetable-Centric Comfort Foods:

“Our cuisine is always farmhouse inspired, but I try to be increasingly creative with vegetable dishes and what the garden brings us, especially now that my wife has recently become a vegetarian,” says Milton’s executive chef Derek Dollar. “Not having to rely solely on what a supplier can bring us definitely makes for more inspired menus; the garden brings us comfort, so we want to pass that along to our guests.”

This season’s additions include

·        Greens and grain salad: baby arugula, pea tendrils, quinoa, shaved radish, red onion, toasted almonds, crumbled goat cheese, herbed white balsamic vinaigrette

·        Summer vegetable plate with creamed corn, marinated portabella mushroom, summer squash and poblano pepper ratatouille, smoked paprika chimichurri, crumbled goat cheese and pea tendrils

Colorful Cuisine:

New plantings in Milton’s Acre this year mean a more brilliant presentation on the plate – from the bright pink color of nasturtium to the vibrant green hues of Mexican sour gherkins to the violet-and-white stripes of fairy tale eggplant. Dollar utilizes these items for featured specials and during Milton’s popular Garden Dinner Series (special Sunday night dinners set up within the garden during summer and fall that also feature live music and wine pairings) and says they provide both the bright colors and bold flavors that he strives for in his dishes.  

Waste Reduction and Hyper-Local House-Made Items:

Scuppernongs and other muscadine grapes are in their third year of growth in Milton’s Acre and will become jam and wine for the restaurant in the years to come. “I always try to make the garden as beautiful and functional as possible,” says Dollar of his continued efforts to maximize Milton’s Acre and minimize the restaurant’s footprint.  

Dollar also believes in root-to-leaf cooking and reducing food waste whenever possible by making use of all edible parts of garden veggies, such as the tops and bottoms of beets and radishes. 

ABOUT MILTON’S CUISINE & COCKTAILS
Located at 800 Mayfield Road, Milton’s Cuisine & Cocktails is nestled in a restored 155-year-old farmhouse located in the historic district of Crabapple. The charming North Fulton restaurant serves contemporary Southern cuisine that utilizes fresh, local ingredients, many of which come from the restaurant’s on-site garden called Milton’s Acre. Milton’s is owned and operated by Southern Proper Hospitality, which also operates The Big Ketch Saltwater Grill, The Blind Pig Parlour Bar, Gypsy Kitchen, The Southern Gentleman, Beni’s Cubano, Chido + Padre’s and Tin Lizzy’s Cantina. Chosen by Restaurant Hospitality as one of the “25 Coolest Multi-Concept Companies in America” and named to the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies for 2017, Southern Proper Hospitality offers genuinely hospitable service and exceptional, high-quality food. For more information about Milton’s, visit miltonscuisine.com.

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