Omnivore - Knife & Fork's best of 2012

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Knife & Fork, Christiane Lauterbach's much respected newsletter, has named the "Best of 2012." These are restaurants that Christiane has reviewed in the last 12 months. (Because the newsletter has only just published its January issue, the exact calculation of who is included is a bit confusing.)

Here are her picks:

Bantam + Biddy, Buttermilk Kitchen, The General Muir, Little Alley Steak, Lure, The Optimist, Shabu N Shabu, STG Trattoria, Watershed on Peachtree, and Yet Tuh. Honorable mentions go to The Spence, Gato/Arigato, and Seven Lamps.

Let's see if you can match Christiane's adjectives to restaurant names. No peeking below!:

(1) extraordinary, (2) sleek and secret, (3) humble (4) fine, (5) nontraditional, (6) handsome, (7) glam and comfortable, (8) perfectly pitched, (9) super-fun, (10) spot-on gourmet

(Answers: (1) The General Muir, (2) STG, (3) Yet Tuh, (4) Watershed, (5) Buttermilk, (6) Little Alley, (7) Lure, (8) The Optimist, (9) Shabu, (10) Bantam + Biddy.)

(By the way, one of the things I've always liked about Christiane's writing is that it is not descriptively baroque. Call 404-378-2775 to subscribe to Knife & Fork.)