Last night I was sleepily paging through the “New Yorker” while my wife was watching the televised event I call “I Don’t Care If I Ever See a Freaking Ice Dancer Again,” when I came upon an article by the wonderful food writer Calvin Trillin.

At first I though it was another story about chef du jour David Chang. But, no, it was about Peter Chang — the chef who created such a sensation when he arrived at Tasty China restaurant in 2006. The chef stayed only briefly, but he put this Marietta restaurant on the map. (I revisited it recently.)

This peripatetic chef has moved throughout the Southeast — from Northern Virginia, to Marietta, to Knoxville, and most recently to Charlottesville, Va. — and his devoted fans follow him everywhere, often driving hours to taste his roasted fish again. It’s a great article, though you’ll have to buy the magazine to read it. Atlantan Steve Drucker, who parsed his first meals at Tasty China in an epic chowhound.com post, is mentioned in it.

I hear tell that a story about Chang will appear in the upcoming Oxford American food issue from its guest editor, John T. Edge.

In other news:

• Rich Eldredge is reporting over at Atlanta Magazine’s ATL Intel blog that all four Buckhead Life restaurants invited to pass out tidbits at the magazine’s annual “Best Of Atlanta” issue party pulled a no show. Eldredge says he got word that Buckhead Life founder I. Pano Karatassos was livid over the magazine’s critical one-star review of its latest restaurant, Bistro Niko, from Bill Addison. The AJC’s Meridith Ford Goldman awarded the ambitious restaurant 3 stars, with a few criticisms. Reviews in Creative Loafing and the Knife & Fork newsletter were less charitable.
• Atlanta Hawks player Zaza Pachulia will extend his foray in the restaurant world (Eno By Zaza) with the opening of Buckhead Bottle Bar in early spring in the former Che/Blais/Peachtree Café space at 268 E. Paces Ferry Road. His partner in this club/bar/eatery will be A.D. Allushi, former manager at Market.