When Harris is n't digging through the pantry to work out someone 's '' chocolate brown '' or '' croissant brown '' or '' butterscotch '' skin -- distinctions that can actually mean something socially in the South , as consumers of Spike Lee 's '' School Daze '' and Tom Wolfe 's '' Man in Full '' know -- he is itemizing the dietary habits of Atlanta buppies : A Starbucks caramel macchiato is a great afternoon pick-me-up .