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Georgia Eats: A Photo Essay

We absolutely love Southern food, and we did our very best to eat as much of it as possible during our four days in Georgia. Here we present the photographic evidence:

Smith House sides.jpg
The Smith House in Dahlonega. The fried chicken was gone before we remembered to reach for the camera, so here we have some of the side dishes as the meal was winding down: green beans, collard greens, fried okra, cole slaw, and the leftover gravy from the country-fried steak. We were hungry.
Tomlins BBQ pork.jpg
Here we have the barbecued pork from Tomlin's BBQ, a small stand on the highway in Rabun Gap that's only open on the weekends. The photo was taken just before we doused the pork in the signature vinegar sauce.
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Tomlin's sits on the Osage Farm property, which also has a large farm stand next door. We were so happy to see peaches, even if they weren't totally local — they were from South Carolina.
Home pecan cake and sweet tea ice cream.jpg
We were anxious to try Home Restaurant & Bar in Atlanta, about which we'd heard great things. Also, Top Chef fans that we are, we were hoping to catch a glimpse of current cheftestant Richard Blais, who works in the kitchen there. Alas, no Blais sighting, and unfortunately the restaurant, while good, wasn't quite as great as we'd hoped it would be. Appetizers were merely OK, but the entree (pork belly with collard greens, peaches and a coffee-barbecue sauce) was very good. Pictured above is the dessert, which was the best part of the meal: sour cream pecan cake with sweet tea ice cream. We devoured that thing.
The Varsity chili dogs.jpg
The requisite stop at The Varsity for chili dogs and a frosted orange. It was, surprisingly, better than we'd remembered it.
Mary Macs fried chicken.jpg
Our final meal in Atlanta, at Mary Mac's Tea Room. In the foreground: fried chicken, collard greens and macaroni and cheese. In the background: hoppin' John, spiced apples, sweet potato souffle and fried green tomatoes. Not pictured: sweet tea, yeast rolls, cornbread, cinnamon buns and peach cobbler. Yes, we're starting a diet right now.
Posted by Carolina Bolado on 06/02/2008 at 12:55 PM |
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