Georgia’s Historic Restaurants and Their Recipes
SECOND EDITION
Dawn O’Brien and Jean Spaugh

John F. Blair, Publisher
978-0-89587-157-2
$16.95 hardcover
6 x 9
207 pages; black-and-white illustrations throughout
Published in 1996 (First Edition, 1987)
Food & Wine, History, Travel & Outdoors
Historic Restaurants and Their Recipes™ Series

When you think of dining in Georgia, gracious hospitality and generous quantities of good food come to mind. As authors Dawn O'Brien and Jean Spaugh traveled around the state, they discovered that these traditions have not been lost with the encroachment of fast-paced living.

The structures that house the fifty restaurants in this book reflect Georgia's ability to combine the best of the Old South with the best of changing times. The image of antebellum mansions comes to life in places like Susina Plantation Inn, but there are also more simple structures like The Farmhouse and Sassafras Tea Room that reflect bygone lifestyles.

Each featured restaurant is housed in a building at least fifty years old. Places like an old tobacco barn in a pine wood near the Okefenokee Swamp, an old train station, a Renaissance Gothic church, and a casino that once hosted Al Capone are evidence of how creative some restaurateurs are when searching for a structure to renovate. Victorian mansions, elegant resort hotels along the coast, inns that once served tourists traveling to and from Florida, an old fish camp, and a true Victorian tea room all preserve some aspect of Georgia's history and culture.

The food served in these establishments reflects longstanding traditions as well as new adventures. The over 130 recipes included here put the emphasis on freshness—whether vegetables, seafood, or some more exotic staple. Although the recipes for Southern dishes such as Shredded Yams, Black-Eyed Pea Soup, Sour Cream Cornbread, and Peach Pan Pie can be found here, you'll also discover more sophisticated fare that can compete with the finest continental cuisine in the world. Georgia offers the best of both worlds, and its historic restaurants show us why.