Best Atlanta Georgia Travel Books
Whether you're headed to downtown or to the ethnic mecca that is Buford Highway, you’ll find Atlanta’s best chefs innovating and continuing to redefine the culinary food scene in the big Peach. Part-cookbook and part-tour guide, Atlanta Chef’s Table. manages to capture the complexity and breadth of Atlanta’s modern restaurant landscape, and serve as a resource for those interested in emulating the flavors of this pivotal time in Atlanta food, at home. Atlanta Chef's Table. is more of a food-focused narration of where Atlanta came from and where it's going. Atlanta Chef's Table is a stunning book worthy of your kitchen counter or your coffee table." Atlanta Chef's Table. highlights that authentic zeal, the focused precision and the gastronomic excitement that Atlanta restaurants have been working on for the last decade and it is a stunning collection of recipes to behold.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I'm generally not a fan of traditional cookbooks as you can find virtually any recipe online and they take up a lot of space in the kitchen cabinets."
"I found just the perfect item in Kate Kordsmeier’s book “Atlanta Chef’s Table.” This is the kind of book you like to sit out on the porch to read, pen in hand, so you can take notes of where you want to dine or what dish will be the main focus at your next dinner party."
"Great book for foodies who not only love new recipes but also like to have a little knowledge about the history of Atlanta's best restaurants."
"The benefits of this book are two fold - It allows you to get to know the wonderful chefs and restaurants in your city and allows you the ability to create their dishes right in your own home!"
"Wonderful book and I love the photography as well."
"This book is a nice resource for the culinary happenings in Atlanta."
"Not only does it provide some great recipes, but also gives a great overview of some of the best restaurants/chefs in the ATL."
"Just received this cookbook as an early Mother's Day gift from my daughters."
From urban hikes to suburban parks and rural wilderness, 60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Atlanta shows readers how to quickly drive to and enjoy the best area hikes. Among their favorite foreign destinations are Puerto Rico's El Yunque and Australia's Dandenong Mountains.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This book has become a constant resource for my weekends."
"I bought this book looking to find places to walk and hike near and in Atlanta."
"Wonderful resource for walking and hiking in the Atlanta area."
"Very clearly written, good suggestions!"
"Very good book."
"great book for the Atlanta area."
"Here are examples of hikes that are located in the wrong place: Starr's Mill (Shown at Sweetwater Nongame). Sweetwater Nongame (Shown at Pine Mountain). Pine Mountain (Shown at Sprewell Bluff). Sprewell Bluff (Shown at Starr's Mill). With this quick glance and the glaring errors noted, I have immediately returned the book, not wanting to find out what further errors are waiting to be found."
Hiking Atlanta's Hidden Forests lets you visit state parks, wildlife areas, and nature preserves without leaving the metro area.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Hiking Atlanta's Hidden Forests introduced me to some really good new trails that are close to the city. He provides suggested routes (some of the trails are more like trail systems) with directions that are not always easy to follow, but I don't mind exploring so sometimes I make my own route."
"I gave this book as a gift to my girlfriend who is fairly new to the city and very much a city dweller."
"Excellent book with dozens of short to medium hikes IN metro Atlanta that feel "away from it all"."
"I have found some great trails within a couple miles of my house."
"Concise, easy to use follow."
"This is the best book I've read about outdoor life in Atlanta."
"We have owned this book for a couple of weeks but have lived in Georgia for 20 years and been hiking all over the area seriously for about 10 years."
"Met the author, bought the book, and have already done 3 of the trails with my 2 year old."
Best Savannah Georgia Travel Books
It is a comprehensive guidebook that contains images and information on over 90 significant points of interest in Savannah's Historic District. Paul C. Bland is a fourth-generation native Savannahian.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This book was very helpful in showing what we wanted to see and do."
"This only contains a small number of pages, but is absolutely brilliant if you want to explore Savannah on foot."
"Great walking tour guide for Historic Savannah!"
"Make your trip memorable."
"Just returned from Savannah."
"much smaller than expected more like a pamphlet."
"really helps me understand what we saw."
Best General Georgia US Travel Guides
In this enchanting book, Robinson presents the delicious, robust dishes of her native Sea Islands and offers readers a taste of the unique, West African-influenced Gullah culture still found there. Beautiful photos of island life and a relaxed attitude toward cooking ("these are recipes, not rules") make for accessible additions to anyone's Southern repertoire, with homespun dishes like Tada Salad, Sea Island Okra Gumbo and Fuskie Crab Patties. Pot Full O' Coon and Fried Squirrel may not be the next trendy item on a Manhattan menu (Robinson admits she doesn't cook possum anymore), but these are the recipes that give the book its unique, almost anthropological intrigue.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Since I already taught myself Cajun/Creole/Caribbean cooking 33 years ago, I ordered this book to better prepare for my upcoming trip to the Low Country. Call it bland, but limited budgets and kids who complain of spicy food tends to keep cooking very simple. Once one starts experimenting and getting fancy, they risk cooking disasters that will never make it to the finest tables in gourmet restaurants."
"There is so much history of the area and of great home cooking Gullah dishes."
"Wonderful recipes and history."
"I loved the story prior to the runaway fried chicken recipe."
"excellent."
"I loved learning about what it was like growing up on Daufaskie, but it had a lot of recipes starting with onion, bacon grease, etc."
"Again, easy to read."