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."
This intimate record of a Georgia plantation family brings to life a proud but flawed society from its halcyon antebellum days through the shattering climaxes of defeat and occupation. Nowhere has the impact of the Civil War upon the south been portrayed with more immediacy than in these 1200 letters by the family and friends of the Reverend Dr. Charles Colcock Jones of Liberty County, Georgia.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Anyone reading these letters will be impressed by the exceptionally high level of education and writing ability possessed by the Colcock Jones family, as well as virtually all of their acquaintances."
"A first hand experience of the old South through the untouched letters of a family who lived prior, during & after the Civil War."
"Incredible how these letters were saved and the rich history of this family and the times they lived in preserved."
"This is double the text of the abridged version and has an extensive bio of all letter writers as well as an excellent index."
"I read this book years ago and have always wanted to read it again."
"Huge compilation of letters form a QWouthern family spanning the time before, during, and after he Civil War."
"If Your A Fan Of GWTW this is the real thing."
"If you are from South Georgia coastal area, a must read."
So with the three P's for sustenance - pecans, peanuts, and peaches, of course - and a camera and notepad in hand, Jim set out on an extensive tour in search of the odd and the offbeat. Check out Atlanta's own White House; look for the mutant turtle of Berkeley Lake; stroll by the Tomb of the Unknown Shopper; gaze at Georgia's very own Statue of Liberty; remember Elvis: warts, toenail, and all; hunt down the Beast of Pond Road; watch your car roll up Booger Hill; terrify yourself at abandoned Hawkinsville Hospital; have a chat with the Moon-eyed people; hear the cries for help in Ebenezer's Swamp, and take care not to fall into the Deveil's Hopper near Quitman.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The kids in my 8th grade classroom like to look through this book."
"So I was happy to see a book of weird stuff in the state I live in currently."
"Good book, purchased as a gift."
"I have several of these books of the different states I have lived in over the past years and it makes an excellent gift."
"Lot's of interesting stuff."
"I loved this book when my brother brought it home when it first came out."
"Pricey but I have the books for the places I've lived already and I wanted this one...so supply and demand."
"I had bought the Weird Indiana book a few years back and I loved it!"
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 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."