Gourmet
food trucks and rustic restaurants have redefined fine dining in
the UK, leaving us with an unquenchable appetite for a posh barbecue.
And no cuisine does melt-in-the-mouth meats and fancy sides better than the Deep South of America. People think it is all corn dogs and grits, but tasty and healthy fare is actually a standard of Southern cuisine.
One
legendary Tennessee chef knows how to slow cook a smoky, succulent meal
to perfection. Sean Brock owns two hit restaurants, named Husk, in
Charleston and Nashville and still cooks using his great great
grandmother's skillet pan.
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Every time the wife and I vacation in the south, we can only stay five days. One more day and I could not buckle my pants. I just love Southern cooking. I learned about “sweet tea” 40 years ago. My Yankee friends would come over and could not believe how good my tea was. I had a very nice lady in a little restaurant teach this dumb Yankee how to make real southern sweet tea. That was so many years ago I remember how to make the tea but don’t even know the town anymore. It was then I fell in love with the south. I also remember some strange times I had in the south durning the 60s being a long haired freak.
ReplyDeleteI live in eastern Iowa so my trip south starts with day one heading down I-55 through St. Louis and spending the first night in Memphis. Night 1 is Memphis BBQ with a side of blues somewhere. From Memphis, we drive to Baton Rouge for night 2. Close to the gulf so it has to be fresh sea food. For day 3, if we get an early start breakfast is in Slidell with a stop in Biloxi and ending in Mobile. Again I’m at the gulf has to be fresh sea food. Day 4, a long drive we leave Mobile with the destination of Savannah. Well I am on the Atlantic so dinner is again fresh sea food. Beginning my last day in the south and by now I’m 20 pounds heaver. We leave Savannah and drive to Asheville. Day 5 and dinner must be Carolina BBQ. Day 6, we bid farewell to the south and head to Indianapolis back to Yankee country. And finally home the next day. My wife and I have made this trip at least seven times and many more that are similar.
Badger
Sounds good to me! I'm in the middle of Southern Food, by John Egerton and it is excellent. I believe you would enjoy it. Asheville is a liberal's paradise from what I've heard, but the food should still be good. Head on up the east coast of NC next time if you like.
DeleteAs Brock said, head on up to eastern or coastal NC and you'll get a fresh perspective
ReplyDeleteon NC pork BBQ. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. If you ever find yourself
in Nashville TN, make sure to take in the Lovelace Café. It's a bit of a tourist destination but the food is wonderful and authentic southern cooking. If you ever get onto the east end of I-40 detour into the itty bitty town of Faison, known mostly for cucumbers, and try "Southern Exposure" restaurant. Southern cooking done by a professional, big city trained chef. There are similar small, mom and pop restaurants all over the eastern part of the state.
Is that Lovelace or Loveless? Loveless is mentioned in the book I posted.
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ReplyDeleteThis delightful Southern restaurant was forced to close due to patron's cars
being robbed, and patron's being assaulted when leaving the restaurant.
It was located in a crossroad of alleys in downtown Macon, GA. In business for over 100 yrs.
But, my oh my, the food was to die for.
Such a shame. Thanks.
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