Cool Ways to Beat the Heat
Nobody wants to cook on hot summer days and nights in Georgia, so we’ve put together some recipes that can take you through a meal from start to finish without ever turning on your oven.
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Watermelon Salad
Amy Baldwin of Boulevard Café shares this refreshing summery salad recipe that is as pretty on the table as it is delicious to eat. more
Hugh Acheson's Fried Okra Salad with Heirloom Tomatoes, Arugula and Green Goddess Dressing
Saint Simons Food & Spirits Festival culinary guest and celebrity chef Hugh Acheson shares a recipe that takes advantage of seasonal garden bounty and might change the way you think of okra. more
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Georgia Peach Pound Cake
During her days as Executive Chef at Indigo Coastal Shanty, Kate Buchanan shared this amazing peach pound cake recipe with us. Served with ice cream, spiced pecans, and a caramel bourbon sauce, it is absolutely DIVINE! more
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Gazpacho with Tequila Shrimp
Chef Connor Rankin's recipe for gazpacho has a kick courtesy of some peppers and the addition of tequila shrimp takes it to the next level of deliciousness. more
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Blue Cheese & Sweet Onion Gratin
Farm-fresh sweet onions and quality blue cheese, like Asher Blue from Thomasville's Sweetgrass Dairy Farms, are what make this delicious appetizer dip by Chef Jeff Brzezinski of Georgia Sea Grill stand out. more
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Orange Marmalade Ricotta Cupcakes
A delightful citrusy-sweet, moist cupcake with a marmalade buttercream frosting that is simply divine. more
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Pimento Pepper Jelly Bacon Sliders
In anticipation of June's Southern Grown Festival, Sea Island chefs shared with us some recipes that capture the flavors of The South. Here's a sandwich that combines pimento cheese, pepper jelly, bacon, and bread & butter pickles. Yum! more
Radish and Tart Apple Salad
This Radish and Tart Apple Salad is a fresh, crisp creation by Libbie Summers, the author of "The Whole Hog Cookbook" and the wonderful Salted & Styled food-inspired living blog. more
Gramma Neil’s Low Country Chowder
My grandparents had a house on Pawley’s Island when I was growing up. Every summer we would go crabbing so Gramma could make this chowder. I more
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Smoked Beef Brisket
The smell of barbecue on the smoker is undeniably something familiar in the South. This recipe from Sea Island for Smoked Beef Brisket uses another Southern favorite to get its robust flavor: bourbon! Delicious! more
