It is not an understatement to say that the Blue Willow Inn Restaurant
in Social Circle, Georgia, is truly one of the South’s top restaurants
and possibly the best restaurant in the South featuring traditional
southern cooking. Guests from all 50 states and 180 countries visited
the Blue Willow Inn Restaurant. Of the 200,000 plus visitors annually,
such guests as Helmut Kohl, former chancellor of Germany, the military
leadership of the Republic of Georgia (hosted by the Georgia National
Guard), ambassadors and ordinary people have experienced the true
hospitality, grace, and cooking of the Old South. The Famous have
visited over the years, here are just a few, Carroll O’Conner, Clint
Eastwood, Larry Hagman, Helen Mirren, and many more. Georgia is a
great place for film companies, movies have been filmed in and around
Social Circle. The movie Jerry and Marge Go Large, The Heat Of the Night
TV series, Sweet Magnolia TV Series, Nancy Drew TV series and many
more.
This
fantastic collection offers delicious Southern recipes and fascinating
anecdotes about The Blue Willow Inn. The restaurant has been voted best
small-town restaurant in the South by "Southern Living" magazine
readers. Chicken and Dumplings, Fried Green Tomatoes, Cornbread, Collard Greens, and Sugared Pecans! By
any measure, the Blue Willow Inn in Social Circle, Georgia is as
southern as you can get. Proprietor Billie Van Dyke says that no one is
allowed to leave hungry, and certainly no one should after feasting on a
variety of Southern salads, meats, vegetables, breads and desserts and,
of course, sweet tea, the "Champagne of the South," and lemonade.
Housed in a gloriously restored southern mansion, The Blue Willow Inn is
home to Southern hospitality and charm at its best. "The Blue
Willow Inn Cookbook" offers delicious Southern recipes, vintage pictures
from the early days of Social Circle, and fascinating anecdotes about
the restaurant. It's a book that's wonderful for reading or for cooking.
The greatest restaurants in America are its wonderful
independent regional restaurants. And there are no greater experts on
America's regional restaurants than Michael and Jane Stern. "Coast to
coast," said the "New York Times,"they know where to find the freshest
lobster rolls, the fluffiest pancakes, the crispiest catfish."
Book is excellent like new condition! No rips, tears or writing! The usual tiny pre-loved light surface wear of dust cover here &
there from years of adding glam to Betty's coffee table, but nothing that distracts from this swell treasure of how to history! See enlarged pics for best description and details.