Tuesday, 15 February 2011

• Blue Willow Inn

  

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  Food and mealtimes shared have always been thought of as a closer kind  of communication than simply talking to people without eating together.

   

  So states Edith Schaeffer in her treatise, The Hidden Art of Homemaking.

  Over and over again, I have found this adage to be more than true.

  Last Saturday we took a field trip in honor of DD#3's Birthday, a visit from one of her college friends (hey Cindy! she's from Cincinnati) and the new job my nephew started with the Zac Brown Band!!

  Leaving the ATL early, we traveled South to Social Circle and dined at the famous Blue Willow Inn.

  Imagine on my pretty dinner plate collards, green beans, sweet potatoes, macaroni and cheese, and cornbread.  I topped it off with some peach cobbler and one bite of peanut butter pie.

  Exemplary of a certain era of Southern cooking, the Blue Willow Inn recipes are not ones that I use now.  But my tastebuds do have special places in my heart (imagination) for these flavors and love savouring the traditions of my heritage.

  I hope you'll consider a visit to the Blue Willow Inn, if you're every in this neck of the woods, as they are struggling to stay afloat in this slow economy (link to AJC article).

   

  Last but not least ~

  Take time to walk through the charming shops in downtown Social Circle because it sure is a social circle!

  

   

  Read my review of Anthony Esolen's Method #5 for destroying your child's imagination to understand how important this field trip really is.

  Happy Birthday, DD#3!!!

   

  Currently The Blue Willow Inn Bible of Southern Cooking: Over 600 Essential Recipes Southerners Have Enjoyed for Generations By Louis Van Dyke, Billie Van Dyke see related

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