Dining in the Garden of Good Eats: Cooking With the Book That Made Savannah Famous

by Deborah Sullivan, Shane Sullivan

?Dining in the Garden of Good Eats offers recipes from award winning Savannah restaurants, cafes, inns, the NOGS (those that choose to stay North of Gaston Street), The Married Women’s Card Club and many other purveyors of our famous cuisine. So, you can now take the flavor of Savannah home with you to enjoy forever.A valuable guide to entertaining, this book allows you to serve the recipes of celebrated Savannah chefs, making you a success with your own guests. Some of the participating restaurants included in the book Lady and Sons featuring Paula Deen of The Food Network, Elizabeth’s on 37th Street, Clary’s - a local favorite, and two of Savannah’s oldest and most famous restaurants, The Pirates’ House and Mrs Wilkes Boarding House.Also, the book serves as a handy visitors’ guide as you walk the historic streets where local points of interest are highlighted on a convenient tour map. Hear about historic Savannah, Georgia along with the Savannahian traditions, such as the history of “The Birdgirl Statue,” the former centerpiece of the Trosdal family plot in the legendary Bonaventure Cemetery. This cookbook features many fun facts and trivia taken from the bestselling book and motion picture, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, by John Berendt, which influenced the publishing of this fine cookbook.The authors compile highlights from top “Midnight attractions and present creative ideas for your own “Midnight” theme party. This treasure even records ghostly sightings reported by many visitors of the most haunted places in Savannah. As a recent customer said, “it’s like a mini- sequel to “Midnight.” The cookbook is a must read for those who love good food and are interested in the history of one of the beautiful Early American cities in the country

258 pages, Spiral-bound

First published November 30, 2006

About the author

Deborah Sullivan is an Associate Professor at the Arizona State University. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Duke University, an M.A. in Sociology from Duke University, an
M.S. in Population and Environmental Biology from the University of California, Irvine and a B.S. in Zoology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Over the years she has published in numerous journals and contributed content to various books.