January food and restaurant happenings from Georgia’s coast, including recent restaurant openings and a forthcoming festival.

Yes, it’s real. Georgia now has an official state bread and stew. Earlier this month, Governor Brian Kemp signed a bill that named cornbread as Georgia’s official state bread and Brunswick stew as the ...

Serving up a Century of Southern Food and a Sense of “Home” By Bonnie Helander On Saturday, January 3, 2026, Sprayberry’s Bar ...

The state of Georgia has a lot of official symbols. There’s the Cherokee rose, the brown thrasher, the peanut, pecan, peach, Vidalia onion, honeybee and so on. But thanks to new legislation, the state ...

Back at the beginning of October, I was down on St. Simons Island in Georgia, attending Firebox, a barbecue festival staged by the guys at Southern Soul. On the way home, I took a short detour to ...

BRUNSWICK, Ga. – If you weren’t aware, Brunswick, Georgia, has a simmering rivalry with another area of the same name: Brunswick County, Virginia. Both Brunswicks claim to be the birthplace of the ...

Two beloved Southern staples have received official recognition in the Peach State, as of July 1, in a new bill. Brunswick stew and cornbread are now designated as the official state stew and official ...

The Governor, two Georgia State Senators, a “man-on-the-street” in Atlanta, and folklorist, John Burrison speak in one voice authenticating Brunswick stew as a most beloved folk heritage stew of ...