Cooking in Augusta

Stuff you need:
* 8 fresh peaches - peeled, pitted and sliced into thin wedges
* 1/4 cup white sugar
* 1/4 cup brown sugar
* 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
* 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
* 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
* 2 teaspoons cornstarch
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* 1 cup all-purpose flour
* 1/4 cup white sugar
* 1/4 cup brown sugar
* 1 teaspoon baking powder
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled and cut into small pieces
* 1/4 cup boiling water
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* MIX TOGETHER:
* 3 tablespoons white sugar
* 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

How to do it:
1. Preheat stove to 425 degrees
2. In a large bowl, add peaches, white sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, lemon juice, and corn starch.
3. Coat evenly and pour into a 2 qt baking dish.
4. Bake for 10 minutes.
5. Combine flour, white sugar, brown sugar, baking powder, and salt.
6. Blend in butter with your fingers until mixture resembles coarse meal.
7. Stir in water until just combined.
8. Take peaches out of stove, and drop topping from bowl on them.
9. Sprinkle entire cobbler with the sugar and cinnamon mixture.
10. Put back in over until top is gold in color.  It may take about 1/2 hour.

Enjoy this Georgia Peaches delicious recipe in Augusta, GA or in a kitchen near you!

WHAT YOU NEED:

2 tblsp vegetable oil
4 (8 oZ) bone-in pork chops
seasoning - salt and pepper
1/4 cp butter
3/4 cp sliced shallots
1 1/2 cps fresh black cherries, pitted and halved
2 tblsps red wine (table is fine)
1/4 cp beef stock
1/4 tsp dried rosemary leaves, crumbled

HOW YOU DO IT:
Oven to 350 degrees F
Prepare baking sheet with aluminum foil.
Heat the vegetable oil over medium-high heat
Season the pork chops with salt and pepper
Brown pork chops in the hot oil (should be about 120 seconds each side)
Place the pork chops on baking sheet.
Bake until the pork chops are no longer pink in the center (about 20 minutes).
While baking, melt butter in the same skillet over medium heat
Stir in shallot & cherries
Cook until the shallot has begun to soften, about 120 seconds
Mix in the red wine and beef stock and simmer
Season with rosemary, and simmer until the sauce has reduced and thickened.
Season to taste with salt & pepper before pouring over the pork chops to serve.

Alas you have a great Southern piece of meat for your dinner in Augusta, Georgia or anywhere

Cooking in the South is very much like what you’d consider ‘home cooking’ or comfort food.  Some of the most popular themes in Southern cooking, inside and outside of Georgia are Cajun, Carolinas, BBQ, Creole, low-country, soul, and Tex-Mex. Southern cooking usually includes fresh vegetables (organic these days :-)), rice or corn, usually pork or chicken, and seafood. Popular dishes you may have heard of include: bbq, chicken-fried steak, catfish, smothered pork chops, black-eyed peas, grits, biscuits and gravy, fried green tomatoes, collard greens, okra and sweet potatoes. Don’t forget something to cleanse your pallet.  Cooking in my kitchen in Augusta, GA usually includes sweet iced tea and mint juleps.