Peachy-Keen: Redux

A few years ago I posted a recipe for my Mom's Peach Cobbler (or, as it states in the recipe, blackberry or any other seasonal fruit). Here's the link to the recipe:

http://smileyeats.blogspot.com/2007/04/peachy-keen.html

Recently I made the trip to my hometown for a family reunion. It's been years since I've been to one and I was excited about seeing family AND, cooking with my Mom.

We made a number of dishes for the reunion - if you follow me on Twitter at @smileyeats you saw photos - but the dish we made that was the biggest hit of the weekend was a peach cobbler.

Here's a sort-of "cobbler life-cycle" series of photos - enjoy!

FLIP IT AGAIN

FLIP BURGER BOUTIQUE

1587 Howell Mill Road

Atlanta, GA 30318

404.352.FLIP

www.flipburgerboutique.com

Yes - the entire city is stuffed with burger joints. Yes, the foodierati are all voicing their "I'm so over it" disdain.

I don't care - I LIKE fancy burger joints.

After a quick trip to Star Provisions earlier in the day, a friend and I (someone I can always count on for a hey-let's-go-here-and-order-lots-to-taste meal) decided to head up Howell Mill and hit Flip Burger Boutique.

As I made mention earlier, we order quite a bit and then treat it sortof like a tasting menu - a little from here, a little from there. Today's choices were:

Fried Okra and Confit Duck Nuggets - the okra was good but a bit too salty and the duck nuggets were SPOT ON TASTY. Shredded duck, breaded, deep fried, served with blood orange dipping sauce (which had a bit of a kick to it).

The burgers - the Southern, the Butcher's Cut and the Thai Chicken - we both agreed the best of the three to be the Southern, with its layering of almost-pickled pickles, pimento cheese, green tomato ketchup and a deep fried patty, but we were torn on which burger ran 2nd and 3rd.

Both were really good - the Butcher's Cut, with its blue cheese and red wine jam was a bracing taste departure from the sweetness of the Southern. And the Thai Chicken patty (served between two iceberg lettuce leaves - pointless, IMO) was fresh and bright and had just the right amount of cilantro and vinegar.

Onion rings

Ok - so the onion rings were an afterthought brought on by watching the couple next to us eating theirs. They just looked so good - and were! VERY onion-ey. Light batter, I believe it was vodka batter or something. All in all a great ring.

EGGS AT 4AM (with just a bit of innuendo thrown in for good measure)

There's a number of benefits to living alone - bathroom habits are yours alone, television watching doesn't have to be discussed, quiet time for reading is readily available.

And, waking up at 4am on Saturday morning with a wicked craving for scrambled eggs isn't going to disturb anyone.

I wasn't dreaming about chickens or food or sex or the movie Alien or sex or golf balls or sex or anything else I can think of that would trick me into craving scrambled eggs - I just knew I had to have them.

So, next thing I know, I have a pan filled with nutty-smelling butter and 3 eggs.

And there lies another plus to living alone - you can quell any craving you have at any time! :)