Georgia
Buttermilk biscuits, country ham, and peaches in the syrup
5 iconic recipesBreakfast culture
Georgia is a Southern breakfast state through and through: stone-ground grits with butter, biscuits split open for sausage gravy, country ham with red-eye gravy made from black coffee, and pancakes drowned in peach syrup. Atlanta brought soul food traditions north from the rural South, and the result is the most generous breakfast table in America.
The classics
5 dishes that define a Texas morning.
Buttermilk Biscuits with Sorghum Butter
Tall, flaky buttermilk biscuits served warm with a whipped honey-sorghum butter that melts into the layers. The biscuit alone is worth getting up for.
Country Ham with Red-Eye Gravy
Salt-cured country ham steaks pan-fried until edges crisp, then deglazed with black coffee and a splash of water to make red-eye gravy. Ladled over biscuits or grits. Old, deep South.
Peach Pancakes with Pecans
Buttermilk pancakes folded with diced Georgia peaches and toasted pecans, finished with a peach-butter syrup. The breakfast of summer in the South.
Stone-Ground Cheddar Grits
Stone-ground white grits cooked low and slow until perfectly creamy, finished with butter and sharp white cheddar. The base note of every Georgia breakfast plate.
Sweet Potato Hash with Eggs
Diced sweet potato pan-roasted with red onion and smoked paprika until edges caramelise, topped with a runny-yolk fried egg. A modern Georgia breakfast that holds the Southern root.
Community voices
A good biscuit, hot from the oven, with butter and honey, is the entire reason to live in the South.
— Garden & GunRed-eye gravy poured over hot grits is Georgia in a bowl. Coffee in the breakfast plate is the whole secret.
— Reddit · r/AtlantaFlorida is next. Every week, a new state.
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