Recommended Article

I will hopefully be checking out some of these restaurants soon but I thought I'd share this link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/28/dining/southern-farmers-vanquish-the-cliches.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all 

 Good article and good recommendations for Southern restaurants and Southern farmers. 

 Happy New Year!

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