Mark your calendars!
SHIRLEY’S SOUL FOOD FEATURED ON FOOD NETWORK
Toccoa is becoming known not only for its military history but also for its restaurants. On July 29th, local eatery “Shirley’s Soul Food” on East Currahee St. will be featured on a new Food Network series called, “Feasting on Asphalt.”
Shirley Combs says the show’s host; Alton Brown visited her restaurant several years ago and remembered the good food she serves.
“He was doing this on-the-road food show called “Feasting on Asphalt,” Shirley said. “He started in Savannah and he said he felt lead to come here and we’re glad that he did,” she said.
Shirley said brown loved the food and told her it was something different. Recently, he called her and asked if he could feature her restaurant as part of the new four-part series. On June 20, he and a production crew from the food network spent the day with Shirley filming. She hopes the national exposure will be good for business.
“I really thank the Lord for it, because I’m going to expand next door and I really prayed about it. I told the Lord I really need to know that I am going to have the business, out of the clear blue he called me, and he was coming. At first, I thought he was the lady from channel 3 in Clarkesville, but now I’m going to be doing two TV shows,” she concluded.
Shirley’s’ Soul Food will be featured in the first episode of “Feasting on Asphalt” and will air Saturday evening July 29 at 9 p.m. She will also be a featured guest next week on a cooking show on Channel 3 in Clarkesville where she will demonstrate how to make her famous cabbage-cheese casserole
If for some unknown reason you find yourself in my hometown be sure to stop and eat at Shirley’s. It is food just like your mama or your mama’s helper, depending on your social status, used to make.
