Shiloh

We spent last week in Nashville, Tennesse, which many of you will know is not the culinary capital of the world, but does boast some good eats of the southern variety. We spent one day touring Shiloh Battlefield, one of the best-preserved and well laid-out battlefields you can find. It is well worth the trip, even for the cheesy 60s-era film in the visitor center with a not-very-convincing Grant. Just outside the battlefield, however, is a small cabin restaurant called Hagy's Catfish Hotel, a family-owned restaurant that has been frying up catfish for more than 60 years. The hush-puppies were amazing, the salad dressings all homemade, and the pie, oh, the pie, was divine. The chocolate pie was rich, fudgy, and very decadent. It was worth the ten pounds I probably gained eating it.