Jill sAucemAn Left: Breakfast at Mary's Southern Grill features mountain-like country-fried steak and old-fashioned potatoes. Anneliese Zemp Center: Harvest Habersham takes its name from the north Georgia county where it is located. Above: Writers Fred & Jill Sauceman took home three boxes of Dahlonega's Paul Thomas Chocolates. chicken pizza bakes away in the kitchen. "At that shop I found an old smoker and half a bag of Kingsford charcoal and bought them." When Feizet's profession as a teacher of children with autism and their caregivers brought him to Georgia, he never forgot that latent fascination with smoked meat. On New Year's Eve 2013, in an old gasoline station at a rural Georgia crossroads, he welcomed the first customers to Hickory Stump Barbeque. "The light goes on in that smoker outside on Tuesday night, and it doesn't go out until Saturday," says server Crystal Day, as she brings three sauces to our table- one vinegary, one sweet with lots of black pepper, and one hot. May/June 2016 55