A true test of a good Brunswick stew is to gauge its thickness; a good Brunswick stew should be thick enough to allow a spoon to stand up straight.

Although the pedestal provides no further details, there is a recipe for "camp stew" in a cookbook from antebellum Georgia that's similar to the Brunswick stew we know today (stew has long been a ...

“There’s no question that Brunswick, Georgia, is the birthplace ... a subtle evolution in what makes superb stew. Adams’ batches are based on a recipe pulled from a church cookbook and ...