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What's Next for Southern Food?
With the annual Charleston Wine + Food Festival upon us, chefs, writers, and other food figures from all over the country have swarmed our sunny hometown with flasks and notebooks in hand. Southern...
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New Classic: Spicy Pimento Goat Cheese
Growing up in Pulaski, Virginia, Jason Alley learned to make biscuits, fried chicken, and more. But when it came to pimento cheese, he preferred the processed, store-bought kind. “We’d get it from...
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Southern Classic: Pear Salad
There was something special about her pears. ... Read more on GardenAndGun.com
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Southern Secret: The Pea Crab
So you wrenched open a fresh, local oyster and out peeked an orange crab the size of a small house spider. If you don’t know what’s going on, the experience might be enough to turn you off shellfish...
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Eat like a Local in East Tennessee
It was the State of Franklin, on land ceded by North Carolina in April of 1784. With a capital in modern-day Greeneville, the mountainous northeastern corner of Tennessee was a minor republic that...
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So You Think You Know Biscuits?
Southerners like to dwell on the details of biscuitry, from wheat varieties to fast-food standouts. Now, you can test your biscuit knowledge with our ten-question quiz. ... Read more on GardenAndGun.com
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A Southern Soft-Shell Crawl
It’s soft-shell crab season, and chefs from Washington, D.C. to New Orleans are putting the warm-weather delicacy on their menus. What is it, exactly? Just a blue crab in the middle of a major...
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The Ultimate Kentucky Burgoo
How do you burgoo? Kentucky cooks answer that question with everything from venison and rabbit to butter beans and chopped cabbage. Some cooks even add a splash of whiskey. There’s room for all that...
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Chefs Share What They Learned from Mom
In Chicago on Monday, the James Beard Foundation awarded a new group of chefs some of the highest honors in the food world. And after stepping off the stage, of course, many of the winners called...
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The Easiest Biscuits You'll Ever Make
Sharon Benton learned to make biscuits from her mother, who rolled them out almost every day. “This was before cereal, so that was breakfast,” she says. By the time she met her husband, the retired...
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Southern Highway Bites
No other part of the country does fast food like the South. Beyond Bojangles, Chick-fil-A, Krystal, and Whataburger, these ten smaller chains offer everything from slaw dogs to country ham, making a...
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How to Identify A Good Barbecue Joint
Ever dream of leaving it all behind to seek out some of the best barbecue in the country? Rien Fertel did just that when he hit the road for The One True BarbecueRead more on GardenAndGun.com
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A Vanishing Appalachian Bread Tradition
The dough smells like sweaty gym clothes, thanks to a bacterium that commonly causes food poisoning. It’s temperamental and sometimes fails even in the hands of experienced bakers. And “salt-rising...
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It’s Jellyfish Season in Georgia
Georgia fishermen haul in millions of pounds of shrimp and blue crabs each year. Recently, some have added a new catch that you’ll rarely if ever see on menus: the cannonball jellyfish, also known as...
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Eat Like a Local in New Orleans
Chef John Besh knows New Orleans. Raised in nearby Slidell, Louisiana, the former Marine made national headlines feeding the storm-tossed population of his adopted hometown in the wake of Katrina....
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Southern-Style Summer Nachos
Everybody loves nachos. A crunchy layer of tortilla chips can be a vehicle for just about any ingredient you can imagine, from shredded chicken and jalapeños to crawfish and pickled okra—both of...
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Eat Like a Local in Washington, D.C.
Born in Washington, D.C. and raised in nearby Olney, Maryland, Derek Brown has been mixing drinks in our nation’s capital since long before it was a top food and drink destination—and is, in fact,...
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When Two Southern Icons Collide…
No, this isn’t an April Fools’ Day joke. It’s the middle of July, and the makers of the beloved Salisbury, North Carolina, soft drink Cheerwine really have teamed up with their fellow Piedmont North...
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Cracker Salad: A Georgia Original
Never heard of cracker salad? You’re probably not from southeast Georgia. Even if you are, that’s no guarantee. “I got introduced to it at a family reunion in Nahunta, which is a little tiny town...
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What I Learned Making Biscuits at Bojangles’
It started on the way to the grocery store earlier this summer, when I heard a radio ad touting the forty-eight steps behind each tray of Bojangles’ biscuits. Call me old-fashioned, but I could think...
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