Another Shark Sighting in the South
Last fall, we gathered around our computers to follow the progress of Mary Lee, a 16-foot Great White shark, as she worked her way down the East Coast and poked her nose into Charleston Harbor. Tagged...
View ArticleGet to Know: Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires
Like so many Southern musicians, Lee Bains learned to sing in church. His grandmother directed church choirs for seven decades, from her senior year of high school until she was almost ninety years...
View ArticleCatching Up with the Queen of Hot Chicken
“He had taken four buses to get here,” says Andre Prince Jeffries, proprietor of Nashville’s Prince’s Hot Chicken, about a customer who came in to her restaurant not long ago. “He said that he was in a...
View ArticleMeet the New Queen of Barbecue
Last week, pitmaster Helen Turner, of Helen’s Bar-B-Q in Brownsville, Tennessee, boarded a plane for the first time in her life and flew to Charleston, South Carolina, for this year’s Wine + Food...
View ArticleGrenadine with a Southern Accent
The past two years have seen the Jack Rudy Cocktail Co.’s flagship tonic syrup blow onto bar menus from New York City to New Orleans. It has become the secret ingredient in many a quality G&T,...
View ArticleBurger Up’s Tennessee Ketchup
Here’s to the out-of-season cookout, when intrepid grillers brave the blustery winds of winter and early spring to bring burgers, hot dogs, and other char-marked delights to the dinner table. There is...
View ArticleA Different Kind of Barbecue Sauce
Barbecue lovers from Pikeville to Paducah should give thanks for Wes Berry, the English professor and 'cue enthusiast whose new Kentucky Barbecue Book is a survey of all things smoked and sauced in the...
View ArticleSt. Patrick's Day, Virginia-Style
This St. Patrick’s Day, revelers from Boston to Miami will be donning green, guzzling beer, and otherwise reveling in the luck of the Irish. Meanwhile, in Virginia, shepherd Craig Rogers will be hard...
View ArticleWhat James Beard Nominees Did Last Night
Yesterday morning, at Charleston’s Lowndes Grove Plantation, officials from the James Beard Foundation announced the nominees for this year’s James Beard Foundation Awards. Often described as the...
View ArticlePimento Cheese's Kentucky Cousin
In a state best known to the rest of the country for its bourbon and fried chicken, Louisville’s Benedictine spread is an under-the-radar local favorite. ... Read more on GardenAndGun.com
View ArticleA Reel Close Call
Having a slow Thursday? Here's a fish tale to get your adrenaline flowing. ... Read more on GardenAndGun.com
View ArticleCoke, Peanuts, and Whiskey
Ever drop a handful of roasted peanuts into an ice-cold Coca-Cola? The sweet and salty pairing, rare above the Mason-Dixon line and vanishing below, conjures vivid memories from Southerners of a...
View ArticleEarth Day on Wadmalaw
Looking to celebrate Earth Day in Southern style? ... Read more on GardenAndGun.com
View ArticleA Rich Legacy
Today, on what would be Thomas Jefferson’s 270th birthday, you are sure to see our third president remembered as the voracious intellectual who drafted the Declaration of Independence and founded the...
View ArticleDinner Theater
We only have one problem with most movies about food: We leave hungry. ... Read more on GardenAndGun.com
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Edward Lee's Perfect Catfish
These are busy times for Edward Lee, longtime head chef at Louisville’s 610 Magnolia. Three months ago, he opened MilkWood, an Asian-inflected bar and restaurant, to big crowds and rave reviews....
View ArticleSouthern Pantry: Crab With a Capital T
In the coastal South, crab dip is a classic summertime treat. Fresh crab, blended with mayonnaise, cheese, and spices, brings the flavor of the sea to picnics and cocktail parties alike. Grocery-store...
View ArticleSouthern Pantry: Flavored Vodka, Texas-Style
In the past decade, Austin, Texas, has become the unlikely vodka capital of the South. First came Tito’s Handmade Vodka, the first spirit legally distilled in Texas. It took off in the early 2000s and...
View ArticleSouthern Pantry: A Tangy Taste of Alabama
Thirty-nine years ago, in Mobile County, Alabama, Virginia Sutton began fermenting her first big batches of vinegar. She’d made vinegar for her family plenty of times before, but by the mid-seventies,...
View ArticleOpenings: The Johnny Cash Museum
Since the days of "Hey, Porter," his first hit song, Johnny Cash has entertained generations of fans. Now, with the opening of Nashville’s Johnny Cash Museum, those fans have a place to pay tribute to...
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