Oct/Nov 2011: Southern Food Issue

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Food
Jenny Everett
Brine and Dine

Produce for the pickle jar

Food
Jessica Mischner
Café au Dixie

To create a coffee for the South, two roasters are bringing back a long-forgotten bean

Food
Hanna Raskin
Cocktail Craze

Five Southern bars giving cocktail lovers a new reason to say “Cheers.”

Food
Francine Maroukian
Day-After Gumbo

Turn your Thursday bird into a Friday feast

Food
Bill Heavey
Grabbing Dinner

A late-night adventure in Louisiana gives the phrase a whole new meaning

Food
Wright Thompson
Memphis in May: Pork-a-Palooza

A team of pit masters goes to Memphis in May to answer a burning question: Can great barbecue still win?

Food
The 50 Best Southern Foods

Here is our definitive list of the ultimate dishes in Dixie

Food
The 50 Best Southern Foods: Meats

Some of the best in Southern meats

Food
The 50 Best Southern Foods: Seafood

Some of the best in Southern seafood

Food
The 50 Best Southern Foods: Sides and such

Some of the best in Southern side dishes

Food
The 50 Best Southern Foods: Sweets

Some of the best in Southern sweets

Food
The Boilermaker Revisited

Bourbon and beer get the craft cocktail treatment

Food
Francine Maroukian
The Guide to the Sides

Four Southern chefs share their Thanksgiving favorites

Food
The Taste of Dixie by Mail

Some of the best mail-order foods in the South

Food
James Conaway
Virginia Terroir

A few Virginia vinters are hell-bent on making the South's first truly great wines

Food
Jenny Everett
What's in Season: Rutabaga

For a fall stew, don't overlook this oft-forgotten veggie

Music
Matt Hendrickson
Country Cooking

Zac Brown doesn’t make concessions when it comes to food on the road. And he doesn’t want his fans to either

Home & Garden
Eric Hansen
Cutting Edge

Bladesmith Quintin Middleton crafts the perfect kitchen knife

Sporting Life
Jonathan Miles
A Taste for the Hunt

A boy acquires a profound appreciation for the hunt

Sporting Life
Chris Hastings
Who's the Boss?

An alpha chef learns a few lessons from his alpha gun dog

Arts & Culture
Julia Reed
Food for Thought

A few musings—old and new—on the greatest of all Southern levelers

Arts & Culture
Roy Blount, Jr.
I'll Have a Dash of...Cuckoo Spit?

A diatribe against the foam craze

Arts & Culture
Vanessa Gregory
Lights, Camera, Eat!

Meet Joe York, the Ken Burns of Southern food

Arts & Culture
Clyde Edgerton
Mountain Shine

Stories of bootlegging and a simpler way of life

Arts & Culture
Ronald Coleman and Elizabeth Hutchison
Southern Agenda—Oct/Nov 2011

Goings-on in the South and Beyond

Arts & Culture
The Films of Joe York

A brief retrospective with comments by the filmmaker

Travel
John. T. Edge
A Breed Apart

Despire its L.A. Address, Animal does right by the South

Travel
John. T. Edge
Charlotte's New Course

Can the South's most competitive city finally make a name for itself in food?

Travel
John. T. Edge
Fare Players: The Locals

Three Charlotteans with good taste

Travel
Pableaux Johnson
Five Good Po'boys

Po'boys are almost infinite in the variety. Here are five of New Orleans' best

Travel
Rick Bragg
Home of the Po'boy

In New Orleans, a messy sandwich is a thing of beauty

Travel
John. T. Edge
Queen City Eats

There’s plenty of great food to be found in 
Charlotte—if you know where to look

Travel
Matt Lee and Ted Lee
Soulful Seafood

In the Holy City, where fried seafood is sacred, Sandra and Terry McCray dish out the divine

Daily Shot

the garden & gun blog

Good Eats
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By Jed Portman
Belle Decor
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By M.K. Quinlan
The Sporting South
Jesse Freidin Exhibit: Good Shootin’ »
By Blake Welch

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