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A taste of summer from Chapel Hill mainstay Crook’s Corner

For Bill Smith, the chef who has quietly kept Chapel Hill, North Carolina’s beloved Crook’s Corner at the heart of the Southern culinary universe for more than twenty years, food always revolves around family—the one he’s related to and the one he isn’t

The Crook's Corner chef has helped set the course of Southern food for more than twenty years

Justin Burdett, the third chef in the lineage of the iconic Chapel Hill restaurant, discusses what’s changing, what’s not, and why simple can sometimes be better

Chef-led culinary trips bring guests to the flavors of Mexico, France, and beyond

Top cookbooks, novels, and memoirs that explored the story-filled region

Hit order (and preorder) for these two dozen new and forthcoming books that G&G editors and contributors are buzzing about

Chefs from across the two states in Florence’s destructive path are doing what they do best—fundraise with food. Here’s how you can help, too

Gorgeous cookbooks, charming poetry collections, meditations on nature, and more delightful 2024 reading picks from G&G editors and contributors

Goings-on in the South and beyond

The crowd-pleaser dessert

A sporting clays tournament at Foxhall Resort in Douglasville, Georgia

The Chapel Hill, North Carolina, restaurant closed after nearly forty years of putting Southern food on the map. It also introduced the writer Daniel Wallace to the life—and wife—he dreamed of

G&G editors and contributors suggest forty Southern novels, memoirs, and cookbooks to put at the top of your reading list this year

A tour of Crook’s Corner in Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Frequent fliers share their favorite foods in Atlanta, Charlotte, Miami, and more

Here’s where you’ll find the G&G editors outside the office in the next twelve months

A state-by-state guide to the best birds in the South

Because you don’t mess with perfection

An ode to the good times—and great fried chicken—at the Chapel Hill institution

A reading list for the dreary days of winter

Whether you’re into thrillers, photo books, novels, or just anything you can cozy up with on an autumn evening, you’ll find something to savor among these new books

Etiquette, tips, and tricks—plus recipes for mulled wine, bourbon-spiked cider, roasted oysters, and the best s’mores ever

New novels, nonfiction, cookbooks, forthcoming titles, even some classics—and where these Southerners plan to enjoy reading them

Plus, destinations we’re dreaming of this year

Thirty-plus picks by and for Southerners: new novels, tell-all memoirs, and savory cookbooks to kick off autumn with cozy vibes

Our editors and contributors shared the novels, cookbooks, memoirs, and even a few oldies-but-goodies that they couldn’t put down this year

G&G contributors pick the food books they’re excited to devour this fall

The cookbooks, novels, and nonfiction books that G&G editors and contributors loved most this year

G&G editors and contributors share what books to cozy up with this autumn

Ask a Southerner if you want a strong opinion…

Goings-on in the South and beyond

An interview with writer John T. Edge about his new book, The Potlikker Papers

A renowned North Carolina chef retraces his steps in a charming old city

A Southern chef reflects on the merits of a squeaky-clean brew after a hard day’s work

Kernels of wisdom about one of the South’s fundamental foods

Tips and recipes for turning kitchen staples into winning Southern dishes