Amanda Heckert

Amanda Heckert is the executive editor of Garden & Gun and the editor of the magazine’s book Southern Women. A native of Inman, South Carolina, she previously served as the editor in chief of Indianapolis Monthly and as a senior editor at Atlanta magazine. She lives in North Charleston with her husband, Justin, and their dogs, Felix and Oscar.

Arts & Culture

Based on a book by the culinary historian Jessica B. Harris, the new Netflix series celebrates the influence of African American culture and ingenuity on the country’s cuisine

Arts & Culture

The longtime CNN news anchor and Atlanta native bids goodbye to her news job and hello to her new book, Huddle

Food & Drink

Baltimore’s sweet summer tradition goes back more than a century

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Arts & Culture

The culinary historian Jessica B. Harris shares her stunning vintage postcard collection in a new book

Southern Focus

The art of being Elvis

Sporting

ESPN senior researcher Chris “The Bear” Fallica shares a few historical trends to keep in mind before this year’s Run for the Roses

Everything you need to know to master the Run for the Roses

Food & Drink

New Orleans insiders reveal what’s really on their tables—and bars—during Carnival

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Arts & Culture

Austin, Texas, photographer and entrepreneur Jay B. Sauceda shares glimpses of his home state

Drinks

A Bloody Bull is an even richer spin on a Bloody Mary. Make it batch-style, like one G&G writer’s family, and prepare to bowl over your party guests

Arts & Culture

The chef, author, and television star reveals her favorite episodes—and previews her new show to come

Southern Women

How the Greenville, South Carolina artist found her purpose in a paintbrush

Arts & Culture

Notables such as Emmylou Harris and Ethan Hawke hop in the back of Elvis Presley’s Rolls-Royce to muse on the rocker and America in a new documentary

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Sporting

Adorable alert: These new Thoroughbred foals at a Lexington horse farm might be tomorrow’s Run for the Roses racers

Arts & Culture

A fox with a memorable mug finds love in a Florida home

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Arts & Culture

A new exhibit highlights the photographer’s relationship with the South

Arts & Culture

The Georgia native may not be up for an Oscar at this year’s Academy Awards, but few do the South better

Arts & Culture

Five things you might not know about the quick-fire painter and PBS star

Arts & Culture

The Southern roots of the beloved 1970s television show

Arts & Culture

Fifty years ago, the Senate confirmed Baltimore native Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American justice, to the bench