Bill Heavey

Food & Drink
The Mad Scientist of Pawpaws
Largely the domain of foragers, the biggest edible fruit in the South has mostly been forgotten. A quietly obsessed Quaker from West Virginia has made it his life’s mission to change that

Food & Drink
Black Walnut Fever
Armed with moxie and Nut Wizards, a dedicated throng of pickers hits suburbs, yards, and golf courses each fall during one of the South’s most unusual harvests

Sporting
Inside the Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo
Come summer, the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo brings thousands of entrants, decades of tradition, and varying degrees of piscatory prowess to Dauphin Island. Amid the million-dollar yachts and ten-dollar lawn chairs at the world’s largest fishing tournament, a writer and amateur angler wades into the frenzy of a Southern institution

Food & Drink
Welcome to BBQ University
Armed with a notebook, a hairnet, an appetite, and plenty of Dr Pepper, a novice backyard warrior enters the hallowed halls of meat science for an intensive lesson in fire, wood, smoke, and plain old great Texas ’cue

S is for Southern
Turkey Hunting: A (Humorous) Primer
The joys and pains of trying to bag a gobbler

Sporting
Filled to the Bream
When two broods gather for an old-fashioned panfish rodeo, the only thing better than the fillets is the fellowship

Arts & Culture
Indelible Talent
Four illustrators and one writer pay tribute to the late Jack Unruh, an artist for the ages

Our Kind of Place
River Remedy: Harpers Ferry
Chasing smallmouth and solace where the Shenandoah and Potomac meet in Harpers Ferry

Food & Drink
Family Style
Each year, for four decades running, one extended Texas clan comes together on the land they love, in the name of food, fellowship, and teaching the youngsters a thing or two about what really matters

Sporting
The South’s Top Gun
If you want to learn the art of British driven shooting––and shotgun shooting in general––there’s no one better to see in the States than Chris Batha. Just don’t let him catch you aiming

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