Caroline Sanders Clements
Caroline Sanders Clements is the senior editor at Garden & Gun and oversees the magazine’s annual Made in the South Awards. Since joining G&G’s editorial team in 2017, the Athens, Georgia, native has written and edited stories about artists, architects, historians, musicians, tomato farmers, James Beard Award winners, and one mixed martial artist. She lives in North Charleston, South Carolina, with her husband, Sam, and dog, Bucket.
Food & Drink
Take a peek inside the acclaimed Mississippi restaurateur Emily Blount’s just-opened bar, Saint Leo Lounge. Plus: Four of her other Oxford favorites
Drinks
A bourbon-and-coffee cocktail from the newly-opened Saint Leo Lounge in Oxford, Mississippi
Hurricane Florence
Six months after Hurricane Florence, North Carolina’s Motts Channel Seafood is back in business
Arts & Culture
After two years of lackluster blossoms, the Georgia city expects to once again be the pinkest place on the planet
Land & Conservation
After stints at Yosemite and Big Bend, the new chief ranger at Great Smoky Mountains National Park is coming back home to protect and preserve a Southern treasure
Travel
Book a table now at one of these five soon-to-be-notable restaurants
Food & Drink
Atlanta chef Kevin Gillespie—whose newest restaurant, Gamechanger, is located inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium—shares his riff on pigs in a blanket
Food & Drink
Six local sports fans share their favorite gameday snacks
Drinks
An exclusive look at Camellias, the glitzy champagne, caviar, and dessert spot inside the new Hotel Bennett
Drinks
Meet the julep’s bubbly cousin—a signature cocktail at Charleston’s newest champagne bar
Hotels & Lodging
The new Charleston hotel blends old-world elegance with Lowcountry soul
Land & Conservation
From mischievous North Carolina black bears to vigilante cattle in Florida to good dogs everywhere, these are our favorite Southern animal anecdotes from the past year
Arts & Culture
The Sidesaddle exhibit at Virginia’s National Sporting Library & Museum illustrates women’s profound influence on horseback riding
Home & Garden
With two innovative designs and a North Carolina mountain community in the works, these luxurious Southern-made tiny houses might be the next big thing