CJ Lotz Diego
CJ Lotz Diego is Garden & Gun’s senior editor. A staffer since 2013, she wrote G&G’s bestselling Bless Your Heart trivia game, edits the Due South travel section, and covers gardens, books, and art. Originally from Eureka, Missouri, she graduated from Indiana University and now lives in Charleston, South Carolina, where she tends a downtown pocket garden with her florist husband, Max.
Food & Drink
Celebrating twenty years of Charleston’s FIG restaurant with memories of those crazy early days—and three recipes from the vault
Arts & Culture
The author of Cold Mountain on his writing routine, North Carolina roots, and taking his characters beyond the South
Arts & Culture
Hosting tips—and recipes—from a North Carolinian who has made Italian beauty a lifetime love
Sporting
Historic decoys, dog paintings, a rare folk art find, and more highlights from the online Copley Winter Sale
Home & Garden
We’re crowing about these must-see coops at February’s Antiques & Garden Show
Gardens
On a Georgia island, a greenhouse reflects a lifelong passion
Arts & Culture
And see photos of that time Elvis showed up
Arts & Culture
Jerry Saltz on faking it till you make it, going down Instagram rabbit holes, and why the creativity pouring from the South is so vital
Arts & Culture
The mega-best-selling author dishes on his favorite cookbooks, the Mississippi haunt that started it all, and why he won’t describe his new book in one sentence
Arts & Culture
“I wish there was a way to go back and soothe the younger me,” says Natalie Chanin, whose gorgeous new book celebrates two decades of soulful Southern style
Arts & Culture
The 1898 film is quite a spectacle—and an exhibition shares more of New Orleans’s most intricate carnival designs
Arts & Culture
A fascinating new book by Annie Proulx reveals the mystery and majesty of fens, bogs, and swamps
Drinks
A New Orleans cocktail tastes like whiskey, but the starring spirit is…
Recipe
Bourbon mussels are just one of many surprising flavor combinations in Justin Sutherland’s new Southern-inspired home-cooking book
Arts & Culture
“The biggest thing that people get wrong about the South is that they think all Southern accents are the same”
Recipe
People can’t stop ordering the combo at this new restaurant on Isle of Palms, South Carolina
Arts & Culture
In her lovely new book, the best-selling author of Under the Tuscan Sun welcomes readers into both her Southern and Italian estates