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.
Home & Garden
In a captivating new book, the duo behind the popular Instagram account set the story straight on small Southern towns, shiplap, and why so many fading homes still have stories to tell
Arts & Culture
A Q&A with the author, who this fall resurrects his first big hit in a new thriller
Arts & Culture
We asked a former pilot, thriller writers, and James Lee Burke about the last moments of the F-35 saga in South Carolina that captured us all day
Music
Musicians reflect on the album that blasted out of little Doraville, Georgia, in 1973
Food & Drink
After the toughest season in memory, hope beams at small farm stands, markets, and even at your doorstep
Food & Drink
An ode to the salty, cheesy, savory flavors of a West Virginia classic
Food & Drink
How to make Florida’s bright and refreshing pie, topped with homemade whipped cream
Food & Drink
In her vibrant new cookbook, Stacey Mei Yan Fong shares fifty pies—including some wildly creative Southern recipes
Books
Spine-tingling page-turners from a longtimer and a rising writer
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