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.
Arts & Culture
The actress’s new book shares her black and white photos of Highway 61
Gardens
A Western North Carolina hideaway where mysterious moss enchants everything it touches
Food & Drink
The chef is back with a new cookbook, plus a vision to de-stress his kitchens, put his phone away, and deliver some “big, big, big” plans for getting Southerners to eat more kudzu
Books
Five can’t-miss books out this month—two powerful novels, rediscovered short stories, a football-fan delight, and scenes of bygone Charleston
Arts & Culture
In his delightful new memoir, the piano player and singer-songwriter shares stories of growing up in North Carolina, plus advice on creativity
Food & Drink
This simple recipe preserves the taste of summer at its peak
Food & Drink
After nearly eight years, the Food Network mega-star is bringing his Georgia-made cooking show, Good Eats, back to television
Home & Garden
Along Bayou Chenal, in a corner of a parish near Baton Rouge, Jack and Pat Holden tend to an unrivaled tribute to the Acadian and Creole ways of life
Arts & Culture
Powerful short story collections, music memoirs, photos of enviable cabins, and probing insights into a true Southern character—the mosquito.
Music
Now on their farewell tour, Lynyrd Skynyrd band members reflect on Southern rock’s most requested song
Arts & Culture
BreyerFest at Lexington, Kentucky’s Horse Park celebrates the famous model horses—and the real ones that inspire them
Arts & Culture
Summer must-reads include charming novels, zippy thrillers, and a fascinating collection of love letters between the Fitzgeralds
Arts & Culture
Halfway through 2019, we’re looking back at the delightful novels, biographies, memoirs, story collections, and other works that have already made this a stellar year in Southern literature
Arts & Culture
The Hall of Fame quarterback shares stories about playing for Bear Bryant, discovering Florida flowers, and his first taste of sweet potato pie
Arts & Culture
Great summer reads for Southerners—bold novels to take to the beach, a peachy keen cookbook, and one powerful ode to grace
Gardens
Cahaba or “shoal” lilies appear from Mother’s Day to Father’s Day in Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina
Arts & Culture
May brings the year’s first crop of beach reads, a slew of almost-summertime cookbooks, and powerful odes to Southern history