Daniel Wallace

Fractions, fennel pollen, and the art of a well-made cocktail

The Chapel Hill, North Carolina, restaurant closed after nearly forty years of putting Southern food on the map. It also introduced the writer Daniel Wallace to the life—and wife—he dreamed of

Finding peace and pieces in Southern streams

The acclaimed author of Big Fish often draws inspiration—literally—from his offbeat kin. Behold his unparalleled pedigree

The first rule: Include canines

Coming to terms with a small but mighty enemy

At this fairy-tale home, magic awaits behind every door

Wild, whimsical, wooden—from his artwork to his home, North Carolina sculptor Patrick Dougherty’s fantastical creations bend the imagination

With thirty-five novels, two Edgar Awards, and one of the most enduring characters in crime fiction, James Lee Burke is a titan among mystery writers. But maybe we should just call him a writer

Finding success in the City of Dreams can be a fruitless pursuit. But for Southerners — on the silver screen and beyond — Los Angeles has long proved fertile ground

During his thirty years tracking lost souls through the Smokies and beyond McCarter rescued twenty-six people, many of them children. These days he’s still in the mountains, often thinking about those he found—and the few he didn’t

Opening a small-town restaurant was chef Vivian Howard’s first leap of faith. Her second? The one-of-a-kind farmhouse she now calls home

What it’s like to own a pool

Deep in the Alabama woods at the base of the Cumberland Mountains lies a cemetery like no other

Nearly thirty years ago, the artist discovered his muse in the Bahamas and since then he has remained true to the people, the place––and his incredible talent

Getting from here to there is one thing. 
What happens in between is the great unknown

A good bar feels like a secret only you know

Feather by feather, sculptor Grainger McKoy captures the beauty of birds as few artists ever have

One man’s lifelong quest to get it right