Helen Ellis
Helen Ellis is a Garden & Gun contributing editor and the author of five books, including the national bestseller American Housewife and Southern Lady Code. Raised in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, she lives in New York City with her husband, Lex.
Southern Conundrum
What does it take to get on the naughty list?
Southern Conundrum
Should church repasts and cul-de-sac cookouts become endangered species?
Travel
With gallery hops, restaurants serving familiar flavors, and delightful, creative shops, Helen Ellis’s favorite Big Apple experiences are rich with the comfort of the South
Southern Conundrum
Helen Ellis rises in defense of the handwritten letter
Southern Conundrum
Helen Ellis explores Southern presents that go beyond the classic and expected
Arts & Culture
Why everyone’s raving about the Tony-nominated musical sensation
Food & Drink
Why Alabamians love the Birmingham fast-food franchise
Food & Drink
Any way you spread it, the Southern dip appeals to the heart
Arts & Culture
A newbie gets the spirit of the season at Dolly Parton’s theme park
Home & Garden
Step inside the tinsel-gilded, garland-bedecked, glitter-frosted, champagne-soaked gumdrop-and-marshmallow world of the Savannah merrymaking maven
Home & Garden
An ode to the Southern art of holiday overdecorating
In Good Spirits
A bowl, a dipper, and a bottle of bourbon: A spirited Mississippi spin on the church-lady favorite lives up to its name
The Manual of Southern Know-How
The author and Alabama native shares the Dos and Don’ts
Why We Love the Gulf
An annual father-daughter poker trip to a Biloxi casino captures what it means to be down but not out