Jed Portman

Cocktails
The Tallulah: Coke, Peanuts, and Whiskey
One gastropub in Birmingham, Alabama is reinventing a childhood treat

Artists
Nashville’s New Tune: Music City Medley
Thirteen acts bringing new sounds to Nashville

Food & Drink
Pimento Cheese’s Kentucky Cousin
Try this simple recipe for Benedictine spread, a Louisville favorite

Food & Drink
A Different Kind of Barbecue Sauce
Kentucky mutton dip makes a tasty complement to smoked meat of any kind

Food & Drink
Meet the New Queen of Barbecue
Catching up with Brownsville, Tennessee’s Helen Turner about her path to barbecue royalty

Food & Drink
Catching Up with the Queen of Hot Chicken
A conversation with Andre Prince Jeffries of Prince’s Hot Chicken

Food & Drink
The Cochon Butcher Muffuletta
A well-crafted Crescent City sandwich

Drinks
Cocktail Hour: The Jungle Bird
A peculiar tiki drink with roots in Malaysia, this rare bird blends bitter and sweet

Food & Drink
A Legend’s Late-Night Snack
A four-pound monster of a sandwich fit for the King

Food & Drink
Ribs with Hill-Country Heritage
The secret to beef ribs at The Salt Lick, a Texas favorite

Land & Conservation
A Great White in the Lowcountry
“These are 400-million-year-old secrets that schoolchildren are solving alongside PhDs.”

Drinks
Tate’s Chamomile Sazerac
A comforting cocktail for the short, cold days of late fall

Food & Drink
Good Eats in East Tennessee
Two Volunteer State restaurants doing comfort food right