Jed Portman

Food & Drink
Pick a Side: Biscuits or Cornbread?
Which side are you on?

Food & Drink
Eat Like a Local in Western North Carolina
Even if you’ve never read Ronni Lundy’s food writing, you likely know her food

Drinks
A Bourbon Sour with a Twist
A very Southern cocktail

Food & Drink
Pineapple Upside-Down Cornmeal Cake
A cornmeal twist on everyone’s favorite down-home dessert

The Southern Agenda
Southern Agenda: October/November 2016
Goings-On In the South & Beyond

The Southern Agenda
New Southern Hot Plates
New restaurant openings across the South

The Southern Agenda
Going Whole Hog
NC Barbecue Revival organizer Wyatt Dickson shares three standout Eastern North Carolina barbecue joints

Food & Drink
Pickle-Brined Dipped Chicken
North Carolina’s answer to Nashville hot chicken

Food & Drink
Carla Hall’s Callaloo Collard Greens
A fiery Caribbean chile makes for one hot mess of greens

Food & Drink
Shrimp and Carolina Gold Rice “Grits”
A Chinese-accented take on a Lowcountry favorite

Food & Drink
Louisiana Garlic Crabs
Break out the napkins for garlic-butter-drenched crabs

Food & Drink
Indian-Spiced Macaroni and Cheese
Recrafting a Southern favorite with flavors from home
Food & Drink
Remembering Vertamae
We asked a few of Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor’s colleagues and admirers to share the lessons she taught them

Food & Drink
Exclusive: A Southern Chef Hits the Road
The North Carolina native behind the Chef and the Farmer restaurant in Kinston is loading up a food truck and hitting thirty-some towns

The Southern Agenda
Pat Conroy’s Literary Legacy
Three Southern authors reflect on their favorite books by the bard of the Lowcountry

Food & Drink
Exclusive: Rodney Scott on His New Charleston Barbecue Joint
Pit master Rodney Scott heads to Charleston

Drinks
The Five Essential Southern Cocktails
Which cocktail should every Southerner know how to make?

Drinks
10 Essential Bottles of Rum
Experience the original drink of the colonies

Food & Drink
What I Learned Making Biscuits at Bojangles’
There’s no break at breakfast

Food & Drink
Cracker Salad: A Georgia Original
The time to make it is now, with the best tomatoes you can find