John T. Edge
John T. Edge, founding director of the Southern Foodways Alliance at the University of Mississippi, began contributing to Garden & Gun in its first year of publication. He is the author of, among other books, The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South.
Food & Drink
The Last Waiter
In praise of those who serve—in restaurants and beyond
Food & Drink
Finding Hope in a Dark Week
John T. Edge reflects on one of the most tumultuous weeks in restaurant history
Food & Drink
What the Coronavirus Means for Southern Restaurants
Across the region, chefs and restaurateurs assess how to move forward
Southern Heroes
Dust-to-Digital: The Song Savers
An Atlanta couple safeguards and showcases the music of the South
Fork in the Road
The Louisiana Restaurant Fusing South by South America
Arepas meet crawfish, and Venezuela meets Cajun Country at Patacón
Fork in the Road
The Family Seafood Joint
Finding comfort in the classics at Johnny’s Half Shell in Washington, D.C.
Fork in the Road
College-Town Flavor
At their new spot in a converted ranch house, Tarasque Cucina’s John and Lauren Stokes bring a delightfully homemade taste of fun to Oxford
Fork in the Road
A Taste of Kentucky Cajun
Louisville chef Paul Skulas gives the South’s best-known regional cuisine a modern helping of Bluegrass flavor
Food & Drink
The State of Modern Barbecue
John T. Edge takes the temperature of twenty-first-century ’cue
Fork in the Road
Is This Chattanooga’s Best Breakfast?
One of a new generation of breakfast spots, Kenny’s gives the first meal of the day the respect it deserves
Fork in the Road
Crechale’s Cafe’s Highway Legacy
Gulf seafood, comeback sauce, and the lasting allure of a Jackson, Mississippi, institution
Fork in the Road
Smothered with Love
Just outside New Orleans’ Louis Armstrong airport, Hurst Restaurant dishes out eighty years of family tradition—and one divine pot of greens
Shops
The First Lady of Liquor
A pioneering name in fine spirits launches a new chapter in Birmingham
Fork in the Road
Playing with Fire: Austin’s Loro
Two of Austin’s biggest culinary names put a singular spin on Texas barbecue
Fork in the Road
Metzger Bar & Butchery Goes Beyond the Biergarten
How Virginia chef Brittanny Anderson gives Germanic flavors their proper due
Fork in the Road
Lucky Palace Is a Louisiana Gem
A Chinese food and fine wine oasis awaits off the interstate in Bossier City
Fork in the Road
A Fish-Camp Revamp in North Carolina
On the shores of Lake Norman, Hello, Sailor reinvents a Carolina classic
Adventures
Boudin without Borders
Surrounded by cane fields and conch sausage in the French territory of Guadeloupe, New Orleans chef Donald Link dines his way through a Caribbean take on Creole cuisine
Fork in the Road
A Soul Food Beacon in Memphis
Fifty years after the pivotal “I Am a Man” strike, Ms. Girlee’s carries on a nourishing legacy
Fork in the Road
Discover Nashville’s Hugh-Baby’s
Upping the ante on fast food