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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.

Shops

A pioneering name in fine spirits launches a new chapter in Birmingham

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Two of Austin’s biggest culinary names put a singular spin on Texas barbecue

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How Virginia chef Brittanny Anderson gives Germanic flavors their proper due

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A Chinese food and fine wine oasis awaits off the interstate in Bossier City

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On the shores of Lake Norman, Hello, Sailor reinvents a Carolina classic

Adventures

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

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Fifty years after the pivotal “I Am a Man” strike, Ms. Girlee’s carries on a nourishing legacy

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Upping the ante on fast food

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A spirited steak house on the Holy City’s burgeoning Upper King Street gets all the details right

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This Napa Valley gem provides further proof that the South’s culinary influence ranges far and wide

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Chef Billy Allin offers Atlantans a sparkling Parisian detour

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A founding father of Southwestern cuisine restores a Houston icon

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In a rapidly diversifying South, Con Huevos showcases the promise of the decade to come

Food & Drink

For the acclaimed Tennessee cure master Allan Benton, a trip to Spain offers a taste of country ham’s past—and a vision of its future

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Overflowing sandwiches and a true taste of Louisiana love

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One of the newest additions to a growing Durham is a little gem

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Nashville’s Josephine cooks up a fresh take on the South and one hell of a whole bird

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Proving there’s still plenty of new magic to be conjured from tried-and-true Southern flavors

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Chattanooga’s Main Street Meats is a carnivore’s nirvana

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North Carolina pit master Sam Jones is breathing new fire into the old-school smokehouse