John T. Edge
John T. Edge, writer and host of the television show TrueSouth, began contributing to Garden & Gun in its first year of publication. He is the author of The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South. His memoir, House of Smoke, will publish in the fall of 2025.
Fork in the Road
In the city’s sprawling exurbs, home to some 50,000 Korean immigrants, John T. Edge and musician Joe Kwon taste a new kind of Southern cooking
Fork in the Road
With Italian flair and Southern moxie, City House’s Tandy Wilson is giving other chefs plenty to chew on
Arts & Culture
Fifty years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act, a look at the past and promise of the most democratic restaurant space of all
Fork in the Road
Edward Lee lets loose and the flavors stand tall at Louisville’s MilkWood
Food & Drink
From boudin that’s gone global to a Caesar that’s all Florida to smoke-kissed chicken with an Alabama shimmer, these 2013 favorites from the hungriest man in the South are a serious helping of Dixie flavor––classic and contemporary
Fork in the Road
Our neighbors to the south know it as lechón. We call it barbecue. But there’s no language barrier when it comes to the joys of pit-cooked pork
Fork in the Road
The Roosevelt channels a Depression-era ethos into Southern riches
Fork in the Road
A stop at St. James in New Orleans will have you singing the blues, and the cheddars
Food & Drink
Here are John T. Edge’s top ten dishes of the year––from lardo-wrapped fish to one hell of a tomato sandwich
Food & Drink
A father-son search for pork and wisdom on Tennessee’s barbecue byways
Fork in the Road
Part blue collar, part white tablecloth, the Admiral is in a class of its own
Fork in the Road
Blending a little old with a lot of bold, Empire State South conquers new Southern territory
Fork in the Road
At Rocky & Carlo’s, Louisiana history comes with a side of smothered macaroni