Kinsey Gidick
Kinsey Gidick is a freelance writer based in Central Virginia. She previously served as editor in chief of Charleston City Paper in Charleston, South Carolina, and has been published in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Travel + Leisure, BBC, Atlas Obscura, and Anthony Bourdain’s Explore Parts Unknown, among others. When not writing, she spends her time traveling with her son and husband. Read her work at kinseygidick.com.
Travel
The Juneteenth celebration showcases the city’s top culinary talents and pays delicious homage to history
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Arts & Culture
The Demon of Unrest, Larson’s vivid depiction of the lead-up to the Civil War, is a masterclass in reportage and storytelling
Arts & Culture
The debut novel of lawyer Caroline Cleveland evokes haunting true stories
Recipe
Hive your cake and eat it, too, with this spring-inspired dessert
Home & Garden
Skip the hard boiling for picture-perfect eggs that’ll actually keep
Travel
Come to Highland County for a sweet festival and stay for the peep(ers) show
G&G Distilled
G&G Distilled, a weeklong event in April, will feature the “insanely motivated, super bright” personalities powering the bourbon boom and more
G&G Distilled
From bourbon country getaways to suppers with celebrated Southern chefs, make the holidays brighter by giving an exclusive experience
Recipe
A holiday favorite from the Garden & Gun Club at the Battery Atlanta
Arts & Culture
Spilling the tea on sister revolutionary events that happened 250 years ago this month
Land & Conservation
The beloved host of NatureScene and NatureNotes passed away earlier this week
Arts & Culture
The prolific Oxford, Mississippi, author on his two new movies, cataclysmic weather events, and being labeled Southern gothic
Arts & Culture
The prolific author talks about setting her true crime novels in Baltimore, claiming her Southern identity, and how the pandemic inspired her latest caper about a prom gone wrong
Champions of Conservation
Virginia’s natural wonders extend a wider welcome with this man at the helm
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Arts & Culture
Where to encounter the latest page-turners and the authors behind them
Home & Garden
A Knoxville couple creates a garden for bees and butterflies on long-held family land
Books
“This is the same road as any serious writer with elbow patches and a whiskey addiction and a log cabin in the woods,” says the newly minted novelist and daughter of the late bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank
Travel
Two-step to these standout destinations, where social dancing never went out of style
Recipe
Here’s how the prolific pitmaster amps up summer’s signature sizzler