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Steve Russell

Steve Russell is a Garden & Gun contributing editor who also has written for Men’s Journal, Life, Rolling Stone, and Playboy. Born in Mississippi and raised in Tennessee, he resided in New Orleans and New York City before settling down in Charlottesville, Virginia, because it’s far enough south that biscuits are an expected component of a good breakfast.

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Severe Weather

After flash floods decimated the Texas Hill Country, the NBC News correspondent faced an unusually personal assignment

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Travel

The lauded Virginia mountain lodge reaches a new peak with an impressive revamp

Bacon and a tee hang from a clothes line

Food & Drink

Who needs a spring breeze when you can smell of hickory and applewood smoke?

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Food & Drink

With medals going to Miami, Nashville, Austin, and more, the region’s culinary stars had a delicious night

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Home & Garden

Certain ornamentals can be as unexpectedly deadly as they are pretty

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Arts & Culture

Atlanta’s Victorian-era Martha Stewart, the surprising vegetable on display at every Gilded Age party, an old-school recipe for orange candy, and more tasty tidbits from Georgia’s Historical Recipes

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Travel

Dig into the Shenandoah Valley’s charming hidden gem

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Music

The Grammy winner has big plans for the rural hideaway where Stevie Wonder, Jimmy Buffett, and the Neville Brothers, among other legends, recorded music

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Food & Drink

It’s the candy’s first flavor variation in more than thirty years

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Travel

The reigning NASCAR champ gives you a ride-along to some of his favorite places

A bottle of whiskey in a wheat field on a red stand

Food & Drink

With Star Hill Farm Whisky, the distillery leans deep into the grain for its first new mash bill in seventy years

Empty bottles of bourbon

Food & Drink

There are a few possible reasons, but Julian Van Winkle III provides the lowdown on the sketchiest explanation

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Food & Drink

Sampling one of Buffalo Trace’s rarest pours, and talking ultra-aged whiskey and the mysterious Warehouse P with master blender Drew Mayville

A woman hugs the head of a dark horse with a white face

Arts & Culture

Lots of freedom to move—and a remarkable bond with his owner

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Travel

Lace up your boots, soak up stunning vistas—and still make it home for dinner

A bowl of Kentucky burgoo

Recipe

The odds-on Derby favorite gets a little kick courtesy of the Delegate Hotel

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Food & Drink

In his quest for the perfect dough, the Nashville chef looks beyond Naples for inspiration

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Travel

The landmark Memphis retail complex, which turns ten this month, is an unexpected place to enjoy the great indoors

A plate of lamb chops

Recipe

A special-occasion dish suitable for home cooks

A rooftop bar filled with seating and plants

Travel

Enjoy warming temps at these eclectic, elevated perches that go above and beyond