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.
Food & Drink
Bardstown Bourbon Company’s Collaborative Series finishes the year by finishing whiskey in stout beer barrels
Recipe
Replicate this smoked, thick-sliced winner from Tennessee’s Puckett’s Restaurant
Arts & Culture
With Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage set to premiere tonight, we caught up with the Cooper family’s lovable breakout star
Music
The country superstar gathers a few dozen relatives for a collection that spans generations and genres. Listen to a premiere of the track “Not Bad.”
Arts & Culture
Bring your tarnished, your busted, your hopelessly mangled to the Memphis insitution’s miracle-working pros
Land & Conservation
The ultra-runner relives the highlights—and a few lowlights—of her epic trek
Sporting
They nurture the bond between outdoorsmen and their four-legged partners
Travel
The peaceful Crossroads Inn has welcomed travelers for two centuries
hurricane helene
Amid Helene’s devastation, resilient residents are pledging to rebuild
hurricane helene
“We all see disasters around the world, but this I can help with”
Food & Drink
Fresh out of the oven, Anne Byrn’s 200-recipe compilation shares the stories behind the “first and finest style of baking in America”
Recipe
Lodge’s own chef reveals the one recipe to rule them all
Drinks
Anxious moments, whiskey math, and line etiquette on the uncertain path to victory
Food & Drink
From okra pickles to a certain exalted mayo, are your shelves properly prepped?
Food & Drink
We asked three Southern chefs: If you were frying chicken on a desert island, which skillet would you want?
Food & Drink
The proprietor of the lauded Elvie’s steps up to save a Mississippi seafood icon
Travel
If you can’t make it to France this summer, how about Arkansas, Tennessee, or Texas?
Recipe
For National Catfish Day (or any day), fry up this favorite from Nashville chef Deb Paquette
Food & Drink
You won’t leave hungry from these beef shrines with big personalities
Food & Drink
With big wins from D.C. to New Orleans to Texas, the region’s culinary talent ate up the competition