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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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Food & Drink

Bardstown Bourbon Company’s Collaborative Series finishes the year by finishing whiskey in stout beer barrels

A smoked bologna sandwich on a plate with fries

Recipe

Replicate this smoked, thick-sliced winner from Tennessee’s Puckett’s Restaurant

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Arts & Culture

With Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage set to premiere tonight, we caught up with the Cooper family’s lovable breakout star

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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.”

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Arts & Culture

Bring your tarnished, your busted, your hopelessly mangled to the Memphis insitution’s miracle-working pros

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Land & Conservation

The ultra-runner relives the highlights—and a few lowlights—of her epic trek

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Sporting

They nurture the bond between outdoorsmen and their four-legged partners

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Travel

The peaceful Crossroads Inn has welcomed travelers for two centuries

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hurricane helene

Amid Helene’s devastation, resilient residents are pledging to rebuild

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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”

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Recipe

Lodge’s own chef reveals the one recipe to rule them all

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Drinks

Anxious moments, whiskey math, and line etiquette on the uncertain path to victory

Duke's Mayonnaise, Old Bay seasoning, White Lily Flour

Food & Drink

From okra pickles to a certain exalted mayo, are your shelves properly prepped?

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Food & Drink

We asked three Southern chefs: If you were frying chicken on a desert island, which skillet would you want?

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Food & Drink

The proprietor of the lauded Elvie’s steps up to save a Mississippi seafood icon

A collage of three Eiffel Tower replicas. From left to right, they are located in Tennessee, Texas, and Arkansas.

Travel

If you can’t make it to France this summer, how about Arkansas, Tennessee, or Texas?

A plate of fried catfish

Recipe

For National Catfish Day (or any day), fry up this favorite from Nashville chef Deb Paquette

A steakhouse sets a white table with a plate of steak and sides

Food & Drink

You won’t leave hungry from these beef shrines with big personalities

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Food & Drink

With big wins from D.C. to New Orleans to Texas, the region’s culinary talent ate up the competition