Arts & Culture

Thoughtful presents for Dad, from mail-order steaks to summer shirts

Based on a book by the culinary historian Jessica B. Harris, the new Netflix series celebrates the influence of African American culture and ingenuity on the country’s cuisine

Festivals are coming back in the South in a big way

The Hollywood fixture rules the audiobook world, too

The musical renaissance man can trace his life in music with an impressive collection

A North Carolina weddings writer dishes on her favorite Southern couples, explains why we all love love, and shares the traditions she’s ready to see annulled

Statement-making toppers for shading your face (and boosting your mood)

G&G readers share what their Southern moms passed on, for better or worse

After a year without spectators, the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks welcomed back fans—and with them came fabulous fascinators and colorful fashions. Photographer Nerissa Sparkman captured the scene

The HGTV stars turn their talents to revamping an Alabama town

Organized by Greg and Subrina Collier, of Leah & Louise, the BayHaven Food & Wine Festival is slated to debut this fall

Fifteen lovely ways to show your appreciation

Step through the garden gate at the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota

This Mother’s Day, spoil her with these lush goods from Fieldshop by Garden & Gun

Fop fates, mowing fanatics, and Texas subdivisions

Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s new PBS documentary goes deep on the author’s life, including his time in the Florida Keys

The annual Women in the Field fly-fishing excursion in Cashiers, North Carolina

White House insider. Socialite. Best-selling author. Pioneering broadcaster. A torrid romance with Willie Morris. Barbara Howar of North Carolina did it all, living a life most of us can only imagine before eventually giving the finger to the spotlight. We tracked down one of the great—and largely overlooked—Southern heroines

The longtime CNN news anchor and Atlanta native bids goodbye to her news job and hello to her new book, Huddle

In an essay for Garden & Gun’s Southern Women book, the longtime CNN anchor and author shares her memories