Food & Drink

A pioneer in the industry, Marci Palatella and her Pure Antique took best-of-the-best honors at this year’s massive San Francisco World Spirits Competition

Though her Charleston-based company, Life Raft Treats, came up short on the reality show, the decorated pastry chef is forging ahead

Prying open the amusing, informative, mouthwatering world of Southern oysters

An effervescent bourbon cocktail with a floral twist that’s anything but ordinary

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

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

Food to Die For is an ode to history in the kitchen

Courtesy of Amy Bruni’s Food to Die For cookbook

The drink that gave New Orleans’ Old Absinthe House its name

You don’t have to believe in ghosts to enjoy this gem from a haunted Louisiana bed and breakfast

The new cozy morning spot preserves the fellowship and simplicity of the Southern gas station cafés and diners

The moment Hurricane Milton passed, crabbers were out setting traps for the Southern delicacy

A Georgia barbecue joint gives banana pudding a seasonal makeover

Long thought lost, ancestral Native American kernels make their way back home to the Lumbee, Waccamaw-Siouan, and Coharie

With his new cookbook, the Today veteran shares how everyday recipes bring his family together

A revamp of the NBC anchor’s favorite childhood snack knocks it out of the park

This bourbon behemoth is the exception to Al Roker’s dessert rule

This recipe from the ABC news co-anchor’s Georgia family is a Roker household favorite

A New Orleans chef on how to make the most of the hibiscus in your garden

The recipe that got Virginia Willis baking