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Arts & Culture
A Forgotten Vanderbilt Finally Gets Her Due
Novelist Therese Anne Fowler, who brought Zelda Fitzgerald to life in her 2013 best-seller, Z, now turns her attention to another fascinating Southern woman: Alva Vanderbilt

Arts & Culture
What Southerners Keep
A new book collects stories of the items that could never be left behind

Food & Drink
Shoofly Pie with Sorghum
A Southern take on the Amish country classic

Food & Drink
Peanut Brittle with Sorghum
Brian Noyes of Red Truck Bakery in Marshall, Virginia, shares a recipe rooted in sweet family memories

Music
Your Fall Concert Cheat Sheet
Ten artists you need to hear live, all coming soon to a Southern venue near you

Good Dog Photo Contest
Meet the Good Dogs: This Week’s Comebacks
Time is running out to enter the 2018 Good Dog Photo Contest—but these underdogs prove there’s still time to lead the pack

Food & Drink
Molasses Cookies
Brian Noyes of Red Truck Bakery in Marshall, Virginia, shares the perfect sweet treat to greet (or conjure) cold weather

Food & Drink
Pan-Fried Artichoke Heart Salad
Salty olives, crispy browned garlic, and loads of caramelized onions elevate this flavor-packed dish

Drinks
Martini: Classic Cocktail with a Southern Twist
An Italian bartender in Miami shares a world-famous London version of the universally beloved (and argued-about) cocktail

Food & Drink
Succotash Stew
A new cookbook shows how to upgrade the beloved Southern side dish to a hearty main event

Home & Garden
New Life for Old Chairs
A bold Southern makeover done right
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Food & Drink
How to Make a Roux
In this excerpt from his new book Chasing the Gator, Louisiana chef and restaurant owner Isaac Toups demystifies a key component of good Cajun cooking

Food & Drink
Where Reading and Eating Meet
At the upcoming Southern Foodways Alliance fall symposium—the first in ten years that’s open to the public—literature is on the menu

Arts & Culture
October Reading List
Fall brings extra servings of cookbooks, historic novels, stirring biographies, and a secret garden book you’ll want to spend an afternoon paging through

Food & Drink
Dirty Rice
Chef Isaac Toups dishes on a Cajun mainstay

Drinks
The Zombie: Classic Cocktail with a Southern Twist
This drink fueled the mid-twentieth-century tiki craze. But the original recipe was lost for decades—until a New Orleans cocktail historian decoded it

Food & Drink
Chef-Approved Tailgating Essentials
Chris Hastings of Birmingham’s Hot and Hot Fish Club and OvenBird shares his must-haves for game day

The Whole Hog Podcast
Robert Earl Keen: The Road Goes on Forever
Season 3, Episode 7: The singer/songwriter and Texas native takes us through his songbook and recounts the stories behind “Five Pound Bass,” “Merry Christmas From the Family,” “Corpus Christi Bay,” and many more

Hurricane Florence
Days Later, New Flood Dangers from Florence
Three rivers swollen from the hurricane’s record rains meet in one spot: Georgetown, South Carolina. Here’s how the town is preparing

My Town
Vince Dooley’s Athens, Georgia
The legendary University of Georgia football coach and his wife, Barbara, share their recommendations for a perfect day in the Classic City