Sharing a love of motorcycles with his father brings author Taylor Brown a lifetime of lessons along the South’s back roads—including how to say goodbye
Classic Summer Weekends
Features
Travel
Plan the perfect joyride along this storied Southern highway
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Arts & Culture
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Land & Conservation
The powerful pull of the ancient alligator gar draws a North Carolina writer deep into the Texas mud
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Entertaining
Those gorgeous summer tomato slices deserve elegant silver to match
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Travel
Load up the car and grab the road snacks—these beloved Southern getaways have beckoned guests for generations
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Food & Drink
Southern culinary pros share their favorite recipes—from a celebratory strawberry fizz to a nostalgic mixed-berry salad to a skillet cobbler with a sweet surprise
All Articles from this Issue
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End of the Line
…and getting sweaty about it
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Fork in the Road
One of a new generation of breakfast spots, Kenny’s gives the first meal of the day the respect it deserves
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Books
A real-life atrocity inspires Colson Whitehead’s heartbreaking new novel
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Our Kind of Place
How a New Orleans icon became a local’s unlikely training partner
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What's In Season
Buy it fresh and treat it right, and cantaloupe may become your favorite bite of the season
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Arts & Culture
A Birmingham artist’s botanical tapestries update a centuries-old technique
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preservation
A North Carolina centenarian
saves a singular set of historic tobacco-country structures -
Drinks
Uncork a bottle (or two) at one of these inviting new spots
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Anatomy of a Classic
Cool cukes meet Miami heat in chef Raymond Li Jr.’s surprisingly refreshing summer side
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Gardens
Bowls of water keep quick-to-wilt gardenias going
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The High & the Low
Julia Reed on the joy of being set free in D.C.—and how her summer trips have evolved since
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COLLECTIONS
The Alabama artist Mary Kirk Kelly captured the sublime bounty of summer
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Homeplace
Contemporary meets comfortable at this rustic architectural wonder
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Editor's Letter
Exploring the South’s wild beauty with a Cumberland Island local
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The Southern Agenda
Goings-on in the South and beyond
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Made in the South
A lifelong love of gardens inspires handcrafted outdoor furniture at Virginia-based McKinnon and Harris
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Tastemaker
Get to know the Asheville chef behind Benne on Eagle
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Travel
From a Florida Keys fishing retreat to a Blue Ridge Parkway pilgrimage, these summer getaways that have beckoned Southerners for generations
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Travel
Writer Randall Kenan on measuring the years in trips to a North Carolina island
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Travel
Elizabeth McCracken on the city’s cotton-candy-sticky amusement—and how to escape it
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Travel
For one writer, memories and marvels rekindle each summer in the forests, waterfalls, and valleys of Western North Carolina
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Travel
Why there’s no substitute for Southern lazy days and getaways
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Travel
At this Florida retreat, bumming around gets elevated to an art
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Drinks
A distillery known for moonshine makes a rye that really rocks
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Drinks
This cross between a mint julep and a whiskey sour just might be your new favorite cocktail
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Good Dog
A patient pug lifts away the worries of a homesick poet in Kentucky
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Arts & Culture
Author Winston Groom looks back at the Oscar-winning film adaptation’s debut—and the journey that led him there
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Music
Duane Betts and Devon Allman honor their fathers’ legacies—while forging their own paths—with new album Down to the River
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Food & Drink
A winning combination from Emie Dunagan of Louisville’s 502 Bar & Bistro
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Drinks
A celebratory sipper from Joe Stinchcomb of Saint Leo Lounge in Oxford, Mississippi
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Food & Drink
Blueberries’ wilder cousins make the perfect surprise ending to any summer meal
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Food & Drink
The classic dish is reimagined by Shelley Cooper of Dancing Bear Appalachian Bistro in Townsend, Tennessee
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Food & Drink
Stephen and Jessica Rose of the Peach Truck in Nashville, Tennessee, share a very berry breakfast treat