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Got a burning desire for scorching sauce? From Mexican salsa to old-school vinegar-pepper to brand-new international flavors, a spicy tour of Houston restaurants proves hot sauce in the South has never, been, well, hotter

A weekend-worthy sauce from Hank Shaw

Twenty culinary experts. Sixteen widely available hot sauces. Which ones burn the brightest?

Try these Southern barbecue joints while you still can

Get Chef Bryan Caswell’s family recipe for Barbecued Crabs

Hybrid dishes on the menu at Atlanta’s Heirloom Market

Spicy-sweet and a little bit tart, Jezebel sauce—done right—is a cook’s best friend

With homemade pimento cheese and a tangy comeback sauce for dipping, these are sure to impress

The Garden & Gun Club chef spices up her version with a simple riff

A Chesapeake chef brings a lost recipe back to life

Locals know the best small-town spots for ’cue across the South

The James Beard Award–winning pitmaster shares three of his best tricks

After the holidays, the Atlanta chef simmers a rich, fragrant broth as the base for turkey pho

A state-by-state guide to the best birds in the South

The Mid-Atlantic meets New Orleans’s Magazine Street at chef Kristen Essig’s new D.C. spot

With a dash of curry powder and a swirl of coconut milk, the Garden & Gun Club chef puts a Bay Area–spin on the Southern staple

Chef Virginia Willis on how to save the cookout when the weather won’t cooperate

An odds-and-ends seafood dish from Charleston’s Cru Café

It doesn’t take much to have a great time along Florida’s Forgotten Coast

“This is not smoked chicken from a pit master. This is back-yard, sticky-fingers, delicious barbecue chicken”