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‘The Southerner’s Cookbook’ Launch Party

On November 3, 2015, Garden & Gun celebrated the release of The Southerner’s Cookbook: Recipes, Wisdom, and Stories from the Editors of Garden & Gun. Guests gathered at the G&G office to toast the chefs, writers, photographers, and friends that made the book possible.

Special thanks to:
HarperWave
Harvest Catering
Squeeze
Sarah York Grimshaw Designs

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The Southerner’s Cookbook: Recipes, Wisdom, and Stories from the Editors of Garden & Gun.

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Guests look at the recipes featured in The Southerner’s Cookbook.

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Left to right: G&G Vice President, Consumer Marketing Gary Michelson speaks with Style Director Haskell Harris and Senior Vice President, Brand Development & Creative Services Jessica Derrick.

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Catering by Harvest Moon.

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Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency Book Agent Amy Hughes.

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Left to right: G&G President & CEO Rebecca Darwin, Susan Kibler, and Partner Pierre Manigault.

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Left to right: Bloggers Grace Atwood & Chassity Evans and Byrdhouse PR’s Annie Hamnett.

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Floral designs by Sarah York Grimshaw.

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Three Variations of “Classic” Pimento Cheese, as seen in The Southerner’s Cookbook.

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Guests received a copy of The Southerner’s Cookbook.

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Left to right: G&G Style Director Haskell Harris and Executive Managing Editor Phillip Rhodes.

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Left to right: G&G Art Director Marshall McKinney, Executive Assistant to the CEO Ali Karn, and Research Editor CJ Lotz.

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G&G Senior Vice President & Editor in Chief David DiBenedetto toasts the chefs, writers, photographers, and friends that made the cookbook possible.

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Left to right: Sully Sullivan, Adam Boozer, and Dan Xeller.

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Left to right: G&G Creative Services Director Colleen Call, Assistant Editor Elizabeth Hutchison, and Michael Carmody.

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The Tallulah–whiskey, peanuts, and Coke–as seen in The Southerner’s Cookbook .

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Left to right: Leapfrog PR’s Libba Osborne, Will Mischner, G&G Senior Editor Jessica Mischner, and Chris Osborne.

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Left to right: Cookbook Contributor Kate Connor, G&G President & CEO Rebecca Darwin, and Julie Montgomery.

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Left to right: Randy Johnson, G&G Executive Managing Editor Phillip Rhodes, Accounting Assistant Abby Long, and Associate Publisher, Advertising Ginger Sutton.

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Left to right: G&G Partner Pierre Manigault, Susan Kidler, William Bates, John Pope, CEO & Founder Rebecca Darwin.

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Left to right: G&G Senior Vice President, Brand Development & Creative Services Jessica Derrick, Sam Sydney, and Darren Sydney.

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Devilish Eggs, as seen in The Southerner’s Cookbook.

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Left to right: G&G Partner Pierre Manigault and President & CEO Rebecca Darwin.

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Left to right: G&G Accounting Associate Aileen Lewis, Assistant Editor Elizabeth Hutchison, Digital Media Director Kim Alexander, Associate Photo Editor Margaret Houston, Consumer Relations Manager Ashley Smith, and Accounting Assistant Abby Long.

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Left to right: Chef Jason Stanhope, G&G Executive Managing Editor Phillip Rhodes, Photography Director Maggie Brett Kennedy, Cookbook Contributor Chef Mike Lata, President & CEO Rebecca Darwin, Partner Pierre Manigault, and Senior Vice President & Editor in Chief David DiBenedetto.

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Left to right: G&G Assistant Editor Jed Portman, Bill Briand, Senior Vice President & Editor in Chief David DiBenedetto, and Johnny Fisher.

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Left to right: Marika Yanke, Blogger Annie Reeves, and G&G Associate Creative Services Manager Molly Kalinsky.

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Left to right: G&G Deputy Editor Dave Mezz, Randy Johnson, and Executive Managing Editor Phillip Rhodes.

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Left to right: Brooks Reitz and Erin Connelly.

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G&G Senior Vice President & Editor and Chief David DiBenedetto and his wife & contributor Jenny Everett.

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Left to right: G&G Visual & Creative Direction Hunter Floyd, Jubilee Coordinator Caroline Rearden, Jimmy Hagood, and Associate Publisher, Advertising Ginger Sutton.

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Left to right: Cookbook prop stylists Kenneth Hyatt & Justin Schram.

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Left to right: G&G Vice President & Publisher Christian Bryant, Kathleen Woodberry, Adriano Giampietro, Retail Marketing Manager Kate Ludwig, and Garden & Gun Land Marketing Manager, Kristin Mayhall.

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Left to right: Cookbook Contributor Matt Lee and HarperWave Executive Editor Julie Will.

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Moon Pies, as seen in The Southerner’s Cookbook.

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