Alabama

A survey of opinions ahead of the national championship game

Novelist Ace Atkins, a member of Auburn’s undefeated 1993 team, on college football rivalries and alternative game-night entertainment

An Italian spin on one of the South’s favorite desserts

Memories fade, but the moments breaking bread (and slurping oysters) with legendary Southern writers still fill the heart

The Birmingham-bred quartet on their captivating new album, Yard Sale, and the canine friends they make on tour

The daring and dangers of living under lingering Prohibition restrictions

With pristine white-sand shores and outdoor adventure in spades, the beaches of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach are ready when you are

Lucy Buffett, Jimmy’s sister, fires up the grill to support her Alabama community in the wake of Hurricane Sally

The Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat star on her upcoming chat with Alabama legends, the wisdom of grandmothers, and why cornbread is so intimidating

Conjuring the ghosts of summers past at the storied Grand Hotel

Contemporary meets comfortable at this rustic architectural wonder

Nearly a decade after leaving the pioneering Decatur, Georgia, restaurant Watershed, the chef is once again making his legendary biscuits—and this time he wants you to join in

A list of on-the-ground relief efforts to assist those affected by the deadly storms

The chef is coming home to Alabama, with Automatic Seafood & Oysters, opening this March in Birmingham. Here’s a preview of his menu—and his favorite oyster-grilling technique

Each spring, Birmingham chef Chris Hastings invites a handful of friends and their children to his camp in Alabama for a week of hunting, camaraderie, good food… and a few life lessons

Get an exclusive peek inside Bow & Arrow, a new restaurant blending ’Bama and Texas barbecue traditions from chef-on-the-rise David Bancroft

Frontman Paul Janeway talks Birmingham, “that Southern thing,” and the band’s new album, Young Sick Camellia

The Ultimate Culinary Tour of the Magic City

Why the long-running… er, -rolling… Auburn University tradition is taking a break again this year

Come summer, the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo brings thousands of entrants, decades of tradition, and varying degrees of piscatory prowess to Dauphin Island. Amid the million-dollar yachts and ten-dollar lawn chairs at the world’s largest fishing tournament, a writer and amateur angler wades into the frenzy of a Southern institution