Alabama

Our Kind of Place
Fannie Flagg Sets the Stage
The author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe found her voice thanks to one little Birmingham theater

Good Dog
A Rescue Pup with the Soul of a Fish
Rivers, lakes, bayous: For an Alabama pound puppy, life began at the water

Recipes
Pimento Cheese Tomato Pies
Chef Rob McDaniel reimagines the Southern summer classic

Home & Garden
A Homegrown Success
In Northeast Alabama, the Clark family chases a simpler way of life
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Land & Conservation
Meet One of the South’s Strangest—and Rarest—Amphibians
The critically endangered Black Warrior waterdog calls a single Alabama rivershed home, and biologists are racing to save it

Recipes
A Rum of One’s Own
An exceptional new Southern blend celebrates tastes of the Caribbean

What's In Season
True Blue Collards
Ole Timey Blue Collards add sweetness—and beauty—to your winter garden

Arts & Entertainment
Alabama or Georgia? Who Southerners Are Cheering for Tonight
A survey of opinions ahead of the national championship game

Arts & Culture
A Former SEC Football Player’s Guide to Not Watching Tonight’s Big Game
Novelist Ace Atkins, a member of Auburn’s undefeated 1993 team, on college football rivalries and alternative game-night entertainment

Anatomy of a Classic
Banana Pudding Goes International
An Italian spin on one of the South’s favorite desserts

Food & Drink
Rick Bragg: Eating My Words
Memories fade, but the moments breaking bread (and slurping oysters) with legendary Southern writers still fill the heart

Artists
The Brook & the Bluff’s Southern Harmonies
The Birmingham-bred quartet on their captivating new album, Yard Sale, and the canine friends they make on tour

Traditions
Dispatches from a Dry County
The daring and dangers of living under lingering Prohibition restrictions

Travel
A Sunny Oasis on the Alabama Coast
With pristine white-sand shores and outdoor adventure in spades, the beaches of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach are ready when you are
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HURRICANE SALLY
Cheeseburgers in a Storm-Battered Paradise
Lucy Buffett, Jimmy’s sister, fires up the grill to support her Alabama community in the wake of Hurricane Sally

Books
Samin Nosrat’s Soft Spot for Southern Food
The Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat star on her upcoming chat with Alabama legends, the wisdom of grandmothers, and why cornbread is so intimidating

Our Kind of Place
Ace Atkins’s Ode to a Mobile Bay Retreat
Conjuring the ghosts of summers past at the storied Grand Hotel

Homeplace
Inside an Alabama Lake Getaway
Contemporary meets comfortable at this rustic architectural wonder

Food & Drink
Scott Peacock Is Back in the Kitchen
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

SOUTHERN STORMS
How You Can Help Victims of the Alabama Tornadoes
A list of on-the-ground relief efforts to assist those affected by the deadly storms