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Alabama

Travel

Small-Town Feel, Big-City Flavor

Find out why Birmingham, Alabama, is one of the most exciting food cities right now

Arts & Culture

Alabama Chanin Makes It

“I wish there was a way to go back and soothe the younger me,” says Natalie Chanin, whose gorgeous new book celebrates two decades of soulful Southern style

Champions of Conservation

River Doctor

Jason Throneberry is helping to heal a vital waterway that could save the endangered Alabama sturgeon and countless other fish

Food & Drink

First Look: Bar La Fête in Birmingham, Alabama

A cozy and colorful new Southern wine bar takes cues from Parisian design and Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch

Our Kind of Place

Mobile’s Landmark Goober Shop

Seventy-five years of warm memories at one nutty little Alabama store

City Guide

Visiting Birmingham: G&G’s Guide to the Alabama City

The biggest town in Alabama is full of small charms and memorable flavors—here are our picks for new sights and classic delights

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

Black Warrior waterdog

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