Alabama

Travel
Small-Town Feel, Big-City Flavor
Find out why Birmingham, Alabama, is one of the most exciting food cities right now
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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
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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
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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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