Alabama

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

Food & Drink
How Chef Adam Evans Grills Oysters
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

Sporting
A Weekend at Turkey Camp
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

Food & Drink
A New Barbecue Hot Spot in Alabama
Get an exclusive peek inside Bow & Arrow, a new restaurant blending ’Bama and Texas barbecue traditions from chef-on-the-rise David Bancroft

Music
Catching Up with St. Paul & the Broken Bones
Frontman Paul Janeway talks Birmingham, “that Southern thing,” and the band’s new album, Young Sick Camellia

Travel
A Taste of Alabama
The Ultimate Culinary Tour of the Magic City
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College Football Traditions
Touchdowns and Toilet Paper
Why the long-running… er, -rolling… Auburn University tradition is taking a break again this year

Sporting
Inside the Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo
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

Traditions
More Than A Birdhouse
In rural Alabama, a haven for purple martins generations in the making

Travel
Discover Alabama’s Lake Martin
The South’s social lake

Arts & Culture
Why You Should Pull for Alabama
Dynasties don’t last forever, so let’s roll with the Tide while we can

First Listen
First Listen: The Blind Boys of Alabama
The storied Grammy-winning gospel outfit returns with a new album

What's in Season
The King of Shrimp
Ultrasweet Gulf Coast Royal Reds are worth shelling out for

Arts & Culture
The Road to S-Town
Meet Brian Reed, the radio reporter behind the Alabama-set podcast everyone’s talking about

Arts & Culture
A Different Kind of Easter Bunny
How a university town rallied around an unusual piece of outdoor sculpture