Food & Drink

Founded in Newport, Kentucky, in 2014, New Riff took home the coveted award for World’s Best Bourbon

The beloved restaurant is celebrating fifteen years of seasonally inspired cooking and Lowcountry ingredients, including the customer-favorite seafood pilau

Making the most of the South’s favorite summer fruit

Take the summer veggie up a notch by blending it into a condiment for seafood and more

A collection of personal and professional artifacts—including Sanders’s home and restaurant—are up for auction

From candlelit cocktail salons to breezy rooftop bars, one of the Charleston area’s best-kept secrets is that some of the finest watering holes are actually within the region’s hotels. With so many places worthy of raising a glass, consider this your spirited guide to where to sip and stay across the Lowcountry.

A new study says coffee might be healthy after all—and these companies have you covered on quality beans

Peaches soaked in bourbon deliver a mouthwatering filling in these simple and summery wonton-wrapped treats

Six releases that showcase how whiskey makers are going the extra mile—with extra barrels—to introduce new flavors to bourbon

A timeless take on a Crescent City favorite from a 170-year-old institution

The South’s most exciting bar scenes are shaking up tradition, one perfectly crafted drink at a time

Flavor infusions, a drizzle of syrup, and more ways to level up your ice game.

Go beyond the cob this summer

Across the United States, including one historic Virginia plot, folks are planting and harvesting the rare spice

The man in charge of some of bourbon’s most esteemed brands on the distillery’s ongoing whiskey experiments, Warehouse X, and “the future of aging”

Is there any truth to the idea that women possess an advantage in the tasting room? We consulted with a few experts to see if the theory holds water.

Fresh raspberries meet whiskey and mezcal in this refreshing summer sipper, from a cocktail compendium that pays tribute to South Carolina mixologists

Nashville’s Loveless Cafe and Daddy’s Dogs teamed up for maximum glizzy flavor, which you can re-create at home

On James Island, South Carolina, Bar George tips a hat to George Bacalis and his iconic hot dog stand in Norfolk, Virginia, with this menu mainstay

A refreshing and easily batchable bourbon cocktail fit for warm weather