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Made in the South Awards

2013 Food Category: Overall Winner

From heirloom-quality banjos to alligator-charred furniture to an ingenious twist on the old-fashioned, Southern artisans continue to raise the bar on craftsmanship

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Pie Safe

With reclaimed wood, hand-punched tin, and a lot of love, a Georgia couple brings back the pie safe

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Made in the South: Woven Wonders

Traditional white oak basketry flourishes in the hands of an unlikely Alabama artisan

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Swamp Things

A Louisiana craftsman keeps a Cajun tradition afloat

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Super Bowls

A South Carolina barber keeps a barbecue tradition alive

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The Flower Hunter

To collect her subjects, a Lowcountry artist goes deep

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One of the Country’s Finest Gun Engravers

How Lisa Tomlin turned a childhood obsession with drawing animals into a career as one of the country’s finest gun engravers

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Capers Cauthen’s Handcrafted Tables

Giving new life to old wood

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Shaping History with Southern Pottery

In the Appalachian foothills, Matt Jones spins the past into every pot

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Cutting Edge

Bladesmith Quintin Middleton crafts the perfect kitchen knife

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Home & Garden

A Look at Southern Knives

Tour bladesmith Quintin Middleton’s South Carolina workshop

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Frontier Blades

Daniel Winkler turns hunks of metal into eighteenth-century masterpieces with an edge

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Sporting

The Texas Creek Boat

The oldest son of Texas troubadour Townes Van Zandt casts his luck with the perfect flats boat

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The Texas Creek Boat

The oldest son of Texas troubadour Townes Van Zandt casts his luck with the perfect flats boat

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The Hard-Cider House Rules

How one woman chucked it all for a (hardworking) life among the apple trees

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Right on Cue

Deep in the heart of Texas Hill Country, Leonard Bludworth churns out the world’s most beautiful pool cues

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Blade Maker

Jerry Fisk can turn just about any hunk of metal into a very sharp work of art

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The Call Master

A North Carolina woodworker crafts one-of-a-kind birdcalls