Mississippi
BOOKS
Welcome to Pitchlynn
Some Go Home, Odie Lindsey’s charismatic debut novel, puts another fictional Mississippi town on the map
Artists
Cedric Burnside and Christone “Kingfish” Ingram Bring the Blues
A Hill Country scion and a Delta guitar prodigy keep traditional Mississippi music humming
Arts & Culture
Portraits of a Lost Delta Gem
Photographer Will Jacks memorializes Po’ Monkey’s, the beloved Mississippi juke joint, in his new book
Food & Drink
Eat Like a Local in Oxford, Mississippi
Alexe van Beuren of B.T.C. Grocery in Water Valley, Mississippi, shares the hidden dining gems in nearby Oxford
Fork in the Road
Crechale’s Cafe’s Highway Legacy
Gulf seafood, comeback sauce, and the lasting allure of a Jackson, Mississippi, institution
Openings
Lake District
A mod new neighborhood blends with the Mississippi countryside
Arts & Culture
Picturing Mississippi
A new exhibition reflects two hundred years of state history
Arts & Culture
In Celebration of the Front Porch
An annual gathering highlights the South’s storied spot for conversation
Food & Drink
Southern Foodways Alliance Celebrates a Milestone
The group’s annual symposium enables food sharing and story swapping for the 20th time
Arts & Culture
Seeing Tintypes in a New Light
How a Mississippi native pays tribute to a nineteenth-century photographic process
Arts & Culture
Art in Residence
A beloved shop sets down new roots in one of our favorite small-town escapes—Water Valley, Mississippi
Our Kind of Place
Home Rum: Kings Tavern
Food and drink pair perfectly in a downtown Natchez outpost
End of the Line
End of the Line: Wheel of Life
The inspiring spirit of the Mad Potter of Biloxi
Why We Love the Gulf
Everybody Has A Comeback Story
An annual father-daughter poker trip to a Biloxi casino captures what it means to be down but not out
Drinks
Peach Infused Rum Cocktail (a.k.a. Bob from Carskadon)
Named after a bar regular who has a strong inclination toward rum, the key to this cocktail is the peach-infused liquor
Celebrate the South
Author Frances Mayes’s Ode to Eudora Welty
Saluting a Southern Lady of Letters
Celebrate the South
Taste the Delta of Old at Lusco’s
Author Wright Thompson on the magic of traveling to a Mississippi institution
Gardens
Eudora Welty’s Mother-Daughter Garden
Eudora and her mother, Chestina, designed a mystical place with camellias, flowering arbors, and peaceful “rooms”
Our Kind of Place
A Mississippi General Store Endures
The Simmons-Wright Company stocks 133 years of tradition
Arts & Culture
A Photo Exhibit Decades in the Making
Mississippi History, a collection of color portraits, goes on display