Recipes

Drinks
Your Daily Dose of Vinegar
Why Southern drinking vinegars have become something to sip about, both on their own and in cocktails

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A Jazzed-Up Hot Toddy
The Listening Room in Nashville brings back live music and hot drinks to warm up Music City

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An Elevated Oyster Shooter
Tip back a taste of Louisiana

Food & Drink
Carolina Cabbage Slaw with Roasted Sweet Corn
Pair with roasted chicken, pork, or beef for the perfect side or main course

Food & Drink
Sweet Pickle Potato Salad
An easy-to-make recipe from Alexander Smalls’ new cookbook “Meals, Music, and Muses.”

Drinks
A Modern Moscow Mule
Small-batch Southern vodkas step up to the palate

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Bourbon Bramble Crisp
A seasonal cocktail inspired by a classic Southern dessert

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Behold, the Potlikker Martini
Tye Harrison of Asheville’s Benne on Eagle makes the most of a humble leftover

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Trader Vic’s Planter’s Punch
A sparkling take on an island classic.

Food & Drink
Our Favorite Cast-Iron Recipes
In a Southern kitchen, the most cherished—and most often used—tool is a cast-iron skillet. Here are more than sixty recipes to put yours to good use

Food & Drink
12 of the South’s Best Bean Recipes
Whether they’re dried, canned, frozen, or fresh, beans and field peas are staples of the Southern larder. Here are a dozen recipes that put these humble and hard-working ingredients to tasty use

Drinks
White Whiskey Makes a Comeback
Moonshine has moved out of the jug and into the jar, but it still packs a punch

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A Cocktail that “Tastes Like Vacation”
Charlotte’s Optimist Hall welcomes a sophisticated new cocktail bar—Billy Sunday. Get a sample of what they’re serving up with this refreshing drink

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Southern Whiskey, Scottish Brogue
In the Virginia foothills, Old World and New unite in a bottle of single malt

Anatomy of a Classic
How to Make Crawfish Étouffée
An Alabama chef with New Orleans roots shares his take on classic crawfish étouffée

Food & Drink
The Grits Stay on the Menu
Other dishes may come and go, but the baked grits at Birmingham’s Highlands Bar & Grill will never change—and that’s just how chef Frank Stitt likes it

Drinks
Discover Cuba’s Other Rum Cocktail: El Presidente
Get to know an overlooked classic drink

Food & Drink
Pumpkin and Roasted White Chocolate Pie
For a Thanksgiving pie with a twist, try this recipe from James Beard Award-winning pastry chef Kelly Fields

Drinks
A Shot of Redemption
Jägermeister returns, newly respectable

Hunt, Then Gather
Lowcountry Fish and Grits
Put the catch of the day on the breakfast table with chef Whitney Otawka’s spin on a coastal classic