Recipes

Pair with roasted chicken, pork, or beef for the perfect side or main course

An easy-to-make recipe from Alexander Smalls’ new cookbook “Meals, Music, and Muses.”

Small-batch Southern vodkas step up to the palate

A seasonal cocktail inspired by a classic Southern dessert

Tye Harrison of Asheville’s Benne on Eagle makes the most of a humble leftover

A sparkling take on an island classic.

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

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

Moonshine has moved out of the jug and into the jar, but it still packs a punch

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

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

An Alabama chef with New Orleans roots shares his take on classic crawfish étouffée

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

Get to know an overlooked classic drink

For a Thanksgiving pie with a twist, try this recipe from James Beard Award-winning pastry chef Kelly Fields

Jägermeister returns, newly respectable

Put the catch of the day on the breakfast table with chef Whitney Otawka’s spin on a coastal classic

This effervescent vodka, lemon, and basil cocktail comes straight out of the Mississippi Delta

Barbecue meets its perfect match in this blend of mezcal and amaro

A hint of spice underpins this refreshing gin concoction from Asheville’s Benne on Eagle