The Southerner’s Handbook

Entertaining
Secrets of a Southern Hostess
How to win friends and charm guests, one deviled egg at a time

Arts & Culture
Ten Lively Southern Expressions
These phrases will have you grinning like a possum eating a sweet potato

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Homegrown Wisdom
A few words on Southern ingenuity

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How to Make Your Own BBQ Bitters
Your secret ingredient for the perfect Bloody Mary and more

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How to Accessorize
Five wardrobe essentials that add polish without primping

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How to Wear White Bucks
Sid Mashburn sets the standard (and the rules) for wearing these classic shoes

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How to Master the Pocket Square
A staple of old-school Southern dress code

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How to Mind Your Manners
The quandaries of Southern etiquette

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How to Build a Library
Five essential Southern books

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How to Find the Good Stuff
Elevate your antiquing to the next level

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How to Throw a Crawfish Boil
A one-pot Louisiana feast

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How to Tell a Great Story
The secrets of a Southern orator

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How to Find a Brook Trout Hole
Bring your flies, a pole, and a map

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How to Bet the Kentucky Derby
Secrets to betting on the greatest horse race of them all

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How to Grab a Frog Like a Cajun
Learn to do it the Atchafalaya Basin way

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How to Take Your Best Shot
The tricks to becoming a good shot

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How to Drink with Style
Drink like a Southerner

Food & Drink
How to Boil Peanuts
The Southern roadside staple

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How to Cook a Whole Hog
The art of a proper eighteen-hour pig roast

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How to Fry Chicken Skins
Expert tricks for preparing a perfectly crispy snack