The Southerner’s Handbook

How to win friends and charm guests, one deviled egg at a time

These phrases will have you grinning like a possum eating a sweet potato

A few words on Southern ingenuity

Your secret ingredient for the perfect Bloody Mary and more

Five wardrobe essentials that add polish without primping

Sid Mashburn sets the standard (and the rules) for wearing these classic shoes

A staple of old-school Southern dress code

The quandaries of Southern etiquette

Five essential Southern books

Elevate your antiquing to the next level

A one-pot Louisiana feast

The secrets of a Southern orator

Bring your flies, a pole, and a map

Secrets to betting on the greatest horse race of them all

Learn to do it the Atchafalaya Basin way

The tricks to becoming a good shot

Drink like a Southerner

The Southern roadside staple

The art of a proper eighteen-hour pig roast

Expert tricks for preparing a perfectly crispy snack