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A Southern Food Glossary
Garden & Gun Magazine - The Editors
Cook like a Southerner, and speak like one too Southerners have a flair for language. See: William Faulkner, Margaret Mitchell, Tennessee Williams, Harper Lee, Truman Capote…So it’s no surprise that our
South-east Asia
Cooking with Galangal
Garden & Gun Magazine - Jenny Everett
Southeast Asia’s secret to perfect curries, this buried treasure is right at home in Southern kitchens While traveling through Southeast Asia in 2015, chef Marcus Jacobs, co-owner of Marjie’s Grill in
Wreaths
A Winter Wreaths Workshop
Garden & Gun Magazine - Garden & Gun
On December 11, G&G traveled to Austin, Texas, to host a wreath-making workshop at the Kohler Signature Store by Facets of Austin. Guests were welcomed into the beautiful Kohler showroom to make seasonal
Aretha Franklin
In Memoriam: Fifteen Southerners Who Shaped the World
Garden & Gun Magazine - Parker Butler
These extraordinary people left us in 2018—but not before leaving indelible marks on music, culture, sports, and more Ella Brennan The Original Influencer November 27, 1925 – May 31, 2018 Ella Brennan
Playing with Fire: Austin’s Loro
Garden & Gun Magazine - John T. Edge
Two of Austin’s biggest culinary names put a singular spin on Texas barbecue In the past decade, food obsessives have gone looking for Southern pits where masters still hew to old ways. Helen Turner, of
South Carolina
Nostalgia by the Canful
Garden & Gun Magazine - Matt Lee and Ted Lee
Keeping nearly forgotten Southern canned foods around long past their expiration date To not-yet-teens growing up in down-town Charleston, South Carolina, in the 1980s, the Broad Street Piggly Wiggly a
Potatoes
Merry Joyeux Noël
Garden & Gun Magazine - Roy Blount, Jr.
A Southerner’s guide to Christmas in France I have reached the point in life where for every question anybody asks me, I don’t know the answer, I’ve forgotten the answer, or I’m tired of being asked. somebody
Christmas Decoration
When Should My Neighbors Have to Remove their Christmas Decorations?
Garden & Gun Magazine - Guy Martin
Holiday dawdlers, clabber meals, and moonshine runners Q: My neighbor keeps his Christmas decorations up past New Year’s. Tacky, right? A: Ain’t them neighbors a bitch. But, no matter how legitimate you
Poetry
Natasha Trethewey’s Living Testament
Garden & Gun Magazine - Jonathan Miles
The lauded poet’s new collection entwines the South’s history with her own For readers unfamiliar with the poet Natasha Trethewey—or with contemporary poetry more generally; or, for that matter, with raveled
Ghost Dog
Garden & Gun Magazine - Leigh Ann Henion
In the wilds of Old Florida, a strange dog from a foreign land proves canine loyalty knows no bounds It’s not uncommon to grow up, as I did, around black-and-white images of family members who came before.
Albums
Seven New Christmas Albums for 2018
Garden & Gun Magazine - Dacey Orr Sivewright
Southern musicians have always innovated with holiday songs—think “Pretty Paper” and “Hard Candy Christmas.” These new releases from artists like Rodney Crowell and Old 97’s mix time-honored favorites
South Carolina
A Southern Dinner + Bourbon Tasting
Garden & Gun Magazine - Garden & Gun
On December 5, Garden & Gun and Hart Schaffner Marx hosted an intimate gathering in Charleston, South Carolina, among friends and style influencers in celebration of the Made to Measure custom suit program.
South Carolina
The Southern History of the Poinsettia
Garden & Gun Magazine - Lauren Northup
A primer on the favorite holiday bloom Joel Poinsett is to the poinsettia what Christopher Columbus is to America; a lot of folks like to say he discovered it, but someone was definitely already there.
Oil Paintings
Equestrians Through the Ages
Garden & Gun Magazine - Caroline Sanders
The Sidesaddle exhibit at Virginia’s National Sporting Library & Museum illustrates women’s profound influence on horseback riding The leaping horn was an invention nearly as revolutionary as the saddle
Coats
Holiday Guide: 14 Luxurious Dream Gifts
Garden & Gun Magazine - Haskell Harris
From home saunas to fine jewelry, these gifts will have the ultimate wow effect Jonathan Adler Op Art Dartboard Set Add a little high-end punch to a game room with this graphic dartboard by mod master
The Southern Agenda: December 2018/January 2019
Garden & Gun Magazine - Caroline Sanders, CJ Lotz, Elizabeth Hutchison, and Kinsey Gidick
Goings-on in the South and beyond MUSIC Florida HITTING THE WRITE NOTES At the beginning of the new year, most Southern beach towns are waving goodbye to the holiday visitors and easing into the chilled-out
Blue Ridge Mountains
A Dreamy Downsize
Garden & Gun Magazine - Caroline Sanders
With two innovative designs and a North Carolina mountain community in the works, these luxurious Southern-made tiny houses might be the next big thing “When you were a kid building forts, or playing dollhouses,
Blue Ridge Mountains
A Dreamy Downsize
Garden & Gun Magazine - Caroline Sanders
Architect Jeffrey Dungan and Clayton Homes have partnered to produce small but luxurious tiny houses—and are about to open their own mountain community in North Carolina “When you were a kid building or
Leon Bridges
Five Must-Visit Spots in Fort Worth
Garden & Gun Magazine - Matt Hendrickson
Where to stop for Cowtown music and mingling Billy Bob’s TexasThis honky-tonk palace has the makings of the ultimate tourist trap, with live bull riding and a well-stocked gift shop. But Billy Bob’s is
Leon Bridges
A Wild Night in Cowtown
Garden & Gun Magazine - Matt Hendrickson
The home of soul sensation Leon Bridges, Fort Worth (don’t call it Dallas) has a vibe all its own. Take a rollicking ride through the city’s blossoming music scene I’ve been in Fort Worth for less than
Recipes
Collard Pesto
Garden & Gun Magazine - Garden & Gun
Move over basil, this wintry Southern green is the star Winter greens like collards, mustard, kale, or chard make hearty substitutes for summer basil in this easy no-cook pesto, replacing the herb’s anise
BlackBerry
A New Mountain to Climb
Garden & Gun Magazine - Jenny Everett
Mary Celeste Beall expands the Blackberry Farm empire with another gorgeous getaway Mary Celeste Beall will warn you that she has a propensity for rambling. “I tend to go on and on,” says the proprietor
Christmas Trees
Holiday Décor Delivered to Your Door
Garden & Gun Magazine - Haskell Harris
Nine easy ideas that bring the spirit of the season via online ordering Danielle’s Lark Wreath Erin Weston of Weston Farms in North Carolina is a true artist when it comes to mail-order magnolia wreaths
The Arts
See Bunny Mellon’s Jaw-Dropping Jewelry Collection
Garden & Gun Magazine - CJ Lotz
Before her death in 2014, the philanthropist, garden designer, and tastemaker Rachel “Bunny” Lambert Mellon left rare jewelry and art objects to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. At the heart of the collection
Geese
Birds of a Feather
Garden & Gun Magazine - Garden & Gun
Photographer Bob Bayne captures a crowded Arkansas sky Fair Oaks, Arkansas Photographer Bob Bayne was driving home to Memphis with his wife and oldest son on a December afternoon when he spotted these
Gift Guides
The Gift Guide for Southern Cooks
Garden & Gun Magazine - Phillip Rhodes
A baker’s dozen ideas for anyone who appreciates Southern food (and drink), from sauce pans and punch bowls to barbecue sauces, finishing salts, and bacon samplers 1. A Southern Bacon Sampler Fulfilling
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Sugar High: Our Favorite Cake Stands
Garden & Gun Magazine - Garden & Gun
Use these eye-catching pieces—and Southern mail-order treats—to elevate a holiday buffet From far left: Forever Flowers Decoupage artists at John Derian create this twelve-inch glass cake stand and dome,
Glassware
December Reading List
Garden & Gun Magazine - CJ Lotz
This winter, five visual books share lesser-known stories and rare images—a family art feud, more than one hundred locked lips, a feast of festive glassware, stunning early maps, and a truly remarkable
Cats
For the Love of Dogs
Garden & Gun Magazine - David DiBenedetto
Adding another pooch to the pack For the first time since Roy Blount Jr. wrote about his cat Jimmy (in the June/July 2012 issue), felines are getting some overdue representation in the pages of Garden
Cat Tails
Garden & Gun Magazine - Julia Reed
In praise of (and in defense of) the power of felines This past September, while the temperature hovered in the high nineties and the humidity was its usual unbearable self, 7,556 homes in New Orleans