Like anyone reared in a relatively small Southern city, I know certain people because they went to school with me, and I know others because of church. Some people grew up down the street and others played on my rec basketball team in the third grade and I’ve been bumping into them in the Publix …
When number 6-ranked Texas A&M faces Sam Houston State University at home on Saturday, A&M alum Leonard Botello IV won’t be there to tailgate the way he would when he was an Aggie. Instead, the owner and pitmaster at TRUTH BBQ in Houston, Texas, will be at work, smoking melt-in-your-mouth brisket and …
On college game days—specifically when the Georgia Bull- dogs are playing—Southern Soul Barbeque, on St. Simons Island, is packed with fans of football and food. Starting in the morning, bar manager Sophie Kammer batches up drinks, like her Bulldog Smash, a Georgia-fied version of a Bahamian …
Photo: Brennan Wesley Haskell Harris (@haskellharris) is the style director at Garden & Gun I lived in Birmingham, Alabama, for five years before I arrived at Garden & Gun in Charleston, South Carolina, and I still miss chef Chris Hastings and the Hot and Hot Fish Club. He’s as friendly as his food and …
“It’s hard to avoid Georgia football,” jokes chef Hugh Acheson, who adopted Athens, Georgia, as his hometown in the mid-1990s and rose to national prominence with such restaurants as Five & Ten and The National. But who would want to miss out? Getting ready for gameday is its own sport in the …
The Yellow Hammer, also known as the Northern Flicker, is Alabama’s state bird. But during University of Alabama football games, the Yellow Hammer is a bird of a different color. It’s a potent tailgate star, packing five ounces of alcohol in a serving. The home of the Yellow Hammer is Gallettes, a …
In her latest book, Southern Get-Togethers: A Guide to Hosting Unforgettable Gatherings, chef Kelsey Barnard Clark shares her KBC smoked brisket, featuring a homemade dry rub and sauce. Whether the meat is prepared on the grill or the stovetop, Clark suggests pairing the dish with an abundance of …
Spicy Pickle Pimento Cheese 1 tablespoon pickle juice 1 batch "Classic" Pimento Cheese 1/3 cup drained spicy pickle chips Country Ham Pimento Cheese 1/2 cup finely diced country ham (about half of a trimmed steak) 1 batch "Classic" Pimento Cheese Charred Onion & Pecan Pimento Cheese 1 (1-inch-thick) …
Whether you make chili for the big game or with big game, start this big batch recipe the day before you plan to serve it. The generous pour of aged rum added at the end of simmering is key to the flavorful complexity in this recipe. Grabbing a bottle from the bar cart or beverage fridge isn’t …
“A naughty little snack. Women my grandmother’s age, like the bridge club crowd, always made bacon crackers. It is a top-secret Delta snack, the bacon cracker. I wish I could claim them [as my invention], but then I would get a flood of hate mail: ‘I was baking these before you were born, honey.’ …
Cheese Straws are the elegantly slender couture models of Southern party appetizers. And like couture models, they can’t just be put together at a moment’s notice. Typically the dough is carefully rolled and cut or extruded from a pastry bag or vintage hand-cranked cookie press. Tasty but not easy. …
“Green” peanuts are the raw peanut, before curing and roasting. They have a season that runs from August to November, but it can be challenging to find them north of Virginia. Still, you should make the effort to find them, because they are an amazing snack when boiled until soft—like beans with a …
Whew! This is a delicate dilemma and depends on two things: 1. How well do you know these people? And 2. How well do they know Emily Post? Because despite how we may feel about our rivals, good manners are sports agnostic. Handing off precious season tickets—even if your football team is playing a …
