Garden & Gun

Celebrating the best of Southern culture, music, food, style, travel, art, literature, and the sporting life. Plus, lots of good dogs.

Sportsman’s Companion • THANKS TO A RENOWNED BREEDING AND TRAINING PROGRAM, FAITHFUL GUNDOGS BEGIN AT CEDAROAK KENNELS

That’s a Good Dog!

GARDEN & GUN

Remembering Our Friends • SAYING GOODBYE TO A FEW G&G STALWARTS—AND LOOKING FORWARD TO A BRAND-NEW YEAR

G& GLive • See what’s cooking (or playing) on Instagram

“She was truly her own character” • —illustrator Michael Witte on the late G&Gcontributing editor Julia Reed (p. 106)

“I came across my first issue in a pocket-size grocery, a heartbeat away from the Canadian border”

Social Chatter • GARDENANDGUN.COM AND BEYOND

Larger Than Life • EVERYTHING’S COMING UP ROSES FOR THE TENNESSEE-BORN FUNNYMAN LESLIE JORDAN

Hope in the Bog • IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS, BIOLOGISTS WORK TO GIVE NORTH AMERICA’S TINIEST AND RAREST TURTLE A FIGHTING CHANCE

What’s Shakin’? • EARTHQUAKES, EQUINERCISING, AND MUSCLE SHOALS

Jumping the Rails • CHASING MARSH HENS AND MEMORIES ON THE FALL FLOOD TIDE

A Deeper South • NOW ENTERING ITS THIRD SEASON, TRUESOUTH BRINGS A NUANCED TASTE OF THE REGION TO TV SCREENS

Past Perfect • DANIELLE EVANS’S STUNNING NEW COLLECTION DEFTLY WRESTLES WITH HISTORY AND TRUTH

The Stuff of Legend • Secrets spill in a bourbon family tell-all

Rocking the White House • JIMMY CARTER, THE ALLMAN BROTHERS, AND THE POWER OF MUSIC TAKE CENTER STAGE IN A NEW DOCUMENTARY

SOUTHERN FOCUS

Bittersweet Spot • SHARP FLAVORS PUNCH UP A CRESCENT CITY HOLIDAY CLASSIC

Meyer Education • THIS SWEET HYBRID IS THE ULTIMATE BACKYARD CITRUS

Wine Find • A Birmingham detour for uncommon bottles

Steak à la Helen • INSPIRED BY HIS GRILL-LOVING GRANDMOTHER, CHEF ROB MCDANIEL’S NEW RESTAURANT HEATS UP DOWNTOWN BIRMINGHAM

Butterscotch Meets Bourbon • PASTRY CHEF LISA DONOVAN’S SMOOTH TAKE ON A FAVORITE CHILDHOOD DESSERT

MEET THE CHEF: LISA DONOVAN

Forever Finds • A GATHERING OF HEIRLOOM-QUALITY PRESENTS TO LAST A LIFETIME

New Leash on Life • A WALKING ROUTINE PUTS PEP IN THE STEPS OF A LONELY LAB AND A BURNED-OUT JOURNALIST

Home for the Holidays • NO ONE CELEBRATES the SEASON QUITE LIKE a SOUTHERNER, as the SMART and STYLISH TRADITIONS in the FOLLOWING PAGES ATTEST. SO GET READY to MASTER YOUR BLOODY MARY BAR and PERFECT GRANDMA’S TREASURED RECIPES—CREATING OUR OWN COMFORT and JOY NOW MEANS MORE THAN EVER

Best of the Brunch • BRONSON VAN WYCK TAKES the HAIR of the DOG to NEW HEIGHTS

That’s the Spirit • EMBRACING THE BEAUTY OF THE TANGLED ORIGINS OF OUR HOLIDAY RITES AND ROUTINES

The Past as a Present • MARIANA BARRAN DE GOODALL PAYS TRIBUTE to HER MEXICAN ROOTS with COOKIES and CRAFTING

Holidays on the Wing • CHASING CALM ON A NEIGHBORHOOD BIRD-WATCHING STROLL

The Pig at Christmas • IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA, A BELOVED GROCERY STORE GOES ALL OUT

Toast to Tradition • COLORFUL ACCENTS HOLD the KEY to STEPHANIE SUMMERSON HALL’S LIVELY GATHERINGS

Rings of Plenty • MANDY O’SHEA’S FESTIVE WREATHS SHOWCASE the BOUNTY of HER GEORGIA FARM

Slice of History • A SURPRISING BUTTERNUT SQUASH PIE BINDS A FAMILY OF COOKS

Tropical Touch • IN LIEU of ORNAMENTS, G. BLAKE SAMS OPTS for DOZENS of LIVING ORCHIDS

INTO THE HEART OF THE GLADES • A FLY-FISHING EXPEDITION AMID the TANGLED MANGROVES, RUSTIC CHICKEES, and BLISSFUL REMOTENESS of the EVERGLADES TAKES a WRITER DEEP into a RARELY SEEN WORLD

Julia Reed • Remembering the Larger-than-Life Writer, Reporter, Columnist, Longtime Contributor,...