Garden & Gun

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

Garden & Gun

Wild Children • RAISING KIDS IN NATURE, AND G&G’S NEW PODCAST

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LETTERS • Find us on Facebook, Instagram, X, and TikTok @gardenandgun

Social Chatter • GARDENANDGUN.COM AND BEYOND

Good Sport • NOTHING SAYS COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIKE PAUL FINEBAUM

Big Cat Comeback • UNLIKELY ALLIES GIVE THE ENDANGERED FLORIDA PANTHER A PAW UP

Golden Opportunities • AT THE PARIS OLYMPICS THIS SUMMER, YOU’LL RECOGNIZE SOUTHERN OLYMPIANS LIKE A’JA WILSON, SIMONE BILES, AND KATIE LEDECKY—BUT HERE ARE TEN MORE TO CHEER ON

Rethinking the Waterfowl Gun • IS IT TIME FOR DUCK HUNTERS TO DITCH THAT BULKY 12-GAUGE?

Sonic Youth • PHENOM GRACE BOWERS IS POISED FOR SIX-STRING STARDOM

Southern Reflections • Captivating country rock from BJ Barham and company

Steaming Hot Cookbooks • FOR YOUR GUSTATORY PLEASURE, SIX OF THE YEAR’S STANDOUT OFFERINGS

Pot-Yuck • SHOULD CHURCH REPASTS AND CUL-DE-SAC COOKOUTS BECOME ENDANGERED SPECIES?

Pineapple Express(ion) • TAME THE DOG DAYS WITH TEPACHE’S REFRESHING ZIP

Side Kick • CHEF ASHLEIGH SHANTI NAILS THE PERFECT SPICY AND TANGY SLAW TO COMPLEMENT FRIED FISH

Sweetheart Peppers • MAKE CARAMELIZED JIMMY NARDELLOS AN IRRESISTIBLE ADDITION TO A SUMMER SPREAD

Landlocked and Loaded • WITH A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND A FLAIR FOR SEAFOOD, CHEF ZAK WALTERS CAPSIZES OKIE STEREOTYPES AT SEDALIA’S

House of Frock • AT HER NEW KIRNA ZABÊTE BOUTIQUES IN NASHVILLE AND MIAMI, BETH BUCCINI CURATES OUTFITS TO REMEMBER

The Art of Rewilding • A SHENANDOAH VALLEY FAMILY BUILT A NATURAL CLASSROOM TO NURTURE NATIVE SPECIES AND BUDDING ARTISTS ALIKE

Top Shops • A TRIO OF SINGULAR SOUTHERN STORES FOR FINE JEWELRY AND TIMEPIECES

Rainbow Connection • A SOUTH CAROLINA FAMILY’S COLORFUL NEW CHAPTER BECOMES AN ODE TO JOY

Mutual Assurance • WHEN CANCER STRUCK, A ROWDY PUP OFFERED CALM AMID THE STORM

Nurtured by Nature • A GRANDMOTHER’S GIFT SPARKS A CURIOSITY NOW FED BY AN URBAN BOTANICAL WONDERLAND

Late Breaking • BEING THE LAST BORN HAS ITS ADVANTAGES

Heaven in a Sandwich • The South is a sandwich lover’s paradise, and these days, there’s more to sample than ever. Plan your New Orleans itinerary, explore must-try creations across the region, up your home game, and feast your eyes on the ultimate Southern stacker

Po’boy Town’s New Riches • Classic muffuletta, oyster BLT, or hot-sausage banh mi? No city boasts a deeper sandwich bench than New Orleans

Inside the Mind of a Sandwich Savant • We asked Mason Hereford to devise a special creation for G&G. He didn’t disappoint

Sandwich Boosters • Take your favorite sandwiches to the next level with homemade brioche and craveable, chef-approved spreads

The Perfect Ten • Vintage classics, modern mash-ups, or a little of both, these must-try Southern sandwiches satisfy yearnings—and tell good stories

Hyperlocal Legends • Six tastes of tradition you can’t find just anywhere

Alabama FLUSH • IN THE FAMED BLACK BELT REGION, A RICH TRADITION OF QUAIL HUNTING AND DOG WORK IS ENJOYING A HARD-WON REVIVAL

The String-Scorching, Soul-Baring Power of Molly Tuttle • OVERCOMING YEARS OF INSECURITY AND DOUBT, THE ELECTRIFYING GUITAR VIRTUOSO IS PUTTING OUT HER BOLDEST BLUEGRASS YET

Old Garden Soul • COAT BRICKS in BUTTERMILK. ADD TERRA-COTTA EVERYWHERE. PLUS EIGHTEEN MORE TIPS for LAYERING PATINA and HISTORY into YOUR GREEN SPACE, NO MATTER ITS AGE

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