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

Mountain Get-Together • REVELING IN GREAT FRIENDS, FOOD, AND THE OUTDOORS DURING OUR ANNUAL GARDEN & GUN SOCIETY WEEKEND

Pretty Pup! • And the winner is...

CONTRIBUTORS

“I have never seen a more handsome animal. You should have made Calvin a centerfold”

WE ASKED... How many times should you chew an oyster? • In our Talk of the South newsletter, readers told us how—or if—they bite into the bivalves.

Taking Care of Business • SUCCESSION SCENE-STEALER J. SMITH-CAMERON MAKES ALL THE RIGHT MOVES

Double Duty • READYING A CLASSIC GUN FOR NEW DAYS IN THE FIELD

Cosmic Country • ALIENS MEET RED DIRT ON JASON BOLAND & THE STRAGGLERS’ STELLAR THE LIGHT SAW ME

Bluegrass Gift • A tribute to the great Tony Rice

Hope on the Wing • AT-RISK BATS FIND POTENTIAL REFUGE ON THE CAROLINA COAST

Homeward Bound • A SOUL-SHAKING TRAVELOGUE JOINS THE PANTHEON OF SOUTHERN CLASSICS

A New Baking Bible • Cheryl Day shares a sweet and generous gift

Jolly Good Tunes • HEART-ROCKING TRACKS TO MAKE YOUR SPIRITS BRIGHT

A Southern Holiday Playlist

From The Outlands

Going Bananas • AN ITALIAN SPIN ON ONE OF THE SOUTH’S FAVORITE DESSERTS

Banana Pudding Semifreddo

MEET THE CHEF: KRISTEN HALL

Winter Intermezzo • A TROPICAL HOLIDAY IS JUST A SIP AWAY

Jungle Witch

Bread Winner • FOR PIES, LOAVES, AND MORE, THE DUTCH FORK PUMPKIN REIGNS SUPREME

THE CHEF RECOMMENDS: Cast-Iron Pumpkin Bread

Dooky Chase’s Second Act • THANKS TO HER FAMILY, LEAH CHASE’S TREMÉ RESTAURANT REMAINS A MUST-VISIT

Down on the Corner • Stop in at Gabrielle

Material Whirl • INVENTIVE PRESENTS CRAFTED FROM METAL, LEATHER, WOOD, PAPER, GLASS, AND STONE

Chaos Theory • A HUNTING LAB ADJUSTS TO LIFE WITH TWO ROWDY FELINES

Water Is Wide • A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER CAST FOR TROUT, AND OTHER THINGS THAT LIE BENEATH THE SURFACE

Outside the Box • MEANINGFUL GIFT GIVING DOESN’T HAVE TO BE DULLER THAN A SACK OF POTATOES

V’s Roasted-Banana Nut Bread • An edible gift idea, from Vivian’s This Will Make It Taste Good

MADE IN THE SOUTH AWARDS • A REVOLUTIONARY RICE-BASED GIN, a SLEEK TEXAS-INSPIRED FLOOR LAMP, RARE HAND-CARVED DOVE DECOYS, and MORE HONOREES ACROSS SIX CATEGORIES—DRINK, FOOD, HOME, CRAFTS, STYLE, and OUTDOORS— HIGHLIGHT the ASTONISHING INGENUITY, DRIVE, and SHEER SKILL of the SOUTH’S TOP MAKERS and CREATIVES

Flower Power • Pride, purpose, and yes, Mississippi magnolia blossoms heighten an exceptional new rice-based gin

TIFFANIE BARRIERE • Mixologist Atlanta, Georgia

Gold in the Hills • Stunning forest honeys from a pioneering apiary benefit both landscape and community

ANDREW ZIMMERN • Chef, TV personality, and writer Minneapolis, Minnesota

Lone Star Lights • A floor lamp takes cues from the Texas Hill Country

KEITH SMYTHE MEACHAM • Cofounder, Reed Smythe & Company Nashville, Tennessee

Authority on Paper • This line of notebooks and planners celebrates the pleasures of writing by hand

JONATHAN MORRIS • Entrepreneur, hotelier, and TV host Fort Worth, Texas

Fine Feathers • With an assist from nature, a new jewelry collection takes flight

RAE LIU AND DAVID LIU • Founders, Leatherology Dallas, Texas

A Cut Above • One Chesapeake Bay carver revives the art of the hand-carved dove decoy—just as his father taught him

T. EDWARD NICKENS • Garden & Gun contributing editor and...