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

Calling All Booklovers • A FEW THOUGHTS ON GREAT SOUTHERN READS—AND ANNOUNCING OUR UPCOMING BOOK CLUB

Making Memories in San Antonio • Sharing food and fun with friends from the Garden & Gun Society

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2022 Good Dog Photo Contest

King of the Hill • FROM THE CAROLINA COAST TO YELLOWSTONE’S DUTTON RANCH, JOSH LUCAS CHARMS THE CAMERA

Stitching the Unexpected • ANIMAL FUR, LAMPSHADES, RUBBISH: THEY ALL FIND A HOME IN A MISSISSIPPI ARTIST’S INGENIOUS QUILTS

Mississippi Calling • JOSH RAGGIO BRINGS HIS TALENT AND VISION TO MAIN STREET

Landmark Encounter • A POWERFUL EXPERIENCE AWAITS AT CHARLESTON’S NEW INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM

Hunting Lessons • FOR A PASSIONATE BIRDWATCHER, THE DUCK BLIND TRIGGERS UNEXPECTED EPIPHANIES

Sage for the Ages • A new collection from the bard of the Bluegrass State

Taking Flight • RAYLAND BAXTER PUSHES ALL THE BOUNDARIES ON THE SPELLBINDING IF I WERE A BUTTERFLY

Sister Power • Larkin Poe’s Southern rock spirit

Dog Forsaken • TRIVIAL PUPS, HANGOVER TRUTHS, AND DAPPER DOGWOODS

Saucy Squash • COUNTRY HAM AND A CHILI OIL DRESSING FIRE UP A FLAVORFUL WINTER SIDE

Louisville Legend • A FABLED WHISKEY MAKES A FANFARED RETURN

Turning the Tables • THE UNFORESEEN PLEASURES OF UPENDING A TIME-HONORED HOLIDAY MENU

Sweet on Grapefruit • A TEXAS CHEF SHARES A SURPRISING SECRET FOR MAKING THE MOST OF A WINTER FAVORITE

Poole’s Party • CHEF ASHLEY CHRISTENSEN’S FLAGSHIP MARKS FIFTEEN YEARS OF BRINGING MAC AND CHEESE AND MOXIE TO RALEIGH

The Nice List • MERRY AND BRIGHT PRESENT IDEAS, FROM THE SOUTH AND BEYOND

Dog Years • A LIFE MEASURED BY CANINES—SOME CHOSEN, SOME WHO DID THE CHOOSING

That Spirit of Christmas • THE LASTING GIFTS OF PLAYING SANTA ALONG A SOUTH CAROLINA MAIL ROUTE

The Gift of Ambivalence • MUDDLING THROUGH THE, UM, MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR

Holiday Party • STEP INSIDE the TINSEL-GILDED, GARLAND-BEDECKED, GLITTER-FROSTED, CHAMPAGNE-SOAKED GUMDROP-AND-MARSHMALLOW WORLD of REBECCA GARDNER, THE SOUTH’S NEW DOYENNE of ENTERTAINING

HOPE ON THE WING • RODNEY STOTTS’S JOURNEY WITH FALCONRY MEANS KNOWING WHEN TO LET GO

MADE IN THE SOUTH AWARDS • A STUNNING NORTH CAROLINA–MADE CABINET of CURIOSITIES, a BEST-EVER BUTTERMILK BISCUIT MIX, a SURPRISING GEORGIA-INFLECTED PORT, and TWENTY-ONE OTHER SOUTHERN-MADE PRODUCTS COMPOSE THIS YEAR’S CROP of HONOREES ACROSS SIX CATEGORIES—HOME, FOOD, DRINK, CRAFTS, STYLE, and OUTDOORS

Pass the Duck • WHETHER A RUBBED-AND-ROASTED CENTERPIECE, A RUM-INFUSED APPETIZER, OR REAL-DEAL DUCK SOUP, THESE FIVE RECIPES—FROM FIVE OF THE SOUTH’S TOP HUNTING LODGES—SHOWCASE WILD WATERFOWL IN ALL ITS FLAVORFUL BEAUTY

Almost Heaven, West Virginia • IN THE ALLEGHENY MOUNTAINS, CHARMING SMALL TOWNS AND CROSS-COUNTRY SKI ADVENTURES BECKON

A Chapel of One’s Own • FISHING FOR ANSWERS IN AN ANCIENT LOUISIANA BAYOU

The Southern Agenda • GOINGS-ON IN THE SOUTH & BEYOND

Presents of Mind • MAKE THE SEASON BRIGHT WITH THIS CURATED COLLECTION OF STYLISH HOME GOODS, SOPHISTICATED ACCESSORIES, AND PLAYFUL GAMES. READ ON FOR THE BEST GIFTS TO GIVE (AND RECEIVE)

A Matter of Inches • THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF SHRINKING STATURE