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

Texas Warmth • A WHIRLWIND VISIT TO THE LONE STAR STATE—PLUS OUR SPECIAL TEXAS ISSUE

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Country Strong • WHETHER BACK HOME IN EAST TEXAS OR HEADLINING IN VEGAS, MIRANDA LAMBERT SHOOTS STRAIGHT

Vessels of Hope • AT-RISK YOUTH EMBRACE THE ANCIENT ART OF WOODEN BOATBUILDING

The Little Dog That Can • WHY ENGLISH COCKER SPANIELS ARE JOINING THE BIRD-DOG REGULARS IN THE FIELD

Tribes in Tandem • CHICKASAW HERITAGE MEETS JAPANESE TECHNIQUES IN THE SOUL-SHAKING WORK OF BRENDA KINGERY

Poetry in Motion • THREE NEW COLLECTIONS PROPEL SOUTHERN VERSE FORWARD

Greener Skies • PUERTO RICANS JOIN FORCES TO HELP A NATIVE PARROT FLOURISH

Big Fat Fun? • MARDI GRAS CRIMES, ORIGIN MYTHS, AND PENANCE IDEAS

Centuries of Flavor • EXPLORING THE PLEASURES OF A TIME-HONORED PAIRING AT THE COUNTRY’S LARGEST MEXICAN COOKBOOK COLLECTION

A Texas Pour • BALCONES HEAD DISTILLER JARED HIMSTEDT ON MAKING WHISKEY THAT CAPTURES THE SPIRIT OF THE STATE

Beyond the Half Shell • A COZY COLD-WEATHER OYSTER STUFFING ISN’T JUST FOR THE HOLIDAYS

Tiki’s Southern Drawl • A CLASSIC CARIBBEAN LIQUEUR BLENDS WITH BOURBON TO BEWITCH THE SENSES

Stirring the Pot • IN KITCHENS ACROSS NEW ORLEANS AND BEYOND, AN EPIC GUMBO DEBATE NEVER COOLS

A Mississippi Burger Beacon • SMASHED PATTIES, RED DOGS, AND DECADES OF HISTORY CONNECT A COMMUNITY AT COOLEY’S

West Coast Outpost • NASHVILLE’S MAVEN OF MENSWEAR TAKES MELROSE AVENUE

Heart of Glass • ON AN ISLAND NEAR SAVANNAH, A GREENHOUSE REFLECTS A LIFELONG LOVE

The Big Reveal • A LAID-BACK LAKESIDE SPREAD JUST OUTSIDE OF AUSTIN UNVEILS ITS PARTY PERSONA

No Party Pooper • SOMETIMES OLD DOGS STILL HAVE A FEW TRICKS LEFT

This for That • WHEN FOLKS TRADE PEACHES AND BACON, THEY COME AWAY WITH MORE THAN JUST FOOD

Behind the Curtain • LURID TALES FROM A PROFESSIONAL IMPOSTOR

THE HEART of TEXAS • AN EPICENTER of BOTH INDEPENDENCE and GENEROSITY, the STATE— and ESPECIALLY ITS PEOPLE—HAS a WAY of SURPRISING YOU

Conservation’s New Frontier • AT RANCHES ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS, THE EAST FOUNDATION IS ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF STUDYING HOW WORKING LANDSCAPES CAN WORK FOR PEOPLE, CATTLE, QUAIL, AND WILDLIFE OF ALL STRIPES

BARBS-B-Q DREAMS • ONE of the BEST BRISKET COOKS in TEXAS ( and THEREFORE the WORLD), CHUCK CHARNICHART IS FOLLOWING HER OWN PATH with BARBS-B-Q— and BUILDING a BARBECUE FUTURE WITHOUT BORDERS

HOUSTON’S WIDE WELCOME • ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S MOST DIVERSE CITIES IS, AT ITS HEART, THE SOUTH’S BIGGEST SMALL TOWN

The Hidden Keys • A LOLLYGAGGING ROAD TRIP OFF THE MAIN DRAG OF FLORIDA’S OVERSEAS HIGHWAY

Historic Reception • FIVE OF THE MOST WELCOMING NEW HOTELS IN TEXAS MAKE SMART USE OF OLD SPACES

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

Paper Pusher • A FEW WORDS ON WORDS FROM THE PAST