Win a Collection of Vintage Cookbooks!

For our July issue, we looked and cooked our way through dozens of spiral bound cookbooks in search of the best of the best Southern recipes and food traditions. After testing and tasting dozens upon dozens of regional recipes—including 24 different chicken salads, six jezebel sauces, five custard pies, and four congealed salads in one week alone—we picked 18 of […]

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A Smokin’ New Book of BBQ Side Dishes

Judging by the spate of new BBQ books that dropped this summer, including Southern Living’s own All Fired Up: Smokin BBQ Secrets from the South’s Best Pitmasters, we can say on authority that the state of barbeculture is strong. One of our new favorite titles in the mix of regional travelogues, pitmaster profiles, and home cook how-tos comes in the […]

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Street Style: Bonnaroo Edition

It’s usually festivals like Coachella in Southern California and Lollapolooza in Chicago that get all the hype for its attendees having the best style, while Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tennessee, gets the rap of being more grunge and granola. This year we set out with the intention of disproving this notion. Here are some of the chicest music lovers we spotted at […]

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Sweet Tea: House Wine of the South

A staple in fridges around the South, iced tea is just the beverage for the long, hot summer ahead! Depending upon your geographic location, it may be necessary to declare your choice—sweet or unsweetened. However, if you reside within the confines of the Mason-Dixon, there is only one way to drink your tea and that is sweet with a capital […]

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Hot List: Modern Dance, Global Cuisine, and Bourbon

Every Monday we bring you the SL Hot List, a round up of the five latest and greatest things to hit the South. Consider it your weekly update on our region’s most buzzworthy food, culture, and style news.

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Coterie Crush: Jill and Steve McKenzie

We have a Coterie Crush on Jill and Steve McKenzie, Atlanta’s hottest, trailblazing design couple. They’ve recently launched steve mckenzie, a chic new interiors and lifestyle brand housed in a 3,200 square-foot Atlanta shop with a shoppable website launching in the coming weeks! 

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You Shot It: Saturday in the South

Every Saturday we ask you all to share your favorite weekend views on Instagram and Twitter using #SouthernSnapshot. Believe us, it’s not easy to narrow down the selection. Thank you for your gorgeous contributions. Here are our favorite pics from last week.

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A Weekend in Charlottesville

“I’m excited to share the latest post from my blog, The Novo Project. It’s written by sisters Kiki and Caroline Slaughter. Kiki, a talented artist (get to know her here) and Caroline, a fabulous comedic actress (you might remember her from “Devil Wears Prada.” They know a thing or two about the gorgeous Virginia town because it’s where they grew up. […]

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Next Great Neighborhood: Decatur’s Church Street

Over the last three years, the northeast Atlanta suburb of Decatur has earned its badge as a destination of its own thanks to top-notch restaurants and shops that have moved into the square. The caliber of food spots and bars, such as Cakes & Ales and Brick Store Pub, was enough to warrant the town a nod as one of our picks […]

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Old School Kitchen Treasure: Pressure Cooker Cookbook

Every time I open up a cabinet in search of something, I always end up stumbling upon something else, usually more exciting. Yesterday, while rummaging through some very uninteresting saucepans and veggie steamers, I found a little gem of a cookbook that lost its way between two pots.

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