Anna Davis

1 week ago | gardenandgun.com | Steve Russell |Anna Davis

By the time the opening-day lunch rush ebbed this past Monday at Sho Pizza Bar, Sean Brock’s newest Nashville eatery, he’d pulled a hundred pies from a blazing, wood-fired oven—and was itching to beat that number for dinner. “Every single pizza is an opportunity to do it the right way,” says Brock, the celebrated chef better known for farm-to-table Southern fare—first at McCrady’s and Husk in Charleston and more recently in Nashville at his own Audrey—than for slinging pies.

1 week ago | gardenandgun.com | Matt Hendrickson |Anna Davis

The sound is expected. At Austin’s Circuit of the Americas (COTA)—the only venue in the country that currently hosts a MotoGP event—twenty motorcycles squeal around the track like a group of deranged hornets buzzing in maniacal circles. But what is a revelation is the jackhammer punches you feel in your gut as the bikes rev up at the start. If you’re far enough in the front, the force of bikes rocketing to 200 mph in around eleven seconds will knock you back a step.

2 weeks ago | gardenandgun.com | Haskell Harris |Anna Davis

Other than a cast-iron skillet, there is perhaps no other single item in a Southern cupboard that speaks to the region in such an idiosyncratic (or delicious) way than a deviled egg plate. We’ve rounded up a few of our favorite resources for both new and vintage finds. Artisans at Tennessee’s Bridgman Pottery hand-make this design, featuring classic blue and white detailing, from vintage pressed glass and porcelain ($70; ggfieldshop.com).

2 weeks ago | gardenandgun.com | Jennifer Stewart Kornegay |Anna Davis

Most mornings, artist Riley Sheehey walks her three-year-old daughter, Bryn, to her nursery school around the corner from their Falls Church, Virginia, house, returns home, and steps into her small studio. She sketches, chooses colors, and paints her ideas into life, driven by a single goal: “I want to make people smile, especially kids, but also adults,” she says. “I don’t think we ever outgrow the need for that.”Sheehey’s fanciful style takes many forms.

3 weeks ago | gardenandgun.com | Kelsey Glennon |Anna Davis

The term “dude ranch” dates back to the late nineteenth century in the American West. “Dudes,” a slang term for city dwellers from the East Coast, were drawn to the romantic, rugged appeal of ranch life—including such “chores” as horseback riding, hunting, foraging, and tending a garden. Today, that desire for the simple pleasure of living in tune with the land hasn’t waned and, in fact, has only grown stronger for many people.