Carrie Honaker

6 days ago | foodandwine.com | Carrie Honaker

La Alcapurria Quemá. Credit: Courtesy of Gabriela Agosto Santiago I landed in Puerto Rico with a list of places to eat and a hankering for crispy pork skin. What I didn’t expect was to find a movement reshaping how food is grown, cooked, and shared here. Meals often unfold as stories. I watch Sonia Escudero at La Alcapurria Quemá gently fold plantain dough over local crab to make the alcapurrias that she and her husband Rafi have been serving for decades from a concrete-block kitchen in La Placita.

1 week ago | emeraldcoastmagazine.com | Carrie Honaker

Coming in from the beach—skin still tacky with sand, feeling sun-kissed and salty—a sweet treat is the perfect capstone to a day spent on the Emerald Coast. But who wants to spend hours in the kitchen baking something when the temperatures are still soaring outside? Instead, a well-stocked pantry and freezer can be your best friend. Floats All AroundA&W popularized the root beer float, originally serving them by a carhop straight to your window.

2 weeks ago | southernliving.com | Carrie Honaker

As Southerners, we know that nothing beats the comfort of your own bed, except maybe a freshly made one you didn't have to wash. When we travel, we crave bedding that feels like home, only better: soft pillows, crisp sheets, and bright white duvet covers that look effortlessly elegant. Hotels may have this formula down to a science, but recreating that same level of polish at home can feel overwhelming, especially if you're still asking yourself, what exactly is a duvet cover?

2 weeks ago | southernliving.com | Carrie Honaker

Nothing pairs as well with a hot summer day swinging on the porch as a cool glass of sweet tea. And you'll need an attractive iced tea pitcher so you don't have to run to the kitchen every time you need a refill. Gather your favorite loose-leaf or bagged tea, water, and brew a batch-summer sipping is moments away.

2 weeks ago | foodandwine.com | Carrie Honaker

Credit: Courtesy of Southern Oyster Farms Weathered picnic tables by the beach. Red cafeteria trays, sleeves of saltines, squeeze bottles of cocktail sauce. Smoke curling from the grill as oysters sizzle — a true taste of old Florida. You can still find it, but the wild oyster beds that once fed these moments were closed in 2020, victims of overharvesting and polluted waters. In their place, a new industry took root: oyster farming.