Jennifer Justus

Nashville

Freelance Writer at Freelance

editor at Wildsam (https://t.co/1LtJsuF7eV), writer, co-founder of Dirty Pages (https://t.co/w0T39k3D0K), author of Nashville Eats (Abrams)

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Articles

Identity Exploration | Listen

3 weeks ago | thelocalpalate.com | Jennifer Justus

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The Fish Company Where Forrest Gump Really Got All of His Shrimp From

1 month ago | wildsam.com | Jennifer Justus

Gay Fish Company on Saint Helena, a rural Sea Island in the South Carolina Lowcountry, has real shrimp culture. REMEMBER WHEN FORREST GUMP and Lieutenant Dan rode out a hurricane on a shrimp boat, then hit the motherlode of a catch? Paramount Pictures bought 6,125 pounds of shrimp for those scenes. Cyndy Gay Carr still has the handwritten receipt hanging on the wall of her family’s Gay Fish Company on Saint Helena, a rural Sea Island in the South Carolina Lowcountry.
The Best Bob Dylan Road Trips Songs According To A Bob Dylan Expert

Jan 24, 2025 | wildsam.com | Jennifer Justus

Words by Jennifer JustusRowland Scherman, National Archives and Records AdministrationElijah Wald who wrote "Dylan Goes Electric!," the book the Academy Award-nominated film "A Complete Unknown" is based on, gives his recommendations for the road. Maybe you’ve noticed. Bob Dylan is having a moment.
Head to Colorado for Hot Springs Heaven

Jan 20, 2025 | wildsam.com | Jennifer Justus

Strawberry Park Hot Springs is a coveted destination for heat-seekers. Strawberry Park Hot Springs is the place to heat up this winter. Colorado is a lucky place: It has 93 known hot springs, stashed in some of the country’s most scenic territory. The super-charged waters have been bubbling up between the Earth’s fractures since the formation of the Rocky Mountains. These days, the springs range from all-natural to super-luxe.
"Chopped" 's, Maneet Chauhan Knows You Have to Drive to Truly See America

Jan 7, 2025 | wildsam.com | Jennifer Justus

Between her restaurantsin Orlando and Nashville and filming in New York City as a judge on Food Network’s long-running Chopped, Maneet Chauhan puts in some serious travel miles. Her friends at the airlines joke that the chef’s schedule is wilder than a flight attendant’s. And that doesn’t even account for a lifetime of journeys logged on trains, highways and backroads.
The United States of Pie

Nov 25, 2024 | wildsam.com | Jennifer Justus

IT’S THE ULTIMATE ROAD-TRIP TREAT, BELOVED BUT BRILLIANTLY DIFFERENT IN EVERY WEDGE OF THE NATION. COME ALONG AS WE SEARCH FOR SUPERIOR SLICES—AND THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THEM. The story you’re about to read is all over the map. We’re going to meet people making great things in radically different parts of the country. We’re going to hit every state at least once and some twice.
The Mighty Sights of Niagara Falls

Sep 12, 2024 | wildsam.com | Jennifer Justus |Zach Dundas |Melissa Corbin

TWO CENTURIES AGO, the Erie Canal helped make Niagara Falls a tourism staple of two nations. We haven’t stopped gawking since. Photographer Brian Finke captured a summer weekend, and we talked to locals who keep the place flowing. The Captain Captain Kaitlynn McHenry—the first woman to helm the Maid of the Mist in the 178-year history of the sightseeing boat company—grew up outside Rochester, NY. In high school, she worked as a deckhand on Erie Canal.
The Goods: May/June

Aug 11, 2024 | wildsam.com | Jennifer Justus

GearAccessories for your Big Year migrations (or backyard observations). Words by Jennifer Justus FIELD NOTES EXPEDITION EDITION Ever tried to make an important observation in a soggy notebook? Waterproof pages let you jot whenever inspiration strikes. $15. fieldnotesbrand.comTHERMACELL MOSQUITO REPELLENT CAMP LANTERN Mosquitoes come with the birding territory. The Audubon Society recommends this lantern, with a 15-foot protection zone. $30.
Pickled vegetables, hot dogs and a beef with JD Vance

Jul 29, 2024 | thegracebeforedinner.substack.com | Jennifer Justus

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Oklahoma's Classic Burger is a Tearjerker

Jul 17, 2024 | wildsam.com | Jennifer Justus

Food & DrinkOn Route 66, a roadside shrine to onions and beef. Words by JENNIFER JUSTUSPhotography by Allie Leepson + Jesse McClaryThe sun sets at Robert's Grill off of Route 66. A SQUAT LITTLE BUNKERon the main drag of El Reno, some 30 miles west of Oklahoma City, Robert’s Grill isn’t a book you judge by its cover. The stucco has seen better days. The awnings over the windows collect layers of Oklahoma grit. Between them, a neon sign shines a single word: OPEN. But inside, the place is thrumming.

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