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2 months ago | 
gardenandgun.com | Jenny Everett DiBenedetto
What's in Season Juice up a winter salad with bright color and striking flavor From the outside, a blood orange appears to be a typical sweet orange (with a somewhat off-putting name). But slice one open, and you can’t help but be wowed by the gemlike flesh, which can range from deep ruby red to a dark maroon-y purple. That bold, opulent appearance is why the fruit was once reserved for royalty in Sicily.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
gardenandgun.com | Jenny Everett DiBenedetto
What's in Season Fresh quahogs—and a secret ingredient—make a clam dunk dinner Digging up clams ranks as one of Ryan Pera’s most treasured childhood memories. “I grew up in North Carolina, but my parents are New Yorkers, so we would go up and visit my grandparents,” says Pera, now executive chef and co-owner of the Italian-focused Coltivare in Houston.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
gardenandgun.com | Jenny Everett DiBenedetto
When the much-anticipated Lowland opened in Charleston, South Carolina, last year, a seemingly under-the-radar dish—the celery salad—quickly became a diner favorite. Executive chef Jason Stanhope, however, wasn’t surprised at all. “Celery has a natural salinity and a super crunchy texture,” he says. “If you think about it, most of our favorite unhealthy snacks are salty and crunchy.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
gardenandgun.com | Jenny Everett DiBenedetto |Gabriela Gomez-Misserian
Food & Drink Take your stacks to the next level with delicious, unexpected condiments Up your home sandwich game with a handful of spreads from chefs across the South.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
gardenandgun.com | Jenny Everett DiBenedetto
Recipe This picnic-perfect bread is the best friend to slices of summer tomatoes, creamy pimento cheese, chicken salad At Levee Baking Co. in New Orleans, bread baker Aimee Helms looks for ways to use what she has on hand—a no-waste mentality that led to a bit of leftover bacon fat becoming the star of one of her favorite sandwich loaves. “This loaf is nearly identical to a traditional brioche,” she says.
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Jul 23, 2024 | 
gardenandgun.com | Jenny Everett DiBenedetto |Gabriela Gomez-Misserian
Age: 31Events: Shot PutSouthern Ties: The Arkansas resident volunteers as an assistant coach at the University of Arkansas. Highlight Reel: In 2023, Crouser bested himself with a world-record throw of 23.56 meters. He goes into Paris ranked number one in the world and is aiming to earn his third straight Olympic gold medal.
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
gardenandgun.com | Jenny Everett DiBenedetto
Long and skinny with glossy, blaze-red skin, the Jimmy Nardello looks like the type of pepper that would hang with habaneros on the spice scale. But this Italian heirloom is actually one of the easiest-eating, easiest-cooking peppers at the farmers’ market. “It’s sweet and fruity, similar to a shishito but slightly less herbal and earthy tasting,” says Michael Zentner, owner of the Drifter catering company andMerci restaurant, slated to open in late summer in Charleston, South Carolina.
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
gardenandgun.com | Jenny Everett DiBenedetto |Gabriela Gomez-Misserian
He’s been called a Sandwich King and the Dr. Frankenstein of sandwich making (and he also rocks a Duke’s tattoo), so when we asked Mason Hereford to mastermind the ultimate Southern sandwich for G&G, we had faith he would come up with something spectacular. The owner and chef of the game-changing New Orleans sandwich joint Turkey and the Wolf, Hereford started by considering his essential elements: crunch, tang, creaminess, spice, something sweet, something sour, and a hit of richness.
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May 28, 2024 | 
gardenandgun.com | Jenny Everett DiBenedetto
What's in Season Sweet and acidic husk cherries are tiny-but-mighty heroes While touring a farm outside Baltimore a few years ago, chef Kat Petonito and her team spotted gemlike orange fruits, wrapped in thin papery husks, sprawling across the soil. The farmer lifted the bug net so they could take a closer look—and enjoy a taste.
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Mar 27, 2024 | 
gardenandgun.com | Jenny Everett DiBenedetto
Recipe Everyone screams for Big Spoon Creamery’s sweet floral treat While walking her rescue dog, Charlie, around her Birmingham, Alabama, neighborhood on a spring morning, Geri-Martha O’Hara passed a big honeysuckle bush bursting with blooms. One deep inhale of the aromatic blossoms and she knew just what to use for her next ice cream flavor.
