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Jun 20, 2024 | 
gardenandgun.com | Jenn Rice |Katherine Jarvis
I knew summer was on its way at the first sign of blueish-purple berries on our juneberry plant. It grew right across from my dad’s Blue Goose, his bluebird-hued pickup truck with the distinct smells of leather, gas, and cigarettes that still waft through my mind when I think about my childhood home in Laurinburg, North Carolina. Soaring to fifteen feet tall, the plant lined the curvy driveway along our big front yard.
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
gardenandgun.com | Katherine Jarvis
Grilled Tomatoes with a French KissHerbs and sea salt adorn Tomatoes Provençales. Get the recipe. Chef Ann Kim’s Fried Green TomatoesThe Garden & Gun Club chef outlines the basics for the iconic Southern hors d’oeuvre. Get the recipe. Oil-and-Herb Cherry TomatoesThis simple recipe preserves the taste of summer at its peak. Get the recipe. Tomatoes Get the Olive TreatmentTransform a bright snack into a briny and versatile bite. Get the recipe.
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
gardenandgun.com | Carrie Honaker |Katherine Jarvis
Standing in the doorway of Rite of Passage, a 7,500-square-foot workshop tucked into a side street in Asheville, North Carolina’s River Arts District, Libby O’Bryan embodies the ethos of her company. The army green canvas of her coat came from Mount Vernon Mills in Mauldin, South Carolina. She crafted her skirt from jacquard fabric designed by Jhane Barnes, which she rescued from a closing mill in Hendersonville, North Carolina.
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
gardenandgun.com | Katherine Jarvis
Arts & Culture A look back at five success stories Fifteen years ago, G&G launched the Made in the South Awards to celebrate the talent and hard work of makers throughout the region. The hundreds of ceramicists, bakers, luthiers, blacksmiths, brewers, embroiderers, designers, and other creatives we’ve had the privilege of spotlighting have inspired and delighted editors and readers alike. But no one has felt more impact from the program than the winners themselves.
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
gardenandgun.com | Lindsey Liles |Katherine Jarvis
Food & Drink It turns out livermush is actually pretty good, pickled okra is just as good as pickles, and potato chips are the ticket to textural success “A sandwich is a sandwich is a sandwich,” says Durham chef Ricky Moore.
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Jun 5, 2024 | 
gardenandgun.com | Carly Felton Cooper |Katherine Jarvis
An African safari has always been high on my bucket list, but with two school-aged children, it just hasn’t happened. So the idea of seeing something similar an hour east of Atlanta was certainly intriguing. Opened June 1, the Georgia Safari Conservation Park features more than 500 acres of grassy terrain, sixty-three animal species from around the world, and lavish accommodations designed to immerse you in the experience.
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Jun 5, 2024 | 
gardenandgun.com | T. Edward Nickens |Katherine Jarvis
Fear not the last-minute Father’s Day frenzy. It’s not too late to be a hero to your hero with these ten gift ideas for dads who love spending time outdoors. Whether he’s partial to the woods, the boat, or the beach, from smaller items to the slightly extravagant, these gifts will make the day for sporting pops. Seafood BarYou can tell the folks at Southern Wildlife have elbowed their way to an oyster table or three.
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Jun 4, 2024 | 
gardenandgun.com | Steve Russell |Katherine Jarvis
Even if you’re a regular at farmers’ markets and immersed in the local food movement, you don’t really expect to find yourself talking to the person who grew your peanuts. But that’s what happened the other day when I had a chance to chat with Elisha Barnes, the sole farmer who fills cans of limited-release, single-origin Hubs peanuts from one ten-acre patch in southeastern Virginia. “Before I got this thing together with Hubs, I was feeding my peanuts to my hogs and the deer.
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Jun 3, 2024 | 
gardenandgun.com | Amanda Heckert |Katherine Jarvis
This summer, my husband and I are beating the heat by putting on our own personal popcorn-and-popsicles film fest, which I’ve dubbed the 2024 Heckert Summer of Chillers & Thrillers—I want explosions, I want silliness, I want Kurt Russell wearing an eye patch for no clear reason. But when I’m not delving into the far corners of Amazon Prime and Netflix, these are the Southern-tinged movies and series I’ll be watching.
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Jun 3, 2024 | 
gardenandgun.com | Lindsey Liles |Katherine Jarvis
At Seabird, an oyster bar and seafood spot in Wilmington, North Carolina, chef Dean Neff will take whatever his shellfish supplier brings him from the nearby marshes: oysters, of course, along with razor clams, stone crab claws, lighting whelks, ribbed mussels, a seaweed called dead man’s fingers, and most recently, a new-to-him ingredient called tulip snails. “They’re something I can’t believe I’m now learning about,” Neff says of the predatory marine snails.
