Why banana pudding became a Southern specialty—and where you can get some of the best
It’s no secret that Southerners love banana pudding, but bananas hail from the tropics, and the first mention of the layered dessert came not from the South but from the New York Times in 1878, according to food historian Robert Moss for Serious Eats.
Mississippi writer Mary Miller muses on her many returns to Ship Island
I first visited Ship Island as a child with my family, taking the hour-long ferry out of Gulfport. It is the only barrier island off the coast of Mississippi with ferry access, the only one you can get to if you don’t have your own boat.
Why the sprawling city of Jacksonville, Florida, is a great spot for a weekend getaway
Although it’s the largest city by area in the continental United States (840 square miles), Jacksonville manages to feel small. Venture beyond the urban core, and you’ll discover a patchwork of historic neighborhoods.
Bellamy Young on her acting career, the solace of singing, and seeing Asheville through new eyes
Although she now calls New York City home, actress Bellamy Young says she’ll always be a Southern girl at heart.
Ask the Expert: An award-winning potter shares his passion for Mississippi’s ceramics scene
Award-winning potter Matt Long is a professor of art at the University of Mississippi and presents ceramics workshops internationally. His functional pieces have appeared in publications such as Ceramics Monthly.
On the Path of Presidents
If there’s one trait that seems to run through the life stories of the men who have occupied the nation’s highest elected office, it’s motion.
Hotel Spotlight: The Joseph in Nashville
Travel is multisensory by definition, and after months at home living in a two-dimensional world of screens, a visit to the Joseph in downtown Nashville is a welcome jolt.
Discover treasures—cultural, culinary, and historic—along Bay Street in Beaufort, South Carolina
Bejeweled at both ends by historic riverfront mansions and ancient live oaks, with a dynamic commercial district in between, Bay Street in downtown Beaufort seems a microcosm of the city: a place where Old South and New South peacefully coexist.
5 celebrated charter captains share the local seafood spots that lure them back to land
Reel experts share their favorite places to eat fresh seafood.
Resort Spotlight: Sea Island in Georgia’s Golden Isles
For the last quarter century, Brannen Veal has been a staff member at Sea Island, a Forbes Five-Star resort in Georgia’s Golden Isles. Hired as a golf pro in 1996, the Macon native worked his way up to the head pro job before becoming director of golf in 2005.
