Enjoy your stay, then participate in our survey again. Go to southernliving.com/readerschoice before 11:59 p.m. CT September 17, 2007, and name your favorite cities, restaurants, inns, and more. Who knows? You may win a luxury golf and spa weekend. San Antonio: Sip and Sample a City What a great city to taste! Cool a summer day with the Menger Hotel’s famous mango ice cream. Sip a Prickly Pear Margarita at Boudro’s, a River Walk eatery....
Q: Dear Grumpy, I need to transplant a boxwood that is in the way of an addition to the house. How do I do that? It needs to be done now (October). Carol A: Dear Carol, Few people it seems are happy with where their boxwoods are, because they all want to know when and how to move them. “When?” is easy. Now. October and November are good months. So turn off Oprah (even if she’s giving away goodies to her fawning, insufferably greedy audience), grab yourself a shovel, and follow me out to the yard....
While summer-ripened strawberries are sweet, juicy wonders, their green predecessors plucked far before their peak of ripeness have a consistency closer to cucumbers with just a hint of berry to keep things interesting. They are a little tart, a little acidic, and wholly delicious, particularly when turned into pickles. Follow your favorite quick pickle recipe (this sweet-spicy refrigerator pickle recipe is a winner) but swap in green strawberries for the sweet peppers or onions....
Chris Stapleton’s latest event raised an eye-popping amount of money for the people of his home state. “A Concert for Kentucky,” which was headlined by Stapleton and featured performances from Willie Nelson and Sheryl Crow, reportedly raised more than $1 million for charity. The sold-out show was the first-ever concert held at the University of Kentucky’s Kroger Field. The money raised will go toward the Outlaw State of Kind Hometown Fund, which is an arm of Chris and Morgane Stapleton’s charity, Outlaw State of Kind....
After 47 years of serving Dallas residents great-tasting sandwiches, a beloved shop is closing its doors. Owner Dominick Oliverie has been the face of The Great American Hero on Lemmon Avenue since he opened it in the 70s. Oliverie, who is 74, hopes to retire by the end of the year, if not sooner. “I’ve been doing this since 1974, and I love what I do—but I’m starting to get tired, especially in the last two years, which have been hard on everyone in the restaurant industry,” he told CultureMap....
Amidst the coronavirus pandemic, many celebrities have stepped up to help in countless creative ways. Among them, Dolly Parton has gone above and beyond both financially to help support coronavirus research (check out the video below) and also by providing a bit of light in people’s lives by starting a weekly bedtime reading series for children. Now, she’s become our relationship guru and giving some much-appreciated relationship advice for couples living together during this difficult time....
Whether you’re buying a turkey for your holiday table or for a large gathering, you have several things to think about when choosing your bird. One of your biggest decisions may be fresh versus frozen. You may think it’s a simple choice, but the fresh versus frozen debate is more than just temperature. It also involves how the turkey was raised, flavor, cost, time, and preparation. There is no right or wrong answer to the debate—it really just depends on what you prefer and what works best for your lifestyle....
Some people grow herbs to flavor food. Some grow them for folk medicine. Here’s one I grow strictly for its sensational flowers. You should grow it too. It’s called ‘Hummelo’ betony and it’s blooming right now. Spikes of rosy-purple flowers stand 18 inches tall above a base of handsome, mint-green leaves. The flowers appear for weeks in summer. Bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds love them. Deer and rabbits don’t. They make good cut flowers....
It seems like every day is the “National Day of…” insert any food item here. And we will admit, we don’t pay that much attention. Who could keep up with every single one? But we would be lying if we said we didn’t have National Doughnut Day marked on the calendar. This year to help mark the occasion, which is on June 3, Krispy Kreme is giving out a free doughnut of choice to any and all who celebrate this national holiday....
When I asked my Southern mama about serving deviled eggs on biscuits, she said, “Oh no, don’t you mean white bread?” And she has a point. An egg salad sandwich served on white bread is a Southern classic, but we’re coming around to an even more Southern spin on that classic sandwich: deviled eggs on biscuits. Deviled Eggs On What? Stay with me. You like biscuits and scrambled eggs, right? You enjoy the occasional egg salad sandwich?...
Did you know that whether or not you make your bed in the morning says a lot about you? Whether you’re a morning bed-maker or not, it matters what’s going on your bed when you do get around to making it up. The bed is the focal point of the bedroom, so a well-made bed is the key to a room that looks fresh and feels clean. It is also an opportunity to show off your personal style, whether that’s leaning into the idea of comfort with a fluffy duvet cover and throw blanket or making it up pretty with a pair of monogrammed pillow shams....
If it weren’t for Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner might have quit acting for good. In a recent PBS interview with Kelly Corrigan, Garner recalled being ready to quit Dallas Buyers Club, and how she was talked out of it by McConaughey. The Alias alum, who also starred alongside McConaughey in 2009’s Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, shared how her career had taken a back seat after having her three children with ex-husband Ben Affleck....
My Big Mama’s favorite dessert was egg pie. I didn’t remember this until after my grandmother died, when I rewatched a video that I’d made with her about two years earlier. During our informal interview, I asked her several questions about her childhood, the immense challenges of growing up and raising a family in the Jim Crow South, and (of course) how she learned to bake. We sat comfortably in her natural element, the kitchen, and chatted while I documented her history and she baked biscuits from instinct....
Named for the Greek word for fellowship, Koinonia Farm was founded in 1942 in a rural plot between Americus and Plains, Georgia. Clarence and Florence Jordan and Martin and Mabel England established what they called a “demonstration plot for the Kingdom of God” on 400 acres. The intentional community sought to bring together families to live and work alongside one another, sharing in the bounty. Over the years, the number of residents grew....
Oh, Matthew McConaughey, how you make our hearts sing. Earlier this week, we were moved to learn that the actor hosted virtual bingo for seniors at a retirement home in Round Rock, Texas. Now, we’re glued to the edge of our seats over a new announcement the star made on Instagram: “I’m gonna do a little something different with my Instagram right now, seeing in these times of the coronavirus we’re all quarantining at home…which means we have more screen time,” he says....
Wildlife officials are celebrating a new litter of red wolf pups. U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s Red Wolf Recovery Program announced the birth of six pups (four females and two males) in North Carolina’s Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge on Facebook last week. The litter is the first wild-born litter of red wolves since 2018—a boon for the species, which is currently listed as critically endangered. “As the sights and sounds of spring began to unfold on Alligator River NWR this April, something monumental was also unfolding on the landscape…a new litter of red wolf pups and renewed hope for survival of a species!...
Ree Drummond is one proud mama! The Pioneer Woman star left her Oklahoma ranch to visit her oldest son at college over the weekend. Bryce, 19, plays football at University of North Texas in Denton. “I drove to Texas to see Bryce today! Then I drove home,” Ree wrote alongside a photo of her and Bryce, wearing his football uniform, on Instagram. “Captivating story, I know. But I sure loved every minute....
Following the Christmas Day bombing in Nashville last year, Music City banded together to help its neighbors in the 2nd Avenue area impacted by the nefarious attack begin to recover. Now, the country music community is stepping up to help raise money for the 2nd Avenue Restoration and Preservation fund, so the district can continue to work to rebuild. On March 26, Old Dominion, Lee Brice, Ashley McBryde, and Scotty McCreery will headline a two-hour concert from the Wildhorse Saloon broadcast on NewsChannel 5 Nashville....
If there’s anybody who could benefit from a Jerry Harris “mat talk,” it’s Nan McMahan. The 18-year-old fan of Netflix’s Cheer is recovering from a jet ski accident that took her father’s life and required her to undergo a leg amputation last year. A former cheerleader herself, McMahan has been working diligently with the team at the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA) to learn how to walk on her own again with her prosthesis....
He can try to tell it to you, tell how Mobile Bay goes calm and slick just before dawn, how the tide pushes in beneath a gentle easterly breeze that just smells different—like salt. He can tell how the mixing salt water from the Gulf of Mexico and fresh water from the Mobile-Tensaw Delta to the north just fracture somehow in that great, warm, stagnant pool and a heavier, saltier layer, low in oxygen, sinks to the bottom of the bay....
