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Ask Southerners about the weirdest things they’ve ever eaten, and their responses will run the gamut. Everything from fried frog legs to pineapple-cheese casserole to banana-mayonnaise sandwiches have graced Southerners’ plates for generations, and so we’re definitely not quick to judge others for their food habits. Unless you prefer unsweetened iced tea. That tends to get people riled up. Eccentrics aside, even a Southerner who loves atypical dishes will pause at the mention of homemade canned chicken....

When it comes to painting a room, white feels safest. It’s versatile, goes with everything, is the quintessential blank canvas, and is always in style. It also seems to brighten up the place. Whether you have loads of natural light pouring in or have the curtains shut tight against the summer heat, white makes things light and airy feeling, right? Turns out that might not be the case. In a mind-blowing Instagram post, Orlando Soria, designer and host of the HGTV series Build Me Up, revealed a shocking designer secret: Painting a room white may actually make it feel darker....

One thing homeowners should consider before planting a new tree is determining how tall and wide it will grow. Oversized trees not suitable for smaller environments hide windows, block driveways, crack sidewalks, ruin lawns, and can even fall on your home during a storm. There is no need to risk these landscaping conditions when there are various smaller trees that will beautify your yards and win compliments from neighbors. Here are some of the best tree options for small yards and when you can expect to see them bloom....

Having fresh flowers in the house is always a fantastic idea. It’s like a mood boost for the entire room and an easy way to bring a seasonal note to your home, from colorful spring tulips to vibrant autumn dahlias. However, keeping flower arrangements alive for longer than a week can be harder than it seems, especially depending on which type of flowers you’re buying. Hydrangeas, you fickle friend! Obviously, it’s ideal if your flowers can live in the vase for as long as possible, particularly during the holiday season when guests will be in and out over the course of a few weeks....

If you are lucky enough to have purchased a high-end dishwasher recently, you may have noticed something odd lurking under the bottom rack—a little receptacle marked “add salt.” This is not the salt you use to add flavor to your dishes, but a special cleaning salt to help your dishwasher get your dishes to shine. Dishwasher salt, which is sold in stores and online by companies like Finish Salt or by dishwasher manufacturers like Bosch or Miele, is there to help soften water and prevent those pesky spots that show up on dishes if you happen to live in a so-called hard-water area....

Dolly Parton might be new to rock n’ roll, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t respect it. In fact, she’s married to a longtime fan of the genre. In a red carpet interview with E! News ahead of her induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Parton discussed her highly anticipated new album and how it pays tribute to Carl Dean, her rock-loving husband of 56 years. “I’m going to do a lot of his favorite songs....

Waking up to a fresh batch of bug bites and then walking into your kitchen to find a swarm of fruit flies over your ripe bananas and tomatoes isn’t a good way to wake up. And we’ve all dealt with pesky little gnats hovering around our house plants. Getting rid of outdoor insects is easy enough with outdoor insect zappers and citronella candles, but tackling the problem from the inside is a bit trickier....

It’s happened once a week for the better part of a decade. Andy Gullahorn leaves his house for a walk through his Nashville neighborhood. At the same time, about a mile and a half away, his best friend Gabe Scott does the same thing. In even the most inclement weather the men walk towards each other. When they finally meet, neither acknowledges the other. Then, after a clap, a snap, a high five, and zero words exchanged, they simply turn around and go home....

Only one U.S. city will have the privilege of hosting a large collection of works by the incomparable Pablo Picasso this year. The Frist Art Museum in Nashville, Tennessee, will kick off its 20th anniversary with Picasso. Figures, on loan from the Musée National Picasso-Paris, the world’s largest public collection of works by the late artist. Featuring approximately 75 paintings, works on paper, and sculptures, the exhibition is said to highlight Picasso’s use of the human figure to express a wide range of subjects and emotions....

Old Navy is revolutionizing the shopping experience. The clothing outlet launched BODEQUALITY today, announcing that, “Old Navy is redefining size inclusion by offering every style in every size (0-30 and XS-4X) – at price parity,” as a press release stated. From now on, when you shop in store, all women’s styles in sizes 0-28, will be on the rack together, no special sections and no price increases. We’re all in it together, ladies....

It was in the 1970s when a man named Leonard Horowitz arrived in Miami Beach with rose-colored glasses. While the city’s distinctive buildings along Ocean Drive had character for days, they were all bathed in white. With a backdrop as colorful as Miami Beach, Horowitz believed this just wouldn’t do. So, staring at the sea and sunsets, he devised a new palette for the iconic stripof Art Deco architecture—and the rest, of course, is history....

Our first home wasn’t necessarily a fixer-upper, but it wasn’t in the shape, condition, or style I would have wanted," says homeowner Stacie Abdallah. Otherwise, it had everything she and her husband were looking for: room to raise their growing family, lots of backyard for gardening, and its location in an Atlanta suburb with an inclusive community. Stacie started with small do-it-yourself projects as a way to make budget-friendly updates—posting a few on Instagram and turning it into what’s now a full-fledged blog called Stacie’s Spaces....

High school junior Maddie Barber of Boerne, Texas has experienced a lot in her 17 years. After being diagnosed with medulloblastoma, a type of brain cancer, at the age of 12, she fought an arduous battle that included surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, before being declared cancer-free in 2018. Over the past three years, Barber has been making the most of her newfound freedom by raising pigs on her family’s nine-acre farm as part of the Future Farmers of America organization....

In September 1957, a group of nine black students left for their first day of school in Little Rock, Arkansas. As they made their way to Central High School, a crowd of angry white students followed behind them shouting, ‘Two, four, six, eight, we don’t want to integrate!’. When the black students finally reached the doors of the school, they were blocked by armed men of the Arkansas National Guard. But none of this discouraged them....

People joke that you know you’re an adult when you start wearing slippers around the house and then later when you start asking for a new cozy pair with a sturdy sole every Christmas to replace the pair you’ve worn out from wearing every day, lest your bare foot touch the chilly ground in the kitchen. But in reality, we’re not all slipper people. It might be that some of us think that slippers are too much of a hassle or make it too easy to stumble with your bowl of ice cream....

Buttermilk is one of the hardest working ingredients in Southern Living’s Test Kitchen. The thick and creamy liquid is an essential part of great fried chicken, biscuits, pancakes, cornbread, salad dressings, cakes, and so many other Southern-style recipes. (And non-recipes, too—we also like to crumble cornbread in it.) Buttermilk adds tangy richness to dishes like chocolate cake, buttery waffles, buttermilk pie, and creamy salad dressings. But unlike most dairy products, there are other things it can do....

Big hair was always destined to come back into style. Cindy Crawford and her perfect 90s supermodel blowout remain iconic for that very reason. Dolly Parton doesn’t keep her larger-than-life wigs on her bedside table for nothing. Our mothers and grandmothers didn’t allow us to watch in awe as they teased and sprayed and curled in the bathroom mirror for us to renounce the big hair that Southern women are known for....

The first trailer for Reese Witherspoon’s highly anticipated adaptation of Where the Crawdads Sing is here! The trailer, backed by Taylor Swift’s haunting new song, “Carolina,” brings the lush world of Delia Owens’ bestselling novel and its heroine Kya (played by Daisy Edgar-Jones) off the page and into startling real-life detail. Where the Crawdads Sing was filmed in and around Houma and New Orleans. Like the book, the movie is also set in two different time periods....

Home e-commerce giant Wayfair teamed up with brand ambassador Kelly Clarkson to bring music — and swoon worthy design — to the ears of two families in need in Lake Charles, Louisiana, after two back-to-back hurricanes last fall destroyed their homes. For the makeovers, Wayfair covered all renovation costs, including new indoor and outdoor furniture, décor, lighting, and kitchen appliances. Pieces from the Kelly Clarkson Home collection were featured in both renovations....

Confused about cake pans? Here is the lowdown: A tube pan is any type of round baking pan that has a hollow tube in its center. The tube conducts heat, which helps large, deep cakes bake faster, and it also helps the cake release more easily from the pan after it has been baked. A Bundt pan is a type of tube pan. But here’s where things get a little confusing—these two pans can’t always be used interchangeably....