Icy. Creamy. Sweet. Are we describing a scoop of ice cream or a cup of frozen custard? The two sweet treats are often mistaken for each other, but there are distinct characteristics to each. While ice cream is light, airy, and creamy, frozen custard is way denser and creamier. Both of these yummy sweets make for a refreshing pick-me-up in the Southern summer months when the weather gets hot and we get sweaty....
Dolly Parton’s style is its own dress, hair, and makeup genre. Some may call it over-the-top, but we call it flawless. Big hair, bold makeup, butterflies, sequins, and sparkles—keep it all coming. Recently, we wondered just how long Parton had embraced wigs as part of her signature style. As it turns out, the wigs go back to The Porter Wagoner Show, which Parton started performing on in 1967. “Porter and the boys were more into their western suits, but I didn’t want that look....
Despite what some purple-thumbed folks might think, there are no breaks for gardeners, not even in winter. If you live in the South, particularly in the warmer corners, even in December and January there is still time to plant. And if you live in a colder climate or just like to get a jumpstart on things, winter is for planning for the garden next year. That includes starting your summer annuals indoors for planting outside after your area’s last frost and planting seeds in preparation for a bountiful spring and summer....
Thanksgiving is a time to gather around the table and share what you’re most thankful for this year. It’s also a time to put on your comfy pants and eat as much turkey as your heart desires. Thankfully, you won’t be judged for dishing up seconds or eating another slice of pecan pie, because you’re surrounded by people who love you the most. A Poetic Approach to Thanksgiving To get into the Thanksgiving spirit, we’ve come up with a list of poems that graciously express the joy of the holiday....
Kendra Walden was on her way home from remodeling a house recently, when she saw something that made her think she was hallucinating. Driving through Pinson, Alabama, the 31-year-old and her employees saw what appeared to be a real-life Chucky doll from Child’s Play walking down the street. “When we got closer to him we saw that it was real. It scared the heck out of us,” Walden told Today, adding that everyone in the car was “screaming like little kids....
The stars were out in full force outside of Nashville last week when longtime actor, producer, and singer Kevin Costner paid a visit to 89-year-old country music legend Loretta Lynn. Costner is best known for starring in iconic films like Field of Dreams, Dances with Wolves, and The Bodyguard. More recently, he’s earned praise for his portrayal of rugged ranch patriarch John Dutton in the hit neo-western drama Yellowstone. His visit to Lynn isn’t completely off-brand, though....
After months of searching, a young wild horse has finally found her place on the Outer Banks. Alma’s saga first caught our attention in June, when the Corolla Wild Horse Fund (CWHF) shared that it had received multiple calls about a “lost” horse with wounds on both sides of her face. “Earlier this spring, Alma was pushed out of the harem she (was) born into. The stallion (who is most likely her father) became aggressive towards her and would not let her get close to the rest of the mares,” CWHF explained on Facebook....
Dream team alert! Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson were seen tooling around Dollywood in a golf cart Monday, treating visitors to the Tennessee theme park to a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The legends were reportedly filming parts of Parton’s upcoming holiday movie musical Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas. “We will be filming over the next few weeks, so you never know when Dolly or one of her friends will show up!” Dollywood PR Director Wes Ramey told Knox News....
It’s always a good day when we get to see Harry Connick Jr. perform. And perform he did, earlier this week on American Idol. Sporting a sleek black leather jacket, a grey shirt, and blue pants, the New Orleans native took to the Idol stage to perform a medley of songs from his new album, Alone With My Faith, now streaming on Spotify and available wherever music is sold. After the performance, Idol host Ryan Seacrest caught up with the former mentor and judge for the reality singing competition about his latest release....
Light and fluffy, this combination of biscuit and yeast roll is often called Bride’s Biscuits, because they are so easy to make even a new bride can make them. In Biscuits: A Savor the South Cookbook, food writer Belinda Ellis recalls falling in love with these biscuits while attending Carson-Newman College. A talented cook in the college cafeteria was adept at rolling, folding, and baking these tender and flaky “simple angel biscuits,” and Ellis would later launch a search to find the biscuit’s origin....
We’re always here for the latest curly hair hack and this one comes to us straight from the kitchen. We recently stumbled on this new trick for blow drying curly hair that employs a wire-mesh strainer for producing your fullest head of curls yet. Curly girls know this to be true: A surefire way to create a massive hair mess in a matter of minutes is with a blow dryer. That’s where the diffuser comes in....
We know, it’s the first week of a new year and your New Year’s resolutions are still top of mind. Eating healthier or losing weight may top your list. But with every diet, we think a cheat day should come. What better day than Friday for that cheat? Do you follow our logic so far? Good. Because today, Friday January 3rd, Krispy Kreme has officially announced that their Chocolate Glazed Doughnuts have returned to participating stores....
The nights are getting longer, the temperatures are getting colder, and the garden is looking bleak. There’s no denying it—winter is coming and your garden is going to need a little help. To Shear or Not to Shear? While non-plant lovers may not realize it, winter is a very busy time in the garden, even though most plants are dormant. Winter is when you should clean up beds, cut back ornamental grasses and perennials, tend to fruiting shrubs, and there are plants you should always prune in winter (we have a list right here)....
Houston residents Paulina Morales and Deven Maraj were vacationing in Breckinridge, Colorado, when Morales experienced every bride-to-be’s worst nightmare. After Maraj playfully tossed her in the snow, Morales realized her engagement ring was missing from her finger. The couple searched in earnest for the ring, but it seemed to be lost to the great white. They even came back over the next couple of days with a metal detector, but still found no luck....
In America, most people consider the words “couch” and “sofa” interchangeable. After all, they’re both long, upholstered pieces of furniture intended for sitting and lounging. Aren’t they? Historically speaking, a couch and a sofa are two different things. The term “couch,” believed to be derived from the French word “couche,” is used to describe “a piece of furniture with no arms used for lying.” On the other hand, Merriam-Webster defines a “sofa” as “a long, upholstered seat usually with arms and a back, and often convertible into a bed....
A vacation at the Outer Banks, that 120-mile sliver of sand that juts out into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of North Carolina, may best be described by what it is not. “It’s not boardwalks. It’s not neon-type entertainment,” said Tim Cafferty, owner of Outer Banks Blue Realty Services in Kitty Hawk. Instead it is a string of family-friendly beach towns stretched along Highway 12, which runs from the Virginia border to the island of Ocracoke....
I couldn’t even count how many times I’ve heard my grandmother lament about the same exact problem that, I’m pretty sure, she made up entirely in her head: “It just doesn’t taste like my mama’s did.” Every time, she is referring to the icing on the caramel cake. The most she’ll ever admit is that this one got “so close I could taste it.” In fact, she has all but convinced herself that the more she makes it, the closer she gets to her self-imposed pinnacle of Southern baking, which is her mother’s caramel cake from Bainbridge, Georgia, with a caramel icing so good that folks still talk about it....
A Florida man found himself in the right place at the right time, managing to capture the wondrous moment a clutch of baby sea turtles emerged from their nest on video. TurtleTime volunteer Jim Holmes told NBC-2’s Gage Goulding that he was on the south end of Fort Myers Beach around 7:30 p.m. when he saw the hatchlings come out from the sand and begin their race to the water....
The one Thanksgiving staple that has always puzzled me is cranberry sauce. I’m talking about the gelatinous mixture that slides, sleekly, out of the can to add a pleasantly sugary contrast to the turkey on classic holiday menus. To be honest, it usually comes as an afterthought on my family’s Thanksgiving table. I know that many canned-cranberry purists insist on serving it room temperature, sliced, and garnished. However, I recently stumbled across an article that suggested heating up canned cranberry sauce, so I decided to give it a quick little test....
Real estate listing site Zillow.com surged in popularity amid the coronavirus pandemic. With 245 million monthly unique users in 2020 alone, homebound and stir-crazy Americans flocked to the site in record numbers. That’s no surprise to those of us who repeatedly find ourselves scrolling through million-dollar listings in the wee hours of the night. But can you blame us? Zillow offers an escape from monotony and a chance to dream about future possibilities—no matter how unlikely they may be....
