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Terry Saban and other wives of the University of Alabama’s football coaching staff teamed up to landscape a new Habitat for Humanity home in Tuscaloosa this week. The house, which was presented to UA employee Kanika Cotton on Thursday, was the latest to be funded by the Nick’s Kids Foundation, the official charity of Terry and head coach Nick Saban. The foundation had funded 18 houses so far—one for each of the Crimson Tide’s national championships....

To kick off the first episode of our special Biscuits & Jam Summer Tour, I spoke with Amythyst Kiah, a guitarist, banjo player, singer, and songwriter who recently appeared in For Love and Country, a documentary that explores the new generation of Black artists who are transforming country music. Her Rounder Records debut, Wary + Strange, was nominated for the 2021 album of the year by Folk Alliance International. She was chosen by CMT for its Next Women of Country class of 2022, and she was nominated for a Grammy for her song, “Black Myself....

Many pet parents love indulging their four-legged friends with the occasional table scrap or two. Hey, they’re part of the family, after all! Unfortunately, sharing isn’t necessarily caring when it comes to feeding your cat from your plate. While you may be doing their tastebuds a favor, certain foods simply aren’t safe for felines to eat. Beyond just causing serious stomach upset, the wrong foods can actually be poisonous to cats....

The holidays are right around the corner, and while you might be finalizing your shopping list, it’s time to start wrapping those gifts that you’ve been collecting. You may notice your space becoming cluttered as you reach for the wrapping paper, tape, ribbons, and greeting cards. That’s where the Clozzers Wrapping Paper Organizer comes in handy. Whether you’re a gift-wrapping connoisseur or gearing up for special occasions, this durable storage solution will be a key player in keeping your gift bags, scissors, tissue paper and more tidy and protected....

If you’re tempted to think that little Covington, Georgia, looks like something out of a movie scene, it’s probably because it is. Sometimes called the Hollywood of the South, this small town 35 miles southeast of Atlanta has taken a star turn in more than 140 TV shows and films: It’s played Serenity, South Carolina, in Netflix’s Sweet Magnolias and Mystic Falls, Virginia, in The Vampire Diaries’ eight-season run. Feel-good movie Remember the Titans was partially shot here, as was My Cousin Vinny....

If your dog is anything like mine, he knows exactly when it’s his dinner time, when it’s time to go for a walk, and even what time his favorite playmate—AKA dog dad—comes home. Can he really “tell” time? “I’ve never met a dog that can read a clock, but anyone who owns a dog can confirm that their pet certainly seems to always know the exact time they are fed a meal,” says Dr....

If there’s ever been a time to realize how important your living environs are, it’s now. And, well, with millions of people coming to that very realization at the same time that can mean buying your first home is extra tricky. The bad news: U.S. home prices reached a record high last year amid the coronavirus pandemic, per The Mortgage Reports. The good news: There are several simple steps you can take to make navigating the home buying process easier — and to make landing your dream home more likely....

Helping neighbors is in our bones. Especially now, during this period of tremendous difficulty in Louisiana following Hurricane Laura, all as the coronavirus pandemic continues to unfurl across the country, many are still standing by to lend a helping hand. Since the hurricane hit, last Thursday we’ve seen hospital staff go above and beyond to care for babies in the NICU at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital, The Cajun Army mobilize to help in Southwest Louisiana, and volunteers from all over arriving in Lake Charles and the surrounding region to help clean up debris from the category 4 hurricane....

Once you make Ina Garten’s Croque Monsieur recipe, your life will be categorized into events that preceded this universe-shifting ham and cheese sandwich and those that occurred after the first bite. Just ask my husband. It all started back in 2009 with an on-demand viewing of It’s Complicated. I’m a sucker for Nancy Meyers films—really, I just want to live in those sets (there’s an Instagram account for that worth a rainy-day scroll)—but this particular one was beyond compare....

Some people are Christmas people. Others love Thanksgiving. But I can’t get enough of Easter. Perhaps it’s because Easter and springtime always seem to make a simultaneous appearance, or maybe it’s because my mom was always big on the holiday herself, decking out our house in pastel-colored everything and trimming a tiny tree with colorful itty-bitty eggs. And, like most people who celebrate Easter, I grew up hunting plastic eggs stuffed with candy and dyeing hard-boiled ones in every color imaginable....

It’s the most versatile of Southern starches: Throw it in a pot with chicken broth and sausage, and you’ve got a South Carolina chicken bog; stir in black-eyed peas and ham hock, and voila! Hoppin’ John. Rice is the vehicle on which many of our favorite regional dishes depend. But we recently discovered its plays-nicely-with-others personality extends well beyond the stock pot, thanks to the crafty mom behind Views from a Step Stool....

​John Paul White joins Sid Evans to discuss how times were simpler but not necessarily better when he was growing up, and that exact feeling comes through in his song “The Good Old Days.” Get to Know John Paul White ​John Paul White grew up on the Northern side of the Tennessee/Alabama border. As he began performing in bands in high school, he soon made friendships with David Hood, Spooner Oldham, and other Muscle Shoals legends....

Throughout its history, the Mississippi River’s floods and currents have loosed it from its banks, changed its shape, and moved its borders. A glimpse of the Mississippi on any map reveals its dramatic meanders, alterations in shape that occur over time, formed by the river’s own dramatic movement. A series of hand-drawn maps from the 1940s trace those meanders’ changing courses through the centuries. Encyclopaedia Britannica defines the meander, a component of a river system, as an “extreme U-bend in the course of a stream, usually occurring in a series....

Rosemary has many culinary and ornamental uses. In the lower South, it is a handsome evergreen shrub. Rub its leaves and a pine fragrance fills the air. Rosemary’s unique aroma and flavor accent a variety of foods and crafts. In the Landscape A slow-growing, upright, bushy herb, rosemary often reaches 3 to 5 feet tall after several years of growth. The stems become woody with age and are covered with green needlelike foliage....

Kaye Fiorello was driving on Interstate 75 through Cleveland, Tennessee, last week when she saw something in a ditch off the side of the road. It was a little white dog and “it looked bad.” Remembering that she had just passed a State Trooper parked in a turnout, Fiorello backtracked to ask him for help. She told Trooper Pumpy Tudors about the dog, and together they drove towards the spot where the poor creature was clinging to life in the 95-degree heat....

It’s time to start preparing for the fast-approaching holiday season, and luckily the Sur La Table Semi-Annual Cookware Sale is going on right now to help you out. The sale features discounts on top-selling brands like Le Creuset, All-Clad, Staub, and Sur La Table’s in-house line for up to 62 percent off. You can shop pretty much everything you might need, like Dutch ovens, nonstick skillets, saucepans, sheet pans, kitchen utensils, and more....

While most savory dishes and recipes are made better with the addition of onions (looking at you spaghetti sauce, grilled cheese, and a good old-fashioned cheeseburger), they’re not the most amicable vegetable. Dice them up, and you’ll likely shed a tear or two in the process; handle them for just a few minutes, and their odoriferous quality lingers all day, no matter how much you scrub with soap, or dishwashing liquid, or whatever other scent-laden cleanser you use to try chase the onion stench away....

Have you ever eaten a pork chop that’s reminiscent of shoe rubber? Even if it’s swimming in a sauce or covered with an exotic spice rub, chewing through something that feels like a pencil eraser is unforgettable. Almost as bad as eating an overcooked pork chop is the feeling of serving them to a table of innocent guests. But take heart, there’s a foolproof secret to preparing your pork chops that will give you the confidence to even let your spouse throw them on the grill....

As I’ve shared before, Southern Living’s Oatmeal-Caramel Cream Pies are my favorite treat to bake and take for football watch parties. They’re a fun nod to my alma mater’s head coach Nick Saban and his affinity for Little Debbie’s version, and they’re always a hit. But every time I stock up on baking ingredients, I stress overbuy. In fear of running out of an item in the middle of a recipe, I often accidentally grab one too many packages of chocolate chips or powdered sugar, just in case....

Between the 1883 finale and his recent sold-out show at Boots in the Park, Tim McGraw has been in the spotlight quite a bit lately. Yesterday, his daughter Gracie decided it was time for him to share some of that spotlight, so she took to social media to poke a little fun at dad and remind him where he came from. In a hilarious Instagram post, 24-year-old Gracie paid homage to her father’s 1994 album Not a Moment Too Soon by recreating the cover photo....