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Unless you have the fountain of youth on speed dial—in which case, can you help a girl out?—odds are you’ve heard about antiaging superheroes like retinol, sunscreen, and vitamin C. Used daily, these can help stave off the tells of time. But from there, things get tricky. Retinol is highly effective, but it can often be harsh and doesn’t play well with more active ingredients like chemical exfoliants or vitamin C, which brings us to face masks....

Fudge is one of the easiest and most crowd-pleasing desserts to make. A basic fudge recipe is delicious enough, containing just a few simple pantry-staple ingredients. You can also add your favorite stir-ins such as nuts, marshmallows, candies, etc., which can take a basic recipe from good to great. It is easy to overdo and make too much fudge so, instead of overindulging or letting it go bad, you can freeze fudge and enjoy it another day....

The next iteration of Netflix’s Emmy-winning documentary food series Chef’s Table is starting off with a Southern bang. Chef’s Table: BBQ, the upcoming series set to take viewers on a deep dive into the smokey world of barbecue, kicks off with an episode dedicated to a Texas legend: 85-year-old pitmaster Tootsie Tomanetz of Snow’s BBQ in Lexington. This 85-year-old grandmother who opened Snow’s in 2003, has been perfecting her barbecue method for 50 years....

If you are an Andy Griffith fanatic, you know that no one can throw a rock or recite a declaration of love better than Ernest T. Bass. To celebrate love, we didn’t choose Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare or Love One Another by Kahlil Gibran or even My River by Emily Dickinson. We went straight to the town of Mayberry to share with you the eloquent sayings of Ernest T. Bass....

Billy Mitchell has been a salvage diver for 20 years. April 5, the day he spotted a green bottle floating above a barge in the Yazoo River, was an otherwise ordinary work day at Big River Shipbuilders in Vicksburg, Mississippi. “I’m always that way,” Mitchell told USA Today. “I always look for stuff that’s unique — driftwood or anything … I told my buddy, I said, ’there’s a message in this bottle!...

Picture this: You’re strolling down a quiet country street lined with beautiful live oaks, and a vision of true architectural beauty greets you. This house is quaint and charming and might even be your dream home. This house may be the closest you’ll ever come to stepping inside a storybook. Meet Banning Court, one of our favorite cottages brimming with old-fashioned character and quintessential Southern charm. Here are a few reasons we love this house plan so much....

Last month, 42 years after she took her first college class, Pat Ormond received a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC). And the 74-year-old did so alongside her 22-year-old granddaughter, Melody. “I always knew that I was going to graduate from college,” Melody told CNN. “I just never knew that my nana was also going to be there.” Pat, who is just shy of turning 75, took her first college class at Kennesaw State University in Atlanta in 1978....

Chili is one of those seasonal dishes that can appear wildly different depending on where you’re eating it and who’s doing the cooking. Amongst all the white chicken chilis, classic bean chilis, and Texas red chilis that grace crockpots across the South, everyone has their own preference. However, there’s one ingredient that some bold cooks include in their chili recipes that most folks would never guess: peanut butter. Yes, really....

As with my affinity for pajama sets and my volume-averse hair, I inherited my go-to bronzer from my mom. For years, her favorite designer bronzer did the trick for me too—a natural matte finish, saturated and lasting color, and even application made it a winner—but I’d never really considered that there might be a drugstore alternative that worked just as well and didn’t come with a $44 price tag. And then I was introduced to Physicians Formula Murumuru Butter Bronzer....

Publix has launched a new initiative to help those affected by the deadly flash flooding that devastated parts of Middle Tennessee earlier this month. The grocery store chain established a register campaign allowing customers and associates at its Tennessee stores to make donations to a relief fund for those impacted by recent flooding. “In times of need, our customers and associates trust us to provide a way for them to donate to help their neighbors,” Publix Director of Community Relations Dwaine Stevens said in a statement....

I love ranch dressing. You love ranch dressing. We all love ranch dressing. Creamy. Tangy. Perfect. But what’s the one thing that can make this salad staple even better? When it’s Ree Drummond’s recipe. Thankfully, in a recent Instagram post, The Pioneer Woman was able to save us from another Sad Salad day and gift us with the recipe for her easy-to-make homemade ranch dressing. In the caption to her colorful salad photo, Drummond expresses her love for making a casual salad presentation by tearing some lettuce and chopping up some fresh veggies....

Making a tomato pie is a labor of love. If you’re an overachiever in the kitchen (I am not), it all begins with rolling out a homemade crust. Of course, there’s the slicing, the draining, the seasoning, the flipping, the seasoning, the draining. But every tiny step in the tomato pie journey yields some sort of gratification. Whether it’s seeing all those perfectly ripe tomatoes lined up on kitchen towels, or the savory pastry smell wafting from the oven as it cooks, tomato pie is one of those Southern dishes that’s just got something special about it....

In Hebrew, challah is a term given to bread, but it is also a command: hafrashat challah. Bakers would throw away a piece of dough as an offering, baking the rest. Challah bread is now eaten by many people, but it is a traditional Jewish bread eaten on Sabbath days and holidays. A reliable challah bread recipe is that of Joan Nathan, a Jewish-American woman famous for her many cookbooks of Jewish food....

The best ingredients for an eye cream are largely dependent on your skin type and skin concerns, but there are a few key active ingredients that you’re likely to find in the top-rated eye creams. These power players are often natural ingredients in the skin that can get depleted or compromised over time, so finding a product that puts the good stuff back in can be paramount for fewer or reduced signs of aging....

Unseasonably warm weather across the Carolinas has wild horses on the Outer Banks acting strangely, prompting experts to issue a stern warning to local drivers. In a rare January anomaly, temperatures in North Carolina have been hovering in the 60s and 70s for days. The weather is reportedly confusing the horses who have been sleeping on the beaches at night, putting themselves directly in the path of recreational vehicles. “Please be careful!...

American desserts are characterized by their ruggedness and practicality. Fruit pies and stack cakes were baked to make the most out of what the vast landscape offered, without the complicated steps and multitude of ingredients typical in many prominent European pastries. A basic butter and lard crust filled with warm sweetened fruit and cakes baked out of cast irons and topped with simple sugar syrups and frostings typify the early-American approach to dessert that has shaped so many of the traditions we hold today....

In recent years, we’ve had to say farewell to one beloved Southern barbecue joint after another as founders retire or pass away and no one steps up to continue the business. This month, though, we have the rare opportunity to welcome back an old classic, for Wilber’s, an icon of Eastern North Carolina barbecue, has reopened in Goldsboro. Wilber’s Barbecue was founded by Wilberdean Shirley in 1962, and had long been on everyone’s list of the state’s must-visit barbecue spots....

In a perfect world, your home would have enough space to allow for a separate room for guests to sleep. But, in reality? Sometimes it’s not exactly practical to spend precious square footage on a proper bed—especially if you don’t host visitors regularly. Many small space dwellers reach their hosting dreams and get the best of both worlds with an air mattress or sleeper sofa. And, lo, herein lies the problem: Which one is the better buy?...

Lawrence Brooks, who is set to turn 111 on September 12, is believed to be the United States’ oldest living World War II veteran. The supercentenarian has been celebrating his birthdays at The National WWII Museum in his native New Orleans since 2014. Sadly, this year, the coronavirus pandemic has forced the museum to take a different approach to the annual bash. In lieu of cupcakes and kisses from the museum’s vocal trio, The Victory Belles, the museum is asking well-wishers to send Brooks birthday cards via mail....

Congratulations are in order for a western lowland gorilla at Audubon Zoo in New Orleans! Today, the zoo announced that one of their critically endangered western lowland gorillas is expecting. This will be the first gorilla birth at Audubon Zoo in 24 years and the first offspring for 13-year-old Tumani. This pregnancy is the result of successful breeding between Tumani and Okpara, a 26-year-old silverback gorilla. The baby gorilla will be Tumani and Okpara’s first....