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Get in the truck: You don't want to miss a trip to Nashville, where the music is hot, the chicken is hotter, and a rock star is riding shotgun.
When we asked Martha Hall Foose to make a belle-of-the-ball cocounut layer cake even better, she knew exactly what to do: Add booze.
A cast-iron skillet and this step-by-step guide are all you need for fried chicken so crispy, so juicy, so flat-out tasty, you won't believe you made it yourself.
Free-range honey, puckery pickles, sweet-potato hot sauce, and other handcrafted provisions update the Southern pantry.
The movers and shakers of chef Ashly Christensen's food community celebrate their good work—with pickleback shots and banana cream pie, anturally.
-By Matt Lee and Ted Lee
STARTERS
The deviled egg went down to Georgia—via North Carolina—and came back mighty tasty.
Eat off the beaten path in three hip Southern cities.
Bone up on bourbon, from barrel to bottle.
Meet
Ed Helms: actor, eater, boiled peanut hoarder.
THE BA KITCHEN
Fast, Easy, Fresh
Go easy on the meat with flavorful dishes from the
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Good Health
Uniquely good-tasting (and good for you) fats mean it's time for an oil change.
-By Melinda Wenner Moyer
The Party
Put out a Super Bowl spread that's worthy of its own halftime show. Recipes from the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen
COLUMNS
Reader recipe requests and contributor favorites.
Kim Severson finds barbecue and big truths in life below the Mason-Dixon line.
New cruises offer cooking classes, market tours, and more for seafaring gastronauts.
Prep School
Master cake layers, cast iron, and Dixie caviar.
Back of the Napkin
Kale and collars vie for musician André Benjamin's affections.
-By Mickey Rapkin
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Corn Griddle Cakes with Sausage
Roasted Peanut Soup with Honey Whipped Cream
Shaved Cauliflower and Radicchio Salad
Wilted Greens Salad with Squash, Apples, and Country Ham
Broccoli Rabe and Provolone Grinders
fish, seafood
Bacon-Infused Carolina Fish Muddle
Pan-Roasted Sea Bass with Citrus and Avocado Oil
Roasted Potatoes and Haddock Puttanesca
meats
Beef Milanese with Winter Slaw
Braised Brisket with Bourbon-Peach Glaze
Redeye-Glazed Pork Tenderloin with Black-eyed Peas
Stir-Fried Lettuces with Crispy Shallots
poultry
vegetarian
Broccoli Rabe and Provolone Grinders
pasta
Potlikker Noodles with Mustard Greens
Sea Island Red Peas with Celery Leaf Salad
White Sweet Potatoes with Mirin and Honey
Wilted Escarole with Country Ham and Chiles
Homemade Buttermilk
Pepper Vinegar
Rosemary Honey
Sichuan-Spiced Dipping Salt
Dried Fruit Compote with Ginger Syrup
cakes
Coconut Southern Comfort Layer Cake
cookies
pies