Garden & Gun Magazine1 hour agoWhat Keeps America’s Oldest Thoroughbred Going Strong?Garden & Gun Magazine - Steve RussellJulie Izzo is fully aware that her thirty-nine-year-old retired racehorse, New Year’s Eve, is the country’s oldest living Thoroughbred. And she’s not oblivious to the fact he’s the front-runner to take the win as the oldest such steed on record, should he still be standing come late September of …
Garden & Gun Magazine1 hour agoRoast the Perfect Chicken with Help from a Cast-Iron Pan and a BrickGarden & Gun Magazine - Lindsey LilesFor chef Joe Milenkovic, the obligatory chicken dish on a menu should still be a standout, and at Easy Bistro & Bar in Chattanooga, his secret weapons in that endeavor are a cast-iron pan and a brick wrapped in tinfoil. Milenkovic learned the brick method nearly a decade ago while cooking at a …
Garden & Gun Magazine21 hours agoAfter the Storm, Two Asheville Companies Staged Remarkable ComebacksGarden & Gun Magazine - Danielle WallaceOn the evening of September 26, 2024, Justin James headed home from work, expecting to be back at his Opie Way sneaker factory on Monday. Chris Bower and Rett Murphy were in Turin, Italy, showcasing their Eda Rhyne Distilling Company spirits at an international festival. But that night, Hurricane …
Garden & Gun Magazine22 hours agoLatria Graham Retraces Her Family’s History in HuntsvilleGarden & Gun Magazine - Latria GrahamI consider myself South Carolinian through and through—my lineage in the state stretches back hundreds of years. And yet if you did some digging, you would find the word Alabama at the top of my mauve-pink birth certificate. I was born in the shadow of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville …
Garden & Gun Magazine22 hours agoFive of Our Favorite Whiskeys from Across the SouthGarden & Gun Magazine - Caroline Sanders ClementsThe Made in the South Awards’ Drink category has honored all types of beverages over the years—beers, teas, mixers, even pecan milk—but naturally, the South’s most celebrated spirit has been well represented, even outside of its Kentucky hub. From a Texas single malt to an all-corn South Carolina …
Garden & Gun Magazine1 day agoPeek Inside an Enviably Chic Nashville Songwriting StudioGarden & Gun Magazine - Elizabeth Hutchison HicklinWith more than twenty number-one songs, three Grammys, an Academy Award nomination, and writing partnerships with stadium-headlining artists like Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift, and Lady Gaga, Nashville songwriter Hillary Lindsey knows what it takes to pen a hit—and the right setting helps. “I came …
