Whether you live below the Mason Dixon Line or just wish you did, The Southerner s Handbook is your guide to living the good life. Curated by the editors of the award-winning Garden & Gun magazine, this compilation of more than 100 instructional and narrative essays offers a comprehensive tutorial to modern-day life in the South.

From Food and Drink to Sporting & Adventure; Home & Garden to Style, Arts & Culture, you'll discover essential skills and unique insight from some of the South s finest writers, chefs, and craftsmen including the secretto perfect biscuits, how to wear seersucker, and to the right way to fall off of a horse.

You'll also find: Roy Blount Jr. on telling a great story; Julia Reed on the secrets of throwing a great party; Jonathan Miles on drinking like a Southerner; Jack Hitt on the beauty of cooking a whole hog; John T Edge on why Southern food matters; and much more.

As flavorful, authentic, and irresistible as the land and the people who inspire it, The Southerner's Handbook is the ultimate guide to being a Southerner (no matter where you live)."

Author: Editors of Garden and Gun
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper
Published: 10/29/2013
Series: Garden & Gun Books #1
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.2lbs
Size: 7.90h x 6.70w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780062242389


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 10/15/2013 pg. 130

About the Author
Editors of Garden and Gun: -

Garden & Gun is a national magazine that covers the best of the South, including its sporting culture, food, music, art, and literature, and its people and their ideas. The magazine has won numerous awards for journalism, design, and overall excellence, and its two previous books, The Southerner's Handbook and Good Dog, were New York Times bestsellers.