Healthi(er) Holiday Sides
By CINDY COOPWOOD AND CORDELIA CAPPS • Photography by RORY DOYLE LET’S BE HONEST. Holiday meals are really about the sides. There’s a lot of talk about turkeys, spiral-cut hams and prime rib roast (if you’re lucky), but what everyone really remembers from year to year are the side dishes. And since we only get […]
Back to Basics
By MARK STOWERS Traditional Bows Keep Hunters Tuned In Technology has invaded every business, sport and hobby with the intention of making something better, stronger and faster and easier to use. But, sometimes that technology takes the participant out of the mix when it comes to repairs and improvement. When compound bows became […]
Raggio Custom Calls
By SHERRY LUCAS • Photography by EDWARD WALL Turning wood and building stories one call at a time. Josh Raggio reaches back for that earliest memory, where a skinny, wide-eyed ten-year-old discovers duck hunting with his dad at Delta National Forest. With no child-sized waders, the smallest adult pair had to do, rolled down […]
Recipe Roundup
12 Crowd-Pleasing Recipes to try this Fall Whether it’s a virtual tailgate in front of the TV—(it kills our souls to think of it), a casual get-together, or your college student is bringing home a handful of hungry friends—you’ve got people to feed. Here we’ve gathered some of our readers’ favorite recipes we think […]
A Modern Day Resurrection
Story and Photography by KAREN PULFER FOCHT Something special is happening in a tiny Arkansas town with “big ambition. They believe if they build it, you will come. Rising out of the Mississippi River plain along Highway 61 in the Arkansas Delta, Wilson is a most unlikely oasis. It’s a field of dreams where […]
A Goode Home
By ERICA EASON HALL • Photography by GREG CAMPBELL Lived-in, well-loved, and now updated, this home is ready for fall, family and friends. In the Spring of 2018, Gary and Kathy Goode were ready for a change. The couple had lived in their home since 1997 and decided that it was time to make […]
Leslie Barron — A Study in Contrasts
By ANNE CUNNINGHAM O’NEILL • Photography by TINDALL FARMER Equally inspired by seashells and Chagall, the work of Memphis artist Leslie Barron incorporates serious formality with a generous dose of whimsy. As I sat down with Memphis artist Leslie Barron and talked about her life, I was reminded of the hilarious book by British author […]
Haute Couture in the Delta — Everhope and White Gold
By HANK BURDINE • Photography by NATASHA KERTES “Can you host a high fashion dress designer from Albania, a photographer from Russia and a California model one weekend for a photo shoot?” my sister Jane Rule Burdine asked me over the phone one hot July day a couple of summers ago. “Why, you KNOW I […]
Cochon de Lait at the Shaffett’s
A party like no other—10 years of pig roasting and celebrating friends, family, and freedom at Pier 332! RHETT’S PIG RUB 17 ounces Tony’s Original Creole Seasoning 11 ounces garlic salt32 ounce bottle Louisiana Hot Sauce1 jar Tony’s Injectable Creole Butter Add 2 tablespoons of the hot sauce plus 2 tablespoons of […]
Lake Living that’s over the Moon
By SHERRY LUCAS • Photography by GREG CAMPBELL Enjoyed by permanent residents and weekend warriors alike, there is a special community at Moon Lake that feels like family—and they all agree that summer weekends there are unmatched! Three families share their homes, summer ready and decked out for the 4th of July! The […]