Holiday Cookies at the Ritz
This time of year, The Ritz-Carlton Buckhead in Atlanta is all about cookies. Executive Pastry Chef Dallas Marsteller shares a recipe for the hotel's famous Chocolate Chip Peppermint variety being served all month long.
Chocolate Chip Peppermint Cookies
Make the Ritz Carlton Buckhead in Atlanta's famous holiday cookies at home.
Literary Friday
Goodreads' Best Books of 2012, cookbooks that make great gifts & Hemingway in a turtleneck in Literary News. The Old Weird South in (Non)Required Reading. A Mississippi literary festival and celebrating Joel Chandler Harris's birthday in Literary Events, plus more short fiction from Kathleen Lewis in Southern Voice. Happy Literary Friday!
The Ironic Life of Joel Chandler Harris
Happy Birthday to the storyteller who preserved a piece of Southern folklore forever. by Hunter Murphy
More Flash Fiction From Kathleen Lewis
"Maturity" and "Cosmetic Consciousness" continue the Mama and Meriwether story Lewis started in her short piece "Long Distance" last spring.
Home for the Holidays
It’s the happiest time of the year! We bundle up by the fire, decorate the tree, gather up the presents and load the car to visit Mother and Daddy for Christmas. Sometimes, the joy stops right there.
Holidays Across the South
The South is filled with festive, holiday attractions this time of year. Beautifully decorated plantations, lighted tours, a variety of winter wonderlands and even a few tacky lights stretch across the region, welcoming visitors with heaping doses of Southern hospitality and, if you're lucky, a cup of hot chocolate or cider.
Alabama Shakes, Iris DeMent Make NPR's Favorite Albums of 2012
NPR Music's list of their favorite albums of 2012 is out today and includes two notable Southerners.
Birthday Tribute to James Lee Burke
South Louisiana author James Lee Burke was born today in 1936. Although he was born in Texas, Burke grew up along the Louisiana Gulf Coast, including the bayou town of New Iberia.
Christmas at Beauvoir
The historic last home of American statesman Jefferson Davis takes a step back in time this holiday season with the first annual Christmas at Beauvoir.