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Southern Experience

Ferguson: Larry and Louisiana Drivers

A tribute to Larry Dale, whose grace and strength through Katrina and life’s chaos offer a powerful lesson in patient, enduring love.

Reflections: A Few Words About My Dad, Mose Allison

I often get the question, what was Mose like at home? My answer to that is, the man you see performing and the man...

A Delta Tradition: 58th Annual Lebanese Dinner to be Held Feb. 5 in Vicksburg

Editor's Note: Click here to find 4 recipes for some of the these amazing Lebanese dishes or to order a cookbook published by The...

4 Amazing Recipes from the Upcoming Lebanese Dinner in Vicksburg

In honor of the upcoming 58th Annual Lebanese Dinner at Vicksburg's St. George Orthodox Church, Ellis Nassour shared these recipes from the cookbook, "The...

Cofield: A (Very) Brief History of a Town Called Taylor

The community many of us know as Taylor began under a slightly different name, according to resident Jim Hamilton and Oxford's John Cofield. Hamilton writes: "John Taylor...

A Taste of the Grand Ole Opry Comes to New York's Times Square

“Come on in and sit right down and make yourself at home!” sang the legendary Patsy Cline. It was the tune that opened her...

Tim Heaton: 15 Sure Signs You Went to High School in the South

Personally, I would decline a do-over for high school. It was tough: The confusion of emerging adulthood and all those tragedies that only a...

No Time 2 Cook Recipe of the Week: Milky Way Pound Cake

Milky Way Pound Cake is one of my favorite cakes. Serve it warm on a cold day with a glass of milk or a...

No Time 2 Cook Recipe of the Week: Milky Way Pound Cake

Milky Way Pound Cake is one of my favorite cakes. Serve it warm on a cold day with a glass of milk or a...

What Makes Southerners Different? We Have a Culture of Our Very Own

How different are Southerners? It was in New York City in the early days of my yankee imprisonment that I first caught on to...

10 Things You Miss When You Move Away from the Deep South

Life in Mississippi has been compared to many things: a quilt, a gumbo, fabric. I think of it as a cobbler. One cannot find it...