The Southerner's Handbook: A Guide to Living the Good Life

by Garden and Gun and Chris Dixon

Book Overview

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). "

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062242385
• ISBN13: 9780062242389
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Harper Wave
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.7" x 7.9"