Traditions
The Mint-Julep Shortcut: Why One Recipe Cannot Stand for the South
The mint julep is a Southern emblem, not a single regional recipe. See how one imagined family gathering makes room…
subjects
Traditions
The rituals and shared practices people keep, change or leave behind.
Our point of view
A region is more than its familiar symbols.
Southern life varies from place to place and changes over time. We look at its details with curiosity, context and a healthy suspicion of easy generalisations.