CONTENTS

1. COVER
2. TITLE PAGE
4. INTRODUCTION by David DiBenedetto
5. A
   1. Absinthe
   2. Acadians
   3. Accent by Daniel Wallace
   4. ACE Basin
   5. African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church
   6. The Allman Brothers Band
   7. Amen Corner
   8. Angel Oak
   9. Apalachicola, Florida
   10. Appalachia by Allison Glock
   11. Armadillo
   12. Armstrong, Louis by Daniel Wallace
   13. Asheville, North Carolina by Hanna Raskin
   14. Aspic
   15. Atchafalaya Basin
   16. Athens, Georgia by Matt Hendrickson
   17. Atlanta, Georgia by Amanda Heckert
   18. Atlanta Braves by Jason Isbell
   19. Austin, Texas by Tom Foster
   20. Avery Island
6. B
   1. Bacon by Daniel Wallace
   2. Bananas Foster
   3. Barbecue
   4. Barrier islands
   5. Bayou
   6. Beer cheese
   7. Benne seeds
   8. Benton, Allan
   9. Berry, Wendell by Erik Reece
   10. Birmingham, Alabama by Daniel Wallace
   11. Biscuits by Kathleen Purvis
   12. Biscuitville
   13. Blackbeard
   14. Black Belt of Alabama
   15. “Bless your heart”
   16. Blue crab
   17. Bluegrass (music)
   18. Bluegrass (plant)
   19. Blue Ridge Parkway by Logan Ward
   20. Blues
   21. Boiled peanuts by Matt Lee and Ted Lee
   22. Bonefish
   23. Boudin
   24. Bourbon by Kathleen Purvis
   25. Bo Whoop
   26. Bow tie
   27. Boxwood
   28. Boykin spaniel
   29. Brook trout
   30. Brown, James
   31. Brown, Larry by Jonathan Miles
   32. Brunswick stew
   33. Buffett, Jimmy
   34. Butter beans
   35. Buttermilk
7. C
   1. Café Du Monde
   2. Cajuns
   3. Camellia
   4. Cane syrup
   5. Carolina Dog
   6. Carolina Gold rice
   7. Cash, Johnny
   8. Cast iron
   9. Cast net
   10. Catfish noodling by Bill Heavey
   11. Charleston, South Carolina by John Huey
   12. Charleston Receipts
   13. Charlottesville, Virginia by Steve Russell
   14. Chase, Leah by John Currence
   15. Chattanooga, Tennessee by Josh MacIvor-Andersen
   16. Cheese straws
   17. Chicken and waffles
   18. Chicken mull
   19. Chick-fil-A
   20. Chitlins
   21. Christenberry, William
   22. The Civil War by Jon Meacham
   23. Clapper rail
   24. Clark, Septima
   25. Clermont Lounge by Allison Glock
   26. Cline, Patsy
   27. Coca-Cola
   28. Collards
   29. Comeback sauce
   30. Conch
   31. Confederate jasmine
   32. Cooke, Sam
   33. Coon Dog Cemetery by Daniel Wallace
   34. Cornbread
   35. Cotton
   36. Country Captain
   37. Country ham
   38. Cracker cowboys
   39. Cracklings
   40. Crawfish
   41. Creeping fig
   42. Creole
   43. Crossroads
   44. Cuban sandwich by Rick Bragg
   45. Cure masters
   46. Cursing by Guy Martin
8. D
   1. Dance, Bill
   2. Dark ’n Stormy
   3. Daube glacé
   4. Daufuskie Island
   5. Deliverance
   6. The Delta
   7. Dial, Thornton
   8. Dickey, James
   9. Diddley, Bo by Matt Hendrickson
   10. Dismalites
   11. Doe’s Eat Place by Julia Reed
   12. Dogwoods
   13. Double guns
   14. Double names by Daniel Wallace
   15. Douglas, Marjory Stoneman
   16. Dove shoot
   17. Dressing
   18. Dry county
   19. DuBois, Blanche
   20. Dueling
   21. Duke’s Mayonnaise
   22. Dupree, Nathalie
9. E
   1. Earnestine & Hazel’s
   2. Earthquakes
   3. Eastern Shore
   4. Edmund Pettus Bridge
   5. Egerton, John by John T. Edge
   6. Eggleston, William
   7. Étouffée
   8. The Everglades by Monte Burke
10. F
    1. Fatback
    2. Faulkner, William
    3. Field peas by Jessica B. Harris
    4. Fireflies
    5. Fitzgerald, Zelda
    6. Flask
    7. Flatfooting
    8. Fleur-de-lis
    9. Flora-Bama
    10. Florida Highwaymen
    11. Flour
    12. Food revivalists
    13. Foote, Shelby
    14. Foxfire
    15. Franklin, Aretha
    16. Freedman’s cottage
    17. French 75
    18. French Quarter by Guy Martin
    19. Fried chicken
    20. Fried green tomatoes
    21. Frito Pie
    22. Froggin’
    23. Frogmore stew
11. G
    1. Gaines, Ernest
    2. Gators
    3. Gee’s Bend quilts
    4. Gingham
    5. Gizzards by Roy Blount, Jr.
    6. Gone with the Wind
    7. Goobers
    8. Good Old Boys by John T. Edge
    9. Goo Goo Cluster
    10. Graceland
    11. Grand Ole Opry by Holly Williams
    12. Gravy
    13. Green, Al
    14. Greens
    15. Grits
    16. Grouper
    17. Gruene Hall
    18. Gulf Coast
    19. Gullah/Geechee
    20. Gumbo
12. H
    1. Haint blue
    2. Half-and-half
    3. Handy, W. C.
    4. Hannah, Barry
    5. Hash
    6. Hatch Show Print
    7. Hellbender salamander by Daniel Wallace
    8. Hiaasen, Carl
    9. The H. L. Hunley
    10. Hoecake
    11. Holler
    12. Honky-tonk
    13. Hoover Sauce
    14. Hoppin’ John
    15. Hot Brown
    16. Hot sauce by Roy Blount, Jr.
    17. Houston, Texas by Robb Walsh
    18. Humidity by Roy Blount, Jr.
    19. Hurricane Katrina
    20. Hurricanes
    21. Hurston, Zora Neale
    22. Hush puppies
13. I–J
    1. Icebox dessert
    2. Iced tea
    3. Indigo
    4. Indigo snake
    5. Insects by Guy Martin
    6. Jack-mulater
    7. Jackson, Mahalia
    8. Jambalaya
    9. Jazz
    10. Jazz Fest by Wayne Curtis
    11. Jazz funeral
    12. Jefferson, Blind Lemon
    13. Jefferson, Thomas by Logan Ward
    14. Jim Crow by Amanda Heckert
    15. Joggling board
    16. Johnson, Robert
    17. Jon boat
    18. Jones, George
    19. Jowl
    20. Jubilee
    21. Juke joint
    22. Julep
    23. Juneteenth
    24. Junior League
14. K
    1. Katrina by John M. Barry
    2. Keen, Robert Earl
    3. Keeneland
    4. Kentucky Derby by Guy Martin
    5. Key lime pie
    6. Key West, Florida by Amanda Heckert
    7. Kil’t greens
    8. King, B. B.
    9. King, Coretta Scott
    10. King, Martin Luther, Jr.
    11. King Biscuit Time
    12. King cake
    13. Kolaches
    14. Kool-Aid pickles
    15. Krispy Kreme
    16. Kudzu
15. L
    1. Lagasse, Emeril
    2. Lake Flato
    3. Lane cake
    4. Lard
    5. Lee, Harper by Rick Bragg
    6. Lewis, Edna by Randall Kenan
    7. Lewis, Jerry Lee
    8. Lewis, John
    9. Lionfish
    10. Live oak
    11. Livermush
    12. Lomax, Alan
    13. Lone Star
    14. Longleaf pine
    15. Lorraine Motel by Hampton Sides
    16. Lowcountry
    17. Lunch counter by John T. Edge
    18. Lynn, Loretta
    19. Lynyrd Skynyrd
16. M
    1. Macaroni and cheese
    2. Madeira
    3. Magnolia by Frances Mayes
    4. Manatees by Roy Blount, Jr.
    5. Mangrove
    6. Manners
    7. Mardi Gras by Guy Martin
    8. Mardi Gras Indians
    9. Marsh Tacky
    10. Martha White flour
    11. Mason-Dixon Line
    12. Mason jars
    13. The Masters
    14. Mayhaw
    15. Mayonnaise
    16. McAlpine, Bobby by Logan Ward
    17. McCartys Pottery
    18. McCullers, Carson
    19. Meat-and-three by John T. Edge
    20. Memphis, Tennessee by Hampton Sides
    21. Mess
    22. Michelada
    23. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
    24. Milk punch
    25. Minor-league baseball
    26. Mobile, Alabama by John Sledge
    27. Monroe, Bill
    28. Monticello
    29. Moon Pies
    30. Moonshine
    31. Mosquitoes by Daniel Wallace
    32. Mudbugs
    33. Muffuletta
    34. Mullet by Roy Blount, Jr.
    35. Muscadine
    36. Muscle Shoals, Alabama by Patterson Hood
17. N
    1. Nabs
    2. NASCAR
    3. Nashville, Tennessee by Marshall Chapman
    4. Nashville hot chicken
    5. Natchez Trace
    6. Neal, Bill by Bill Smith
    7. “Nekkid”
    8. Nelson, Willie by Joe Nick Patoski
    9. Neshoba County Fair
    10. New Orleans, Louisiana by Wayne Curtis
    11. Nicknames
    12. Noisette rose
    13. Nudie suits
    14. Nutria
18. O
    1. O’Connor, Flannery
    2. Offal
    3. Okefenokee Swamp
    4. Okra by Jessica B. Harris
    5. Old Bay
    6. Old-fashioned cocktail
    7. Ossabaw hogs
    8. Outlaw country
    9. Oxford, Mississippi by Ace Atkins
    10. Oysters
    11. Ozarks
19. P
    1. Painkiller cocktail
    2. Palmer, Arnold
    3. Palmetto
    4. Palmetto bugs
    5. Pappy Van Winkle
    6. Parks, Rosa
    7. Parton, Dolly by Allison Glock
    8. Patton, Charley
    9. Pawpaw by Bill Heavey
    10. Peabody hotel ducks
    11. Peach wars
    12. Pea crab
    13. Peanut butter and mayonnaise sandwich
    14. Peanuts
    15. Pecans
    16. Percy, Walker by Jon Meacham
    17. Perkins, Carl
    18. Pickling
    19. Piggly Wiggly
    20. Pigs’ feet
    21. Pilau
    22. Pimento cheese
    23. Pirates
    24. Pirogue
    25. Pit master
    26. Pluff mud by Jack Hitt
    27. Po’boy
    28. Poke by Bill Heavey
    29. Po’ Monkey’s
    30. Pork
    31. Potlikker
    32. Presley, Elvis
    33. Pride, Charley by Randall Kenan
    34. Prudhomme, Paul
    35. Punch by Wayne Curtis
20. Q–R
    1. Quail by Roger Pinckney
    2. Rainey, Ma
    3. Ramps
    4. Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan
    5. Red beans and rice by John Currence
    6. Redding, Otis
    7. Redeye gravy
    8. Redfish
    9. Red’s
    10. Red wolf
    11. Reid, Billy
    12. R.E.M.
    13. Rice spoon
    14. Roadkill by Daniel Wallace
    15. Robert’s Western World
    16. Rock City
    17. Roux
    18. Rowan Oak
    19. Rum by Wayne Curtis
    20. Rural Studio
    21. Russian Tea
    22. Rutledge, Archibald
    23. Rye whiskey
    24. Ryman Auditorium by Marshall Chapman
21. S
    1. Santee Delta
    2. Savannah, Georgia by Jeff Vrabel
    3. Sawmill gravy
    4. Sazerac
    5. Scotch-Irish
    6. Scuppernongs
    7. Sea Islands
    8. Sea turtles
    9. Seelbach cocktail
    10. Seersucker
    11. Segregation
    12. Sewanee by Jon Meacham
    13. Shag
    14. She-crab soup
    15. Shrimp and grits by Matt Lee and Ted Lee
    16. Sideboard
    17. Simmons, Philip
    18. Simone, Nina
    19. Slaw
    20. Sleeping porches
    21. Smart-Grosvenor, Vertamae by Jessica B. Harris
    22. Smith, Bessie
    23. Snakes
    24. Sno-balls
    25. Snowbirds
    26. Soft-shell crabs
    27. Song of the South
    28. Sorghum
    29. Soul food by Adrian Miller
    30. Sour orange
    31. Southern college football by Ace Atkins
    32. Southern Comfort
    33. Southern Gothic
    34. Southernisms by Daniel Wallace
    35. Southern rock
    36. Southern sodas by Steve Russell
    37. Spanish moss
    38. Spartina
    39. Stack cake
    40. Stanley, Ralph
    41. Station Inn by Marshall Chapman
    42. Stax Records
    43. Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling
    44. Steeplechase
    45. Stetson hats
    46. Stone crabs
    47. Stonewall Jackson’s arm
    48. Sun Studio
    49. Surcee
    50. Sweetgrass baskets
    51. Sweet potatoes
    52. Sweet tea
22. T
    1. Tabasco
    2. Tabby
    3. Tailgating
    4. Tamales
    5. Tarpon
    6. Taylor, John Martin
    7. Tennessee walking horse
    8. Tennessee whiskey
    9. Tex-Mex by Robb Walsh
    10. Thoroughbreds
    11. Tidewater
    12. Tipitina’s
    13. To Kill a Mockingbird
    14. Tomato pie
    15. Toole, John Kennedy
    16. Toups, Alzina
    17. Trethewey, Natasha
    18. Trigger
    19. Trotters
    20. Tubman, Harriet
    21. Tupelo honey
    22. Turkey hunting by Bill Heavey
    23. Turner, Ted
    24. Twain, Mark by Roy Blount, Jr.
    25. Tybee Bomb
23. U–V
    1. Uga
    2. Uncle Remus
    3. The Varsity
    4. Venus flytrap
    5. Veranda by Logan Ward
    6. Vidalia onions
    7. Vieux Carré
    8. Vinegar
    9. Virginia wine by James Conaway
24. W
    1. Waffle House
    2. Walker, Alice
    3. Washington, D.C. by James Conaway
    4. Waters, Muddy
    5. Watson, Doc by Seth Avett
    6. Weeki Wachee mermaids by Roy Blount, Jr.
    7. Wells, Ida B.
    8. Welty, Eudora by Frances Mayes
    9. Western swing
    10. Where the Red Fern Grows
    11. White Lily flour
    12. White sauce
    13. Whole-hog barbecue
    14. Wild hogs
    15. Williams, Hank, and family
    16. Williams, Tennessee
    17. Wills, Bob
    18. Wilted greens
    19. Wisteria
    20. Wonder Bread
    21. Wrought iron
25. X–Z
    1. XXX
    2. Ya-ka-mein
    3. Y’all
    4. Yardbird
    5. Yarn by Daniel Wallace
    6. Zapp’s potato chips
    7. Zatarain’s
    8. Zombie Cocktail
    9. Zydeco
26. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
27. INDEX
28. ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
29. ABOUT GARDEN & GUN
30. ALSO BY DAVID DIBENEDETTO AND THE EDITORS OF GARDEN & GUN
31. CREDITS
32. COPYRIGHT
33. ABOUT THE PUBLISHER