Audrey McDonald Atkins
You Got to Recognize
Southern accents and technology go together like oil and water.
Love and Collards
These two staples of February have more in common than meets the eye.
When Life Gives You Phlegm, Make Phlegmonade
With Southern Grannies around, who needs a pharmacy anyways?
Happy New Year and Pass the Innards, Please
Nothing says health and prosperity like Southern-style entrails.
To Dunk or to Crumble
The more-or-less definitive guide to eating cornbread and potlikker.
Talking with the Dead
Who better to discuss cheerful or grave matters with than the dearly departed?
The Arbor
Local author Audrey Atkins on the pleasures of a life spent beneath the scuppernong vines
My Kingdom for a Dead Snake
Local author Audrey Atkins talks Southern superstitions and the âDawg Daysâ of summer in this excerpt from her book, "They Call Me Orange Juice."