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MAKES 2 SERVINGS 2½ tablespoons orange juice1 tablespoon white balsamic vinegar½ tablespoon orange marmalade½ teaspoon orange zest¼ teaspoon kosher salt¼ teaspoon ground black pepper2 tablespoons olive oil1 blood orange, peeled, sliced into ¼-inch ro

The universal allure of lace encompasses centuries, continents, and committed collectors of all kinds. From special strands wrapped around bridal bouquets to storied trim on little girls’ smocked dresses, here in the South, our appreciation for the e

Starting a business takes grit and gumption, and Southern women are renowned for both. That’s worth celebrating in our eyes, so we’re proud to bring you our second annual Southern Entrepreneurs feature (page 73), spotlighting visionaries across the r

WHAT INSPIRES YOU? WE’D LOVE TO SEE—TAG US IN YOUR PHOTOS! Get a glimpse of the beautiful images our social media friends have shared with us, capturing their own inspiration from the pages of Southern Lady. Top row: A woven basket brimming with hydr

With a delicate filigree rim against a backdrop of pristine white, Caskata’s Hawthorne Ice dinner plate murmurs of winter’s pearly skies and morning frost. Here, the pattern gets a subtle glow from gold notes, including a charger that looks luminous

Happy New Year, dear friends! I know January 1 is the usual day for new beginnings, but for me, it’s closer to February 1. Winding down from the New Year’s football marathon, packing away the Christmas décor, and swapping out my holiday china always

Just as interior designer Rhea Crenshaw put the finishing touches on Cathy and Craig Weiss’s new home in Memphis, a cataclysmal kitchen fire ruined it all and sent them back to square one. But there was a silver lining. “We had the grace to see how t

After nearly a decade finessing the fine points of the online platform for creatives called The Southern Coterie and its companion annual bash The Southern C Summit, Cheri Leavy and Whitney Long could likely finish each other’s sentences. But they do

For the founders of home décor enterprise Madcap Cottage, pattern is a way of life. Whether it’s the bounty of Sicilian lemon trees, the intricate motifs of Indian temples, or the woven detailing of a local eatery’s bistro chairs, John Loecke and Jas

MAKES 6 TO 8 SERVINGS 2 teaspoons olive oil1 pound ground chuck1½ cups chopped yellow onion⅓ cup seeded, diced jalapeño pepper (about 1 large)1½ teaspoons minced garlic2 (14.5-ounce) cans diced tomatoes with green chiles, undrained1 (14.5-ounce) can

A CHARLESTON MAKER AND HER LOVED ONES THRILL FASHIONISTAS WITH HANDMADE PIECES THAT SHIMMER, SHINE, AND SHAKE UP ANY WARDROBE. Kindling a footloose spirit akin to flapper-era fringe, tassels have a way of eliciting smiles. Mimi Striplin recognized th

Trace the steps of a Spanish conquistador, explore ancient watering holes with tribal drawings, or revel in the wide-open skies and incredible sunsets only the desert can offer in El Paso, a gateway with international flavor couched in a comfortable

If the seashell-studded walls of the Castillo de San Marcos National Monument could talk, the chorus of voices would reverberate around the stony fortress louder than cannon fire. Lingering like echoes of the blasts still heard during today’s reenact