My articles have been published in or on local, regional and national magazines and websites including Garden & Gun, The Bitter Southerner, Southern Living, American Profile, The Local Palate, Conde Nast Traveler, Alabama magazine, Birmingham magazine, Paste magazine, thekitchn.com, travelandleisure.com, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, Alabama Living, Alabama Journey, okra magazine, Good Grit, Edible Lower Alabama, Southern Lady magazine, Georgia magazine, al.com, myscoop.com, rootsrated.com and more. I write a monthly food column for Alabama Living magazine. I am also the managing editor for the the Montgomery Business Journal, The Montgomery, Ala., Visitors Guide and Joy to Life magazine, a quarterly magazine produced by the Joy to Life Foundation.

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HONORS/ACCOLADES: My article on boucheries for The Local Palate is featured in the "Best Food Writing 2017" book ( published October 2017), and my "Friends to Strangers" article for The Bitter Southerner was  a finalist for "best food and culture essay" in the 2017 Saveur magazine blog awards. My article “Birding in the Black Belt” for The Bitter Southerner was a finalist for the 2023 Reed Environmental Writing Award.

Garden & Gun

• 2018 Made in the South Awards profiles (craft category)

• 2017 Made in the South Awards profiles (craft category)

• Four New Southern Hotels

• 2016 Made in the South Awards profiles (craft category)

The Bitter Southerner

Conde Nast Traveler

Alabama Power Foundation 2020 Annual Report

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Alabama Power Foundation 2021 Annual Report

(All nonprofit stories written by me.)

The Atlanta Journal Constitution

Travel & Leisure.com

• Why Visit Montgomery, Alabama Now

The Local Palate

• Best New Alabama Restaurants

• Pineywoods Revival

• Where the Grass is Greener

• The Art of Boucherie

• In Good Company (Mosquito Supper Club)

• Her Old Kentucky Home

• MGM Snapshot

• Hot Tamales

• The Power of Pie

• The Getaway: NOLA's Pontchartrain Hotel

• Flour Power

Southern Living

• Mississippi Yearning (Greenwood, MS)

• 10 Things I Learned at the Highlands, N.C., Culinary Weekend

• Garlan Gudger & His Doorknobs

• Alabama's Best Craft Beer

Modern Farmer

Oyster Shuckers Turned Oyster Farmers

Food & Wine

All Recipes

Salvation South

Feast and Field

okra

• Home Town

• It’s In The Water: Southern Oysters

• Putting It All Together

• Honey Maker

• Along the Road

• Coming Home to a New Place

thekitchn.com

• Maker Tour - To Your Health Sprouted Flour Co.

• Maker Tour - Tucker Pecan Company Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5

• Grower Tour - Lane Southern Orchards  Part 1,  Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5

• In Defense of Dessert for Dinner

• 4 Reasons Why Southerners Do Tomatoes Better Than Anyone Else

Bake From Scratch

• Market Made

Video Script for Oyster City Brewing Co.

Video

Worth magazine

• Wine Country Truffle Industry

• Full Speed Ahead (Montgomery, Ala., profile)

• Montgomery Looking Back, Moving Forward

Alabama News Center

• Bill E’s Bacon is Music to Your Mouth

• Book Examines AL Food Traditions

• The Hummingbird Way

• Wetumpka Chosen for “Home Town Takeover”

• Wetumpka “Home Town Takeover” - Wetumpka Shines Despite Dark Clouds

• Wetumpka “Home Town Takeover” - HGTV Crew Enjoyed Their Stay in Wetumpka

• Wetumpka “Home Town Takeover” - Wetumpka Readying for Impact of “Home Town Takeover”

• Wetumpka “Home Town Takeover” - Show Premieres May 2

• Wetumpka “Home Town Takeover” - Erin & Ben’s Take on Wetumpka

• Shelley’s Donuts

• Grove Station

Edible Lower Alabama

• See, Do, Eat - Lake Martin

• Clyde May's Comes Home

Good Grit

• Love Thy Farmer: Ankida Ridge Vineyards

• Love Thy Farmer: Seaside Grown

• Origins: Pimento Cheese

• Origins: Biscuits

• Growing for Good

• The More the Merrier

• Travel Like a Local: Asheville, NC

• Origins: Lane Cake

• Love Thy Farmer: 1818 Farms

MBJ

(The Montgomery Business Journal)

JOY magazine

• Fall 2021 issue: Great Goods

• Get Spring Clean

• Small Steps to Better Health

• Fall 2021 issue: Feeding the Need

• Summer 2021 issue: Melon Mania

• Winter 2021 issue: Great Goods

Paste magazine

• Greetings from Chattanooga, Tenn.

• Take Five: New Orleans' Best New Restaurants

• Greetings from Fairhope, Ala.

• Greetings from Oxford, Mississippi

• Take Five: Escape to Highlands &  Cashiers, N.C.

• Take Five: The Flora-Bama Lounge

• Weekend Layover, Montgomery, Alabama

Birmingham magazine

• Savannah, Ga. Weekend

• Such Great Heights (Highlands, N.C.)

• Love Blooms in NOLA

• Go Glamping!  

• NYC Cool for Kids

• Best Beach Stops

Nashville Lifestyles

• Slow & Steady (Palmetto Bluff, SC)

• 48 Hours in Chicago

• Head for the Hills

Alabama Tourism Department

• Socks With a Story

• See & Sip at Alabama's Wineries

• Metal & Might - Discover Alabama's Iron & Steel Heritage

• Wonder-falls & More

• Pike County - Art, Pioneers, Peanut Butter & More

American Profile

• Sizzling Summer Recipes

• Viking Ranges, Made in Mississippi

Alabama Living magazine

• The Waysider

• Big Daddy’s

• TexarBama BBQ

• Take a Bite of AL’s Black Belt

• Five Essential Dishes Every Alabamian Should Know How to Cook

porterbriggs.com

• Mountain Magic

• Ode to Okra

rootsrated.com

•  5 of the Best Summer Hikes in Central Alabama

• How to Enjoy Alabama's Coosa River

• 5 Family Friendly, Historic Hikes in Central Alabama

Southern Traveler

• The South's Mighty Military Museums

• Tank Trip - Meridian, MS

Georgia magazine

• Georgia's Holy Ground