Fare Sailing

Cold March winds were blowing off the Atlantic Ocean during a recent visit to Atlantic City. It was low-season and the crowds were minimal, at best. But the heat was on when it came to food. Though many restaurants are closed for the season and others having met the COVID-19 ax, here are some places […]

Muscle Shoals, Alabama, has been a mecca for musicians since the 1960s, but that storied history is only part of the reason to visit the state’s upper northwest corner. The metropolitan area is home to Muscle Shoals, Sheffield and Tuscumbia in Colbert County and the larger city of Florence in Lauderdale County. Collectively, they’re known […]

You may go to Crystal River, Fla., to swim with the manatees, walk its newly opened King’s Bay Riverwalk or see Florida’s native wildlife at Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park, but the food scene, too, is turning this part of Florida into a dining destination. Here’s a taste of what you can experience […]

A tornado raged through the small town of Clarksville, Tenn., 22 years ago, devastating its historic downtown. But now, two decades later, the city boasts a food scene that’s coming of age. City officials and business leaders, though, turned the loss into a gain, pushing ahead with plans for downtown redevelopment that were being considered […]

OWLTOWN, Ga. — Lightning never strikes the same place twice. But white lightning? Well, that’s a whole different story, and it’s one that begins in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains where Jack “Mimm” McClure plied a trade that got him through the years of the Great Depression, making some of the best hooch […]

Ok y’all … are you ready? Loosen your belt buckles and head on over to the Coastal Mississippi — or The Secret Coast, as it’s known as. No matter which way you go – drive east from Bay St. Louis to Pascagoula, or go in the other direction from east to west — and you’re surrounded […]