Nashville music posters, endangered lighthouses, and Southern cooking tips. Welcome to this week’s Talk of the South.
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“Fried chicken and champagne. If I was ever on death row, that would be my last meal.”
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Jim Sherraden at Hatch Show Print in Nashville. (Photo Courtesy of the Country Music Hall of Fame)
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| A Printer’s Legacy
Over the course of its 140-year-history, Nashville’s Hatch Show Print has handcrafted posters and artwork for everything from traveling carnivals to concerts by the likes of Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Bob Dylan. For the past 34 years, Jim Sherraden has worked at the iconic letterpress shop, most recently as its master printer and collection preservation specialist, helping to reinvigorate the company and introducing it to a new generation. Now Sherraden is retiring, and Hatch is celebrating his career with an exhibition that showcases thirty of his prints spanning his years at the shop. “People were fascinated and drawn to this dusty old print shop that really represented the entire history of Southern culture, whether it was reprinted bluegrass album covers or vaudeville carnival circus minstrels,” Sherraden says. The exhibition runs through September 30. Read more and see a gallery of prints from the Hatch archives here.
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A sampling of posters. (Photo Courtesy of Hatch Show Print)
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| OUR STYLE DIRECTOR’S PICK OF THE WEEK
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I am not someone who lusts after lotions and potions. In fact, most apothecary items give me hives just looking at them. But about a year ago I fell in love with Little Barn Apothecary out of Atlanta. Their products use simple ingredients, and I am so obsessed with the bath soak I preach about it to anyone who will listen (thank you, patient friends and colleagues). Seriously magical and relaxing. $34, anthropologie.com
—Haskell Harris
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| - Books: I love anything having to do with the ocean, and Paul Greenberg’s new book, The Omega Principle, is a fascinating dive into the “reduction” industry of boiling down billions of pounds of small fish like menhaden and anchovies into fish-oil supplements and fertilizer. Greenberg has a real gift for writing about issues surrounding the ocean and sustainability in a wholly engaging way. Beth Macy’s Dopesick is also an amazing book—both for her tenacious reporting on the origins of the current opioid epidemic and her compassion toward the families whose lives it has ripped apart.
- Music: I’ve been enjoying the new Trampled by Turtles album. They’ve long been one of my favorite “newgrass” bands, and it feels like catching up with an old friend. Also, I’m a little late to the party, but I've become a big fan of Tyler Childers. He released his proper debut, Purgatory, last year (co-produced by fellow Kentuckian Sturgill Simpson), and it’s a gorgeous album, steeped in Appalachian Mountain roots with a modern edge and a good bit of honky-tonk to boot.
- Boats: Speaking of fishing, I’m drooling over these Stik Boats out of Texas. They’re like a kayak meets a Wave Runner meets a flats boat, with a jet-propulsion engine tucked in the back and a joystick on the center console for steering. I’ve never seen anything else quite like them.
—Dave Mezz, Deputy Editor
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| Last week we asked readers, “What’s your best Southern cooking tip?”
“Bacon” appeared in nearly 40 percent of the responses, the most of any term. “Cornbread” and “cast-iron skillet” were mentioned next-most-often.
NEVER put sugar in your cornbread!! (It’s not a dessert😉) —Kathy W.
Get the bacon grease smoking hot in your cast-iron skillet before you pour in the cornbread batter. —Bill H.
My Nan (grandma) always said, “If it’s ugly, it’s got to be good.” —Tara R.
Smoke. Salt. Molasses. Tabasco. Bacon grease. See? You can taste it already. —Matthew B.
First, you gotta make a roux. —Michael J.
From time to time, we all get biscuit mixes in gift baskets. I’ve found that the end product is often leaden and not the fluffy biscuit I was craving. Inspiration took over: For mixes that call for water, substitute plain seltzer water. The carbonation gives them that extra rise. —Shelley S.
Get the oil good and hot before you try to cook anything in it. Otherwise it will be greasy. —Lynne P.
Don’t fry bacon in the nude. —Nina O.
Lard. —Mason D.
Take care of your cast-iron skillet and it’ll take care of you. —Tracy G.
Looking for more tips and conversation about Southern food? Join the G&G Kitchen Cabinet, a Facebook group devoted to the topic.This week’s question:
Where do you take your pup to cool off during the dog days of summer?
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August 9–12
The Yoknapatawpha Arts Council presents the Art-er Limits Fringe Festival in Oxford, Mississippi, a quirky event with a cocktail competition, a food truck fight, and a multimedia art show projected onto brick walls, sidewalks, roofs, and windows.
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August 9–18Put on your blue suede shoes and head down to Graceland for the annual Elvis Week, which includes tribute contests, history tours, lectures, parties, and a candlelight vigil to honor the King.
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August 11Atlanta’s Center for Puppetry Arts is offering a new experience for adults only—an after-hours Puppet Party Series, starting with Puppets and Pints at 7 p.m. Sip craft beer and explore the Worlds of Puppetry Museum sans kids.
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