Biscuits & Jam

In the South, food and music go hand in hand. They define much of what we think of as Southern culture, and they say a lot about our past, our present, and our future. Each week, Sid Evans, Editor in Chief of Southern Living, sits down with musicians, chefs, and other Southern icons to hear the stories of how they grew up, what inspires them, and why they feel connected to the region. Through honest conversations, Sid explores childhood memories, the family meals they still think about, and the intersection of food and music in their lives. Always surprising, always engaging, Biscuits & Jam is a celebration of the South—and the people who are moving it forward every day. New episodes every Tuesday.

Episodes

How Fred Minnick Went from the Battlefield to the Bourbon Trail

December 9, 2025 • 51 mins

Fred Minnick is one of the most knowledgeable people in America when it comes to whiskey. Born and raised in the small town of Jones, Oklahoma, he developed an early interest in shooting, fishing, and messing around in the great outdoors. Inspired by his grandfather’s military service, he enlisted in the National Guard while attending Oklahoma State University, eventually serving as an Army photojournalist in Iraq in 2004. The cons...

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Rebecca Gardner Is a Screaming Blast

December 2, 2025 • 49 mins

Rebecca Gardner, the founder of Houses and Parties, grew up in Corpus Christi, Texas, which she remembers as vibrant, colorful, and filled with family trips across the border into Mexico – back when that was much easier to do. But she also traveled quite a bit to visit family in the Mississippi Delta, where she was inspired by her grandmother, known as Neeny, who loved to entertain. After some fun-filled years at Ole Miss, Rebecca ...

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Encore: Donna Jean Godchaux-Mackay Is Grateful

November 25, 2025 • 47 mins

In this week’s episode, Sid Evans, Editor-in-Chief of Southern Living Magazine, chats with Donna Jean Godchaux-Mackay, a singer who’s lent her voice to some of the most well known music of the last 60 years. She got her start as a session singer when just a teenager in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and her voice helped songs from Percy Sledge and Elvis Presley become #1 hits. Eventually, she headed to California and made the transition f...

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Fannie Flagg Always Has Something to Look Forward To

November 18, 2025 • 35 mins

Fannie Flagg grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, where she had close family ties to the Irondale Cafe, a restaurant that’s still serving fried chicken, creamed corn, and of course…fried green tomatoes. The beloved local spot was run by her aunt, Bess Fortenberry, and served as inspiration for her 1987 novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, which she also adapted for the famous 1991 film. It was no accident that Fannie fou...

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The Biscuits & Jam Holiday Special

November 11, 2025 • 43 mins

All year long Sid has been asking his guests about how they celebrate the holidays, and in this episode we’re sharing some of those answers for the first time. You’ll hear brand new clips from some of his favorite interviews, including TV host and cookbook author Katie Lee Biegel, the incredible husband and wife duo known as The War and Treaty, Houston chef Tiffany Derry, country star Riley Green, and comedian Ellen Skrmetti. ...

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Erika Council’s Rise to Biscuit Fame

November 4, 2025 • 45 mins

Erika Council, a chef, author, and the owner of Atlanta’s wildly popular Bomb Biscuit Company, stopped by the Southern Living offices to do this interview in person. She grew up in Durham, North Carolina, though she spent plenty of time down the road in Goldsboro, where her grandmother ran the church kitchen like a five-star restaurant, even as she raised funds for civil rights. Erika’s talent runs deep on both sides of her family ...

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How Jamey Johnson Went from the Marines to Music Row

October 28, 2025 • 40 mins

Jamey Johnson has called Nashville home for half his life, but he was raised in Montgomery, Alabama, in a family where pretty much everyone either played an instrument or sang. His grandfather was said to be a great singer, too, with a deep rumbling baritone, and Jamey learned his craft performing with his father’s band, the Down Home Boys. From there he eventually joined the Marine Corps Reserves, an experience that delivered life...

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John T. Edge Goes Searching for Home in a Powerful New Memoir

October 21, 2025 • 43 mins

f you’re a Southerner who’s interested in food, you probably know John T. Edge from his work as the founding director of the Southern Foodways Alliance, as the author of the Potlikker Papers, or as the host of True South, a TV show about Southern food and culture on the SEC Network. It’s hard to find someone who’s been more influential in shaping the conversation around Southern food and telling the stories of its unsung heroes. We...

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Josh Mancuso May Be the Funniest Guy In College Football

October 14, 2025 • 39 mins

Josh Mancuso has been rooting for the Tennessee Vols since he could walk, but he’s also an actor, filmmaker, and director who knows how to tell a story. In 2020, with few prospects in the film business, he made a video on Instagram about an imaginary middle school coach who was taking over to the top job at Tennessee, and it went viral. After that, he started a series on the absurdity of college mascots, from the Delta State Fighti...

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Lainey Wilson, Southern Living Cover Star, Is Keeping Her People Close

October 7, 2025 • 31 mins

This week Sid talks to one of the biggest and brightest stars in country music – Lainey Wilson. Back in May, he drove up to Nashville and got to have this conversation in person at Lainey’s farmhouse outside of town. The occasion was a Southern Living cover shoot, and Lainey and Sid sat down on a pair of comfortable chairs in her speakeasy-style basement, which is where she writes a lot of her songs. Lainey couldn’t have been more ...

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Tiffany Derry Is the Best Thing on Food TV

September 30, 2025 • 44 mins

Texas-born Chef Tiffany Derry is quickly becoming a fan favorite in the world of food TV. She was raised in Beaumont, Texas, though most of her family came from nearby Port Allen, Louisiana, which meant the culture of both states had a big influence on her. She had about 50 cousins, so she was used to huge family gatherings and potlucks where everyone had to pitch in. Her interest in food took a professional turn when she got a job...

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Marcus King’s Blue Ridge Dreams

September 23, 2025 • 38 mins

Marcus King grew up in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains in a working class family with deep roots in music. His grandfather played country and western music; his uncle played bass guitar in the church; and his father played country, rock and roll, blues, and even gospel. But Marcus had grander ambitions than others in his family. He felt that South Carolina didn’t get the respect it deserved when it came to music, and he set ...

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Ivy Odom Just Wrote the Next Great Southern Cookbook

September 16, 2025 • 61 mins

Ivy Odom has in many ways become the face of Southern Living. In addition to creating videos about all things Southern on social media, Ivy is a writer, recipe developer, and television host. And now she’s also an author, with a brand new cookbook called My Southern Kitchen: From Suppers to Celebrations, Recipes for Every Occasion. The book is a collection of Ivy’s favorites from a lifetime at the stove, starting with her childhoo...

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Design Legend Charlotte Moss on the Southern Living Idea House

September 9, 2025 • 40 mins

Charlotte Moss was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia and went to college at VCU, where she was an English major. Her mother didn’t especially love to decorate, but Charlotte was inspired by her grandmother, who created a warm, welcoming home and made entertaining look easy. Charlotte had that gift too, but it never occurred to her that she could make a living decorating other people’s homes, so she spent several years in New Yo...

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Encore: Riley Green Wishes Grandpas Never Died

September 2, 2025 • 39 mins

Riley Green got his start playing in bars and restaurants around his hometown of Jacksonville, Alabama—and lately he’s been performing in stadiums for tens of thousands. He grew up with a close relationship with his two grandfathers, who were influential in his early musical development and who fueled his passion for the outdoors. His song "I Wish Grandpas Never Died," a tribute to both of them, was a major hit back in 2019, and m...

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How KIRBY’s Modern Soul Honors Her Family History

August 26, 2025 • 45 mins

The soulful musician known as KIRBY was born in Memphis, Tennessee, but she grew up in the tight-knit community of Eudora, Mississippi, surrounded by cousins, church choirs, and plenty of talented relatives who knew how to cook. Her grandmother, Cora, could lead a song as easily as she could deliver a baby—something she did often as one of the first midwives in DeSoto County. Now, more than a decade into her career, KIRBY is set to...

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Hey Jesus, Ellen Skrmetti Is Calling

August 19, 2025 • 45 mins

Ellen Skrmetti was born and raised in Ripley, Mississippi, not far from Memphis, in a family that was devoted to the Southern Baptist church. For Ellen, a person of faith but also an aspiring comedian, this turned out to be great source material, as did all the characters in her small Southern town. During the pandemic, she started posting videos that all started with “Hey Jesus, It’s Me,” and then she would launch into gossipy mon...

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Texas Chef Tristen Epps Wants His Guests to Have an "Aha" Moment

August 12, 2025 • 40 mins

Chef Tristen Epps, who just won Season 22 of Bravo’s Top Chef, grew up the son of a single mom who was a JAG, a lawyer with the military. That meant he moved about 16 times before the end of high school—from Guam to the Philippines—and was exposed to a wide range of cuisines from a young age. His travel background, along with family roots in Trinidad, led to a deep appreciation for food and cooking, and also a desire to both celebr...

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Katie Lee Biegel’s Appalachian Roots

August 5, 2025 • 42 mins

Katie Lee Biegel grew up in Milton, West Virginia, descended from a long line of women who really knew how to cook. Her grandparents had a big vegetable garden and canned their own green beans and tomatoes. Her great grandmother won blue ribbons for her angel food cake, her great aunt was a fabulous cook, and all of them instilled in her a love for comfort food and hospitality that she’s carried all her life. After getting a lot of...

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Bryce Leatherwood's Tribute to His Grandfather

July 29, 2025 • 35 mins

Bryce Leatherwood is only 25 years old, but three years ago he won Season 22 of The Voice, and he just released a self-titled debut album that’s already gaining a lot of attention. Despite his age, Bryce’s new record sounds like it could have come out a long time ago, and that’s exactly what he was after. Many of the songs were inspired by the simple life of his hometown in Woodstock, Georgia, where he grew up, and Macon, where he ...

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Biscuits & Jam

Episodes

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Encore: Donna Jean Godchaux-Mackay Is Grateful

Fannie Flagg Always Has Something to Look Forward To

The Biscuits & Jam Holiday Special

Erika Council’s Rise to Biscuit Fame

How Jamey Johnson Went from the Marines to Music Row

John T. Edge Goes Searching for Home in a Powerful New Memoir

Josh Mancuso May Be the Funniest Guy In College Football

Lainey Wilson, Southern Living Cover Star, Is Keeping Her People Close

Tiffany Derry Is the Best Thing on Food TV

Marcus King’s Blue Ridge Dreams

Ivy Odom Just Wrote the Next Great Southern Cookbook

Design Legend Charlotte Moss on the Southern Living Idea House

Encore: Riley Green Wishes Grandpas Never Died

How KIRBY’s Modern Soul Honors Her Family History

Hey Jesus, Ellen Skrmetti Is Calling

Texas Chef Tristen Epps Wants His Guests to Have an "Aha" Moment

Katie Lee Biegel’s Appalachian Roots

Bryce Leatherwood's Tribute to His Grandfather

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How Fred Minnick Went from the Battlefield to the Bourbon Trail

Rebecca Gardner Is a Screaming Blast