Tastemakers

Writing letter to a friend. Selective focus and shallow depth of field.

The Gift of a Handwritten Note

The Gift of a Handwritten Note

Sep 11, 2023

portrait of Elyce Arons

Q&A with Elyce Arons of Frances Valentine

Q&A with Elyce Arons of Frances Valentine

Nov 15, 2022

stone 2-story home with copper-roof bay window and large attached 1-story sunroom with a patio on the roof.

James Farmer Designs North Toward Home

James Farmer Designs North Toward Home

Sep 23, 2021

Writing letter to a friend. Selective focus and shallow depth of field.

The Gift of a Handwritten Note

The Gift of a Handwritten Note

Sep 11, 2023

portrait of Elyce Arons

Q&A with Elyce Arons of Frances Valentine

Q&A with Elyce Arons of Frances Valentine

Nov 15, 2022

stone 2-story home with copper-roof bay window and large attached 1-story sunroom with a patio on the roof.

James Farmer Designs North Toward Home

James Farmer Designs North Toward Home

Sep 23, 2021

An arrangement of blue glass medicine bottles filled with pink cosmos blooms from CHARLOTTE MOSS FLOWERS

Flower Memories with Charlotte Moss

Flower Memories with Charlotte Moss

May 5, 2021

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An arrangement of blue glass medicine bottles filled with pink cosmos blooms from CHARLOTTE MOSS FLOWERS

Flower Memories with Charlotte Moss

Flower Memories with Charlotte Moss

Keith Meacham (the author) with the late Julia Reed

Remembering Julia

Remembering Julia

Julia Reed's Milk Punch served from a silver pitcher on a silver tray filled with green goblets

Julia Reed’s Milk Punch

Julia Reed’s Milk Punch

Wildflower arrangement with garden blossoms in a silver faux woodgrain container

A Romance with Weeds

A Romance with Weeds

Photo the screened porch at McCurdy Plantation. Designer James Farmer chose a gray floor and light blue ceiling, and furnished it with two rocking chairs and a bed swing covered in blue pillows.

A Breath of Fresh Air

A Breath of Fresh Air

Julia Reed and interior designer and writer Patrick Dunne sit beneath a Directoire “papier peint” screen in the dining room of his town home in the Faubourg Marigny.

Julia Reed Celebrates New Orleans, Food, and Style

Julia Reed Celebrates New Orleans, Food, and Style

A tray of plated meringues topped with ice cream, chocolate sauce, and nuts, with silver spoons to the side, a recipe by Julia Reed

Meringue Shells with Coffee Ice Cream and Orange-Chocolate Sauce

Meringue Shells with Coffee Ice Cream and Orange-Chocolate Sauce

A hand grabs a Crawfish Cardinale Tart, a recipe by Julia Reed, from the tray

Crawfish Cardinale Tarts

Crawfish Cardinale Tarts

A blue pool leads to a covered brick patio of the pool house, which features wood columns across the front and an aged metal roof and brick chimney

Top 5 Southern Plantings

Top 5 Southern Plantings

A Chat with Julia Reed

A Chat with Julia Reed

in the garden with charlotte moss

In the Garden with Charlotte Moss

In the Garden with Charlotte Moss

nancy lancaster, haseley court garden

Nancy Lancaster: Haute and Humble

Nancy Lancaster: Haute and Humble

charlotte moss entertains, chilled champagne in an ice bucket, floral arrangement in a green vase, napkins, and glasses

Charlotte Moss Entertains

Charlotte Moss Entertains

dinner party rules

Dinner Party Golden Rules

Dinner Party Golden Rules

frozen whiskey sours recipe

Frozen Whiskey Sours

Frozen Whiskey Sours

ambrosia nectar recipe

Ambrosia Nectar with Coconut Rim

Ambrosia Nectar with Coconut Rim

Deviled crab and cheese sandwiches, cut diagonally, on a footed, gold-rimmed serving plate

Grilled Deviled Crab & Cheese Sandwiches

Grilled Deviled Crab & Cheese Sandwiches

Sequined snowman ornaments standing on silver plates

A Swell Noel

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