Salvation South

At two venerable Alabama barbecue institutions — Archibald’s in Northport and Lannie’s in Selma — the seasoning isn’t in the rub. It’s in the wood.

This week, Salvation South gets you ready to eat killer barbecue and celebrate Carnival Time.

*With a stanza on pronunciations. **And a recipe!

If you can’t be in New Orleans for Carnival, Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra’s latest has enough mighty cootie fiyo to get your own parade jumping.

The pianist James Reese Europe, born in Alabama in 1881, played “jazz” before the world even knew the word. Texas pianist Jason Moran is resurrecting his story.

Native Americans own just a tiny portion of U.S. breweries. Jacob Keyes, whose Skydance Brewing teaches native culture through the beers it makes, is one of them.

In Wauchula, they closed down the old folks’ home. And now, the stray dog that hung around the front yard has lost her friends.

This week, you can meet the Alabaman who, although his name is largely forgotten, changed American music forever.

She was obsessed with repairing the Alabama home where she grew up. But some things just can’t be fixed.

Hoppin’ John, they call him. Now, five decades deep into his career as a historian of Southern food, John Martin Taylor delivers a career-capping memoir that teaches us to make the most of what we’ve got. On our tables and in our souls.

But really, it’s an Apple Nut Torte

To honor our Italian ancestors and friends, let’s call it gamberetti con polenta.