Features

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Veronica's and the Blue Blue Parrot Cafe
Greenwood's new bakery and Latin restaurant

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Witnessing a Revolution
Yazoo's Chris Henick in D.C.

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The Krackerjacks
Celebrating their silver as the original party band of the South

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Shack Up Inn
The overnight oasis in Clarksdale

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Pages of Christmas Past
Decades of Delta holiday greetings

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High in the Sky
Private pilots and their planes

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Theme and Collection Trees
Add personality and meaning to holiday decorating

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Deeson
Once thriving town is now home to only one

120 Social Graces
The Jon D. Williams Cotillion
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The Delta at 20,000 Feet
Images from above

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Rave Reviews
Madidi chef Lee Craven's culinary
performance at the Beard House in New York

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Seasonal Showstoppers
Ushering in spectacular holiday productions

154 Cottonlandia
Explore the "Five A's" inside the Delta's attic.
Departments
20 SHOPPING
Expanded section for holiday shoppers
30 BOOKS
34 PEOPLE
Dr. Reverend David Matthews
38 ART
Sammy Britt
86 HOMES
Fabulous Faux Finishes
98 "Like Mother, Like Daughters"
Three renovated historic homes
126 GARDENS
Christmas Cactus
Container Gardening
128 FOOD
The "Most Southern Foods of the Season"
138 Champagne and Cashews
In Every Issue
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Off the Beaten Path
Q & A
First Lady Marsha Barbour
Events
Holiday parades and Open Houses
Recollections
Fountain Terrace
Delta Seen
The Final Word
by Franke Keating
ON THE COVER: The home of Dr. and Mrs. William Ogden of Greenville photographed by Scott Speakes. Graphic design by Sandra K. Goff.