As one of seven children, Tieghan Gerard grew up in Cleveland, Ohio before moving to the mountains of Colorado in her early teens. From a young age she dreamed of moving to LA and becoming a fashion stylist. But when Tieghan was fifteen, her only sister was born. Ever determined to rein in the chaos of her big family ... and have dinner on the table before midnight ... Tieghan began doing the cooking. She eventually discovered a new found freedom and a creativity she hadn't known existed. She began chronicling her fresh takes on old favorites and coupling them with her styling skills - only this time on tables...
Margaret Eby
I'm a critic and journalist who lives in Brooklyn, but I left my heart in the place I grew up: Down South in Birmingham, Alabama.
In 2006, my parents moved from Birmingham to Jackson, Mississippi, four hours further south and west. When I visited them, I always gravitated towards the bookstore, of course, and soon developed a fascination with Jackson's patron literary saint, Eudora Welty. I had read her books before, but being in the place that she wrote about and lived felt different to me. There was a connection between her home and her writing that was almost tangible in Jackson, particularly...
Tieghan Gerard
As one of seven children, Tieghan Gerard grew up in Cleveland, Ohio before moving to the mountains of Colorado in her early teens. From a young age she dreamed of moving to LA and becoming a fashion stylist. But when Tieghan was fifteen, her only sister was born. Ever determined to rein in the chaos of her big family ... and have dinner on the table before midnight ... Tieghan began doing the cooking. She eventually discovered a new found freedom and a creativity she hadn't known existed. She began chronicling her fresh takes on old favorites and coupling them with her styling skills - only this time on tables...
Margaret Eby
I'm a critic and journalist who lives in Brooklyn, but I left my heart in the place I grew up: Down South in Birmingham, Alabama.
In 2006, my parents moved from Birmingham to Jackson, Mississippi, four hours further south and west. When I visited them, I always gravitated towards the bookstore, of course, and soon developed a fascination with Jackson's patron literary saint, Eudora Welty. I had read her books before, but being in the place that she wrote about and lived felt different to me. There was a connection between her home and her writing that was almost tangible in Jackson, particularly...