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See which new restaurants, hotels and attractions took home top honors Having trouble viewing this email? [Click Here]( [10best logo]( [forward this email]( Vote Now: Best foods in the South Help us choose the best restaurants in the South serving each state's most iconic dish. Vote once per day, per category for your favorites until voting ends on Monday, February 25 at noon ET. The winning restaurants will be announced on Friday, March 8 on 10Best.com. [placeholder]( [Best Catfish in Arkansas]( You’ll find catfish in just about every river, stream, lake and reservoir in Arkansas, and state hatcheries produce some 1.3 million fish each year to keep the population healthy. It’s no wonder catfish is such a popular... [Vote Now]( [placeholder]( [Best Chicken & Dumplings in Georgia]( There are plenty of stories about how Southern chicken and dumplings were born from hardship, whether the Civil War or the Great Depression, but dumplings and stewed meats have been around since as early as the 15th... [Vote Now]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [placeholder]( [Best Brunswick Stew in Virginia]( Both Brunswick County, Virginia and the town of Brunswick in Georgia claim to have developed the original recipe for Brunswick stew, though some version of the meaty hunter’s stew was likely made by American Indians long... [Vote Now]( [placeholder]( [Best Burgoo in Kentucky]( How do you burgoo? Unless you happen to have spent time in Kentucky’s “burgoo belt,” you might not be familiar with this highly regional stew that’s a stable on the menu of barbecue joints throughout the state. This dish... [Vote Now]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [placeholder]( [Best Gumbo in Louisiana]( If you live outside of Alabama, chances are you’d never heard of fried green tomatoes until the movie of the same name was released in 1991 based on a novel by Fannie Flagg. While this golden fried appetizer now seems... [Vote Now]( [placeholder]( [Best Fried Green Tomatoes in Alabama]( The southern Indian state of Kerala is wet and tropical. Comprised of a vast array of unique topography, it is an amazingly green place, with lush color to be found... [Vote Now]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [placeholder]( [Best Hot Tamales in Mississippi]( In his 1936 song “They’re Red Hot,” blues artist Robert Johnson uses the imagery of a tamale vendor in his song about a woman. According to the Mississippi Blues Commission, the origins of the hot tamale in Mississippi...[Vote Now]( [placeholder]( [Best Stone Crab in Florida]( Florida seafood lovers know that the sweetest meat to come from the sea comes from stone crabs. Stone crab season runs from mid-October to mid-May, when nearly all harvested claws are pulled from the warm waters off... [Vote Now]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [placeholder]( [Best Beans & Cornbread in West Virginia]( Soup beans are a winter staple in Appalachia. Not exactly a soup, this dish is made with beans (often pinto beans) slowly simmered with ham, salt and pepper to a thick and creamy consistency, and served with cornbread... [Vote Now]( [placeholder]( [Best Barbecue in North Carolina]( The term "barbecue" in North Carolina is nearly synonymous with pork, and it's a big part of the state's history. There are two distinct types of barbecue that have developed over hundreds of years in North Carolina... [Vote Now]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [placeholder]( [Best Shrimp & Grits in South Carolina]( Shrimp and grits first made an appearance in print in the 1930 Two-Hundred Years of Charleston Cooking cookbook with a recipe in its purist form: sautéed shrimp, "hot hominy", melted butter, salt and pepper. The dish... [Vote Now]( [placeholder]( [Best Hot Chicken in Tennessee]( While evidence exists to suggest that spicy fried chicken had been served among Tennessee’s African American communities for generations, the dish as it exists today has an origin story dating back to the Great... [Vote Now]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [These are the best new attractions, hotels and restaurants of the past year]( [placeholder]( Each year, 10Best teams up with a panel of travel experts to nominate 20 of the year's best new openings in each of five categories: Best New Hotel, Best New Attraction, Best New Food Hall, Best New Restaurant and Best New Amusement Park Attraction. Click to see if there's a winner near you... [Read the Story]( [share on facebook]( [share on twitter]( [share on pinterest]( [10best logo]( Trusted Travel + Lifestyle Advice [visit us on facebook]( [visit us on twitter]( [visit us on pinterest]( [visit us on pinterest]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 32 E Broad St, Greenville, SC 29601 Need to unsubscribe? [Click Here](