contributors LESLEY COLVETT
attends some of the most fabulous parties as social editor for At Home Memphis & Mid South magazine. Colvett’s 10-year career in magazines began promptly after she graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism with her first job as editor of Memphis’ RSVP magazine. If you would like At Home Memphis and Mid South to attend your upcoming event contact Lesley at lcolvett@athomemms.com.
APRIL MCKINNEY
April McKinney is an award-winning cook, food writer and recipe demonstrator. She has been featured on the Today show and Better TV, after her recipes won national cooking contests. You can also see her creating new healthy and simple dishes on her YouTube channel, “April McKinney Cooking,” where she demonstrates her recipes on camera. In this issue, McKinney gives us some great light and fresh fruit recipes on page 86.
ANDREW PULTE
is a gardening expert and internationally certified arborist who teaches at the University of Tennessee, contributes to several gardening publications and hosts a radio show, “Garden Talk.” Originally from Nebraska, Pulte now gardens and resides in Knoxville with his wife Beccy and son Theo. This month, Andrew shows us how to bring a tree full of Tennessee history into your home garden on page 72.
ANGELA MAZANTI
Angela Mazanti is the proprietor of Angela Mazanti Design. She specializes in interior, floral and event design, and her work has been locally and nationally recognized as outstanding in the field. In this issue, Mazanti provides the background setting for a vintage bridal shower on page 82.
ChUCK DAUPhIN
has two decades of experience covering country music for both print and broadcast media. He is currently the online country editor for Billboard magazine and has worked for radio stations such as WDKN and the Interstate Radio Network. He has also written for such publications as Music City News and Roughstock, and can be heard weekly on WNKX / Centerville. This month, Dauphin talks with Brownsville, TN native and singer-songwriter Mickey Utley on page 48. 14 | At Home Memphis & Mid South • April 2013