16 maconmagazine.com | February/March 2025
Also inside
12 Editor's letter
18 Faces
28 Money's Honey
30 A guide to this year's
Pink Provisions trail
64 Jayson Reynolds embraces
new flavors at Loom
66 Mardi Gras party tips
with Chef Chelsia
92 Southern must-have
hosting accessories
94 Macon Chose Me: Melissa
Rodriguez-McClain
102 Fitness: 8 to 12
servings of vegetables
a day?
104 Cups and Water:
The generous table
106 Artist spotlight:
Wendy Kusmaul Keeling
109 Top 10 in the 478
ON THE COVER Benjamin Banks shows o his
pork tenderloin for our rst chef challenge. He
celebrates local soul with his tattoos, which were
all inked at Tooth and Nail in Downtown Macon.
Photo by Jessica Whitley
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