Every year, Birmingham Barons baseball unveils a new lineup of fun stadium foods for the upcoming season. Every year, it’s a thoughtful, concerted effort to enhance the fan experience. This year, that effort has some star power. The Barons have teamed up with sports legend Bo Jackson for their 2025 season menu. Bo’s Hometown Burger, … Continue reading A Delicious Hometown Home Run
Books by women. Books about cool things women do. Books about how women shape our world. Here's what I shared this month on Good Day Alabama on WBRC Fox 6. The Fishwife Cookbook By Becca Millstein and Vilda Gonzalez I love tinned fish because it’s easy, interesting protein. I especially love Fishwife tinned fish because of … Continue reading Women’s History Month
Yo’ Mama’s restaurant is forging its own history in the Fourth Avenue Historic District of downtown Birmingham. This restaurant is the only Black-owned, sit-down eatery in one of the few surviving Black Business Districts in the Southeast still operating with a majority Black-owned business ecosystem. Yo’ Mama’s started with a dream of business ownership, which … Continue reading Yo’ Mama’s Making New History
There’s a lot of important and exciting books with local connections out right now. Here's what I shared this month on Good Day Alabama on WBRC Fox 6. Werewolf Hamlet By Kerry Madden-Lunsford Humor, heart and Shakespeare come together in this new book for middle-school readers by local author Kerry Madden-Lunsford. Werewolf Hamlet is the story … Continue reading Local, local, local reads
The wide, open Wiregrass region of Southeastern Alabama has known grazing cattle since colonial times. Fine wines, not so much. But Corks & Cattle Market & Café celebrates both in delicious, inventive, locally sourced ways. This restaurant in Enterprise, owned by Dena Smith, with Chef Zaine Young leading the kitchen, offers exciting foods (including great … Continue reading Deliciously Enterprising
I’m more cook than baker (cooking is way less exact!), however I bake these intensely flavored, crisp cookies from Martha Stewart on repeat when the weather gets cold. They have three kinds of ginger—fresh, crystallized and ground. And they are easy to do, especially when using a small scoop from The Cook Store. Triple Ginger … Continue reading Sweet Treats
I’ve spent the past busy month listening to thrillers and catching up on a thrilling podcast I’ve followed for years. Audio stories make chores (cooking, cleaning, decorating, driving) so much more enjoyable! So I shared them this month this month on Good Day Alabama on WBRC Fox 6. The White Vault by Fool and Scholar Productions … Continue reading Thrill to These Stories
I was in Phoenix a few months ago for the Les Dames d'Escoffier International annual conference. It's always a busy event, so we went a day early to explore the host city and experience some truly great places to eat before we got down to business. The Phoenix LDEI chapter organized some exciting excursions, and … Continue reading DIY Phoenix
Opening a bar in a small town in the Bible Belt takes some faith. And vision. And a certain amount of determination. Kyle and Kim Baumgartner, owners of The B Pub in Andalusia, have all that and more. The B Pub a small-town bar with a big-city approach to craft cocktails and a lovely, carefully … Continue reading Cheers to The B
Here are three gift-worthy books: one for an aspiring (or seasoned) cook in your life, one for a fiction lover who travels in pages and another just for you—just for the thrill of it. These are what I shared this month on Good Day Alabama on WBRC Fox 6. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements … Continue reading Getting Gifty
savor 