Here's what I shared this month on Good Day Alabama on WBRC Fox 6. An award-winning memoir about a young Native American woman to mark Native American History Month, one of my favorite recent reads and a cookbook I'll use to navigate Thanksgiving. Whiskey Tender: A Memoir by Deborah Taffa This Native memoir has racked up … Continue reading Gather Together with Great Books
Troup’s Pizza in the Cahaba Heights neighborhood is a family business serving families while creating family, too. The husband-and-wife team of Terrill and Ashley Brazelton are known for their great food and genuine, warm hospitality, but they serve their community way more than that. I sat down with Terrill and Ashley recently for a story … Continue reading Troup’s is Serving the Community One Slice at a Time
Looking for fun and adventure and new, fresh flavors? Go grocery shopping at Mi Pueblo. Because Mi Pueblo is more than just a supermarket. It’s an experience. Mi Pueblo has been sharing flavors from around the world for nearly two decades. In addition to foods from all over the world, there’s a café, a bakery, … Continue reading Mi Pueblo: Your Local Connection to Global Flavors
Red or white? Well, that’s up to you. But there’s no question that Red or White, the gourmet wine shop and wine bar, should be your go-to place if you like vino and delicious food. You have choices with Red or White. There are four locations around our state, and the concept is attracting national … Continue reading Explore Red or White: Affordable Wines and Culinary Delights
The Fish Market Restaurant & Oyster Bar on Birmingham’s Southside has served Gulf-fresh seafood, traditional Greek foods and Southern dishes to generations of customers, and now the next generation in the Sarris family is helping make sure this beloved business continues to thrive. The restaurant and seafood market have been around since 1983 when owner … Continue reading A Legacy Restaurant Business
Beautiful Rainbow Café is an eatery like no other. It’s located inside the Gadsden Public Library where it is beloved for its delicious and wholesome, made-from-scratch vegetarian dishes served in a bright, airy, inclusive space decorated with big, colorful murals. It is gourmet garden-to-table with its own organic garden in Underwood Park right across … Continue reading Feeding Body and Spirit
The slogan for Wharf Casual Seafood is “The Coast is Here.” It’s perfect for a restaurant that brings Gulf-fresh seafood—everything from oysters to shrimp to fin fish—to mostly inland areas of the Southeast. “Here” is becoming nearer all the time; the regional chain is growing steadily and delivering coastal deliciousness to more and more people … Continue reading The Coast is Quite Near
Homegrown and chef-driven. Authentic yet inventive. Intuitive and intentional. Really good and simply real. Rusty’s Bar-B-Q in Leeds is all that, and owner Rusty Tucker will still surprise you. About 20 minutes from Birmingham and just off I-20 (where he has some official tourist-boosting signage), Rusty’s is ideally located—just up the hill from a huge … Continue reading Classical Pit Barbecue … Like Traditional but a Little Extra
Peanuts and Cracker Jack? Think bigger. They’re swinging for the fences at Regions Field when it comes to ballpark foods. The Birmingham Barons host their first home game of the 2024 season on April 5 against the Chattanooga Lookouts, and fans can expect an expanded lineup of fun, new ballpark foods and favorite local brews. … Continue reading Take Me Out to the Ballgame (for Dinner)
Gumbo to Geaux is a chef-driven food truck (and catering and events company). In every sense. Owner and founder Etricia Robinson, a classically trained chef, is driven to offer the authentic country-Creole dishes she grew up eating. “If Emeril Lagasse and Paula Deen had a baby,” she says, “it’d be me, because I do Cajun-Creole … Continue reading A Chef-Driven Country-Creole Food Truck
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