Recipes
March 2005 Neighbors
Back in December, Joy Noble of Macon County was elected to her first term on the Alabama Farmers Federation’s State Women’s Committee. She says it was by default. more
February 2005 Neighbors
It was mid-December when “The Country Kitchen” called Evelyn Neal at her home in Jackson County and asked her to be our featured cook for the February issue of Neighbors magazine.
January 2005 Neighbors
For a family like the Mazes, that loves good food and anything sweet, finding out that a family member has diabetes could have been a bummer. But the Blount County family has taken it all in stride, with Kay adapting many family favorite recipes to make them low-fat, and lower in sugar. more
December 2004 Neighbors
Marilyn Williams gets as caught up in all those long-running yuletide traditions as the next person, but a few years back, she decided it was time to tinker with one of them just a bit by jazzing up the menu for those family holiday feasts. more
November 2004 Neighbors / Winter F&F
From recent contributors to “The Country Kitchen” comes this special collection of recipes perfect for your Thanksgiving gathering. more
October 2004 Neighbors
Dianne Gaines says she was a bit concerned that when she and husband Hank moved their two girls, Kelly and Ginger, to Auburn for college in August, she’d be lost. But anybody who knows this Autaugaville woman figured that was just wasted worry. And they were right. more
Fall 2004 Friends & Family
As summer draws to a close, what better way is there to welcome cooler weather than with a spicy, buffalo-style catfish wrap? Plus, sample a collection of mouth-watering creations from the kitchens of three Alabama Farmers Federation members. Those looking for more exciting ways to prepare Alabama farm-raised catfish may order a free recipe booklet online at www.catfishinstitute.com. more
September 2004 Neighbors
If you ask folks down around Elsanor in Baldwin County to name the single best cook in their neck of the woods, odds are they won’t be able to do it. Instead, they’ll probably feel compelled to name three: Virginia Windham, Thelma Middleton and Creacy White-or, as they’re known down in Elsanor, “the Foley girls.” more
August 2004 Neighbors
When it comes to down-home country cooking, nobody on earth can hold a candle to Nell Smith down in Opp. OK, so she’s my mother, but that doesn’t have anything to do with it. Facts are facts. Just give her a few basic staples—flour, cornmeal, salt and pepper—and she can turn any cut of meat, any variety of vegetable into lip-smacking, soul-satisfying food that words cannot adequately describe. more