Recipes
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
July 2004 Neighbors
Never before has a featured “Country Kitchen” cook come with the kind of unbridled praise that accompanied Lucine Sessions Bryant’s nomination. more
June 2004 Neighbors
Hardly a month goes by in Alabama that a dairy farm doesn’t close its doors. But in Hale County, Joe and Linda Heurion are beating the odds and discovering a good—albeit demanding—lifestyle to boot. more
May 2004 Neighbors
It could be that Vicki Harrison was a little biased in nominating Carol Sheridan of Sheffield as an outstanding candidate for “The Country Kitchen.” After all, Carol is Vicki’s mom. But indications are that if we were to poll others who know Carol and have enjoyed her good cooking-especially her out-of-this-world yeast rolls-they would unanimously back Carol’s candidacy. more