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| February 1, 2012 |
Growing up with three sisters on a farm, Annie Lou Harris of Cleburne County said she learned to cook and help out on the farm at a young age.
“We didn’t have any brothers, just girls, so when Daddy needed help on the farm, we all had to pitch in just like we did inside,” she says.
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| January 1, 2012 |
When I was younger, all my friends said they would never marry a farmer, but I felt exactly the opposite,” says Patty Marsh of Limestone County.
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| December 2, 2011 |
Good food is an ingredient to any successful holiday meal. Members of the Alabama Farmers Federation staff share some of their favorite Christmas recipes in this expanded edition of Country Kitchen. |
| November 1, 2011 |
Charlene Roney of Houston County always said shed never marry a farmer.
So dont ever say what youre not going to do, she laughs. After 36 years of marriage to her farmer husband, Sammy, Charlene has long eaten those words and now serves on the Houston County Farmers Federation Womens Leadership Committee |
| October 1, 2011 |
Two of Alabamas tastiest crops, peanuts and pecans, were ingredients in the winning recipes of the Alabama Farmers Federations Annual Heritage Cooking Contest in Montgomery Sept. 1. Dawn East of Cherokee County won first place and $150 with her Butter Pecan Bars. Shirley Ezzell of Franklin County won second place and $100 for her Apricot Sour Cream Tea Cookies, and Felicia Dewberry of Clay County won third place and $50 for her Salted Peanut Chews.
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| September 1, 2011 |
To say Wanda Cobb was an inexperienced cook when she married at the tender age of 17 would be an understatement. But 40 years later, she knows her way around the kitchen pretty well and is used to cooking for a crowd.
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| August 1, 2011 |
Karen Newman of Blount County says her kitchen is carrying on the same traditions she cherished as a child.
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| July 1, 2011 |
Debbie Roberts of Fayette County says she didnt grow up farming, but since she married Joe 35 years ago, Debbie has been a full-time farm wife.
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| June 1, 2011 |
When chef Jim Smith plans a meal for Gov. Robert Bentley and First Lady Dianne Bentley, hes like an artist who takes color to canvas to create a masterpiece. |
| May 1, 2011 |
Tammy Doughty of Pickens County says a lot of tourists often stop by the farm where she and her husband Jimmy live and work.
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| April 1, 2011 |
Bullock County native Jackie Fuqua has farming roots that run deeper than most, and her husband Henry, originally from Barbour County, has had farming in his family for many generations as well.
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| March 1, 2011 |
More than 100 entries were
judged in the 2010 National
Peanut Festival Recipe Contest,
but there were two that stood
out. One of those became the Adult
Grand Prize Winner and the other
was named as the Student Grand
Prize Winner.
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| February 16, 2011 |
In many ways, Kathy Andersons
life in Jefferson County has been
a whirlwind of farming and
cooking.
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| January 1, 2011 |
I enjoy being home and doing things with Frank on the farm. I enjoy the animals, and I feel blessed to be feeding somebody almost all the time. It doesnt matter to me if youre four-legged or two-legged; if you show up at my place Ill be happy to give you something to eat, she says. |
| December 1, 2010 |
The best thing that happened
to us and our marriage was
buying this farm, says
Sheryl Childers of Morgan County.
Now married for 43 years,
Sheryl and husband Mike actually
started their beef cattle operation
because of their children.
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| November 1, 2010 |
Carol Simpson said she felt a
little out-classed when she
walked into the Alabama Farmers
Federations Annual Heritage
Cooking Contest in Montgomery
Sept. 2. The St. Clair County cook
was carrying an Autumn Harvest
Pie, her entry in the state cooking
contest, in a grocery bag.
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| October 1, 2010 |
Gordie Cartwright has earned a slice of national fame, cornbread slice that is. The 10-year- old Alabama 4-Her won this springs 2010 4-H Cornbread Cook-Off, a competition that is part of the National Cornbread Festival in South Pittsburg, Tenn. |
| September 1, 2010 |
I started cooking as a teenager
only because I loved cheesecake,
but nobody in my family made
it.
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| August 2, 2010 |
Known to many in Lawrence County as the Cake Lady, Lisa Terry says she has always loved cooking for the multitudes. Id rather cook for 25 than for two any day, she says. |
| July 1, 2010 |
Sandy Carroll Ward now lives in the city of Ozark, but having spent half her life on the farm has definitely put a love of the countryside in her heart. |
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