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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 didn't 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, he's 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. |
| February 16, 2011 |
In many ways, Kathy Anderson's 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 doesn't matter to me if you're four-legged or two-legged; if you show up at my place I'll 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. |
| November 1, 2010 |
Carol Simpson said she felt a little out-classed when she walked into the Alabama Farmers Federation's 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. |
| October 1, 2010 |
Gordie Cartwright has earned a slice of national fame, cornbread slice that is. The 10-year- old Alabama 4-H'er won this spring's 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. “I’d 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. |
| June 1, 2010 |
The couple still lives in the Fairview community on the family farm where Bud was born, and that land is currently home to the fifth generation of Hayneses to live there.
“Our son Darrel’s grandson, Jack, is 2 years old, and he loves the cows and the tractor,” says Juanita.
And Juanita still cooks lunch for her family members who work on the farm.
“I cook lunch for Darrel and his two boys every day, and they’re appreciative of it. No matter what I fix, they thank me every day with no complaints,” she says.
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| May 7, 2010 |
Julianne Hattaway of Montgomery County still recalls her first cooking experience at 4 or 5 years old. |
| April 22, 2010 |
Sara Peebles of Pickens County says she has a sign in her home that reads, “Welcome to My Kitchen – Open 24 Hours a Day” and her grandchildren believe it to be true. |
| March 1, 2010 |
So when he retired from his career as a vocational educator in Centre, he and wife Sue moved to the Oak Level community where he manages his own forest land and indulges his passion for the great outdoors |
| February 15, 2010 |
Both natives of Cherokee County, Hank and Shelia Richardson live near Centre, and they and their sons’ families live on the property that was Hank’s family’s farm. |
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