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A Trip Back in Time: A Review of Bob Keefe's "Stories From the Okefenokee"
(Aug 16th 2013, 17:48)
In 1969 a young Marine returning to civilian life after a tour of duty as a helicopter pilot in Viet Nam found refuge in a remote and read more...
Mayberry is Alive and Well in Rogersville, Alabama
(May 21st 2012, 08:36)
Henry David Thoreau went to the woods because he wanted to "live deliberately." I go to
Life Lessons in The Big Easy by Martha Gragido
(Apr 10th 2012, 14:17)
There’s something maternal about a train. It carries you where you need to go and rocks you along, sheltering as new horizons read more...
Alabama's Own Wickedly Spicy Wickles Pickles---Made in Dadeville, AL
(Feb 5th 2012, 13:54)
2011 was the year of Alabama music, and2012is the year of Alabama food. Several months ago I wrote about two phenomenal products read more...
New Orleans in Alabama: Brenda Marie Osbey--and Lagniappe--Poet Jane Hirshfield
(Nov 13th 2011, 19:21)
This October I traveled to New Orleans to see my good friends
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>>Victuals reviews
Review of: Old Clinton BAR-B-Q
Old Clinton BAR-B-Q House
James Calemine's "Never Ending Soul Food Tour" includes documented visits to barbecue joints, catfish dens, chicken read more...
Review of: Palmer's Village Cafe
Palmer's Village Cafe
Palmer's Village Cafe 223 Mallery Street Saint Simons Island, GA 31522 912-634-5515 James read more...
Review of: Monroe's Smokehouse BBQ
Never Ending Soul Food Tour: Monroe's Smokehouse
Monroe's Smokehouse BBQ 4838 Highway Avenue
>>Victuals Features
Gimme Some Sugar, Darlin': The Quintessential Southern Cookbook
If you love to cook or just love to collect cookbooks, start making space on your bookshelf now because there's a new cookbook in town. This delightful compendium of all things culinary, Gimme Some Sugar, Darlin' by Mississippian Laurance Daltroff Triplette, is true piece of southern Americana, as much about the culture of the south as it is about the cuisine. A read more...
The Shoals Area Heats Up for the 31st Annual W. C. Handy Music Festival
It's almost that time again when the hills of North Alabama are alive with the sound of music. The 31st annual W. C. Handy MusicFestival, which runs July 20 through July 29, 2012, is a ten day annual celebration of over 300 events at locations throughout the read more...
>>Victuals Conversations
Conversations with Alabama Filmmaker Max Shores
by Penne J. Laubenthal Max Shores, a native of Winfield, Alabama, is a thirty-year veteran of documentary production. His documentaries tell compelling stories about life in the southeastern read more...
Phillip Quinn Morris
Phillip Quinn Morris, author of Musselsand