Two years ago, husband-and-wife duo Emily and Brad Grohovsky of Madison County turned a passion for gardening into a budding business called Cedar Hill Gardens—helping others successfully grow their own vegetable and fruit gardens at home, with minimal time and...
Some days, you do not feel like cooking up a storm, yet you still want something tasty and homemade. I have learned to keep frozen pastry dough as a pantry staple for such days. Frozen puff pastry dough, phyllo sheets, and phyllo cups are readily available at...
1 small loaf French bread, torn into bite-size pieces Olive oil Lemon pepper seasoning 2 blood oranges, peeled and sliced 1 large navel orange, peeled and sliced 1 grapefruit, peeled and sliced ½ cup arugula ¼ cup sliced red onion 2 tablespoons lemon juice 2...
The process to cultivate an ideal relationship between an interior designer and client can be long and arduous. Between personalities and style opinions, the perfect match is often difficult to find. That is, of course, unless the clients in question are the...
CHICKEN AND ANDOUILLE GUMBO WITH POTATO SALAD Chicken: 1(3 pound) whole chicken 1 onion, peeled and quartered 2 cups chopped celery 3 carrots, peeled and chopped 1 tablespoon salt 1 tablespoon pepper Gumbo: ½ cup vegetable oil ½ cup flour 1 large onion, diced 1 large...
The feud over who does Carnival better has been a rivalry for the ages between Mobile, the city that celebrated Mardi Gras in the U.S. first, and New Orleans, the city that touts having perfected the extravaganza. At the center sits Mississippi, like an inconspicuous...
On February 14, people enjoy exchanging cards, candy, or flowers with their “valentines.” Cupid is portrayed on Valentine’s Day cards as a cherub sending arrows of love, but the Roman God Cupid actually began in Greek mythology as the Greek god of love, Eros. Hearts...
Flowers evoke memories and sentiments, and perhaps the camellia, with its showy flowers that bloom when spring is but a promise, does more so than most. It has long been a tradition to float camellias in a cut-glass bowl, preferably an heirloom, and back when church...
I have been making delicious, light-as-a-feather cinnamon rolls as long as I can remember, using the dough scraps from yeast rolls I was making at the time. I always had too many, even for my three boys to eat, so they made great happies for neighbors or teachers or...
